2011-12 BEST Award Submissions Due March 31st

Date: 
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 2:45pm

The 2011-12 BEST Award is for papers submitted in the competition of Academic Year 2011-12.

 

Students should submit a written paper and supporting materials on their research project using the online submission form. Please see the BEST Award site for full details about the Award.

 

Submissions must be received before March 31st 2012. No submissions will be considered after that date.

 

The paper must include a complete description of the problem area, context and goals, and represent a scholarly work developing new ideas and models in that context, with details of the literature, modeling and computational developments, and relevant financial/econometric aspects.

 

The 2011-12 BEST Award Selection Committee will review all complete submissions received by the deadline with a view to making the award at a formal award ceremony during the Department of Statistical Science graduation ceremony in May 2012.