2007
The
International Statistical Institute (ISI) announces the Thirteenth
Competition among young statisticians from
developing countries
who are invited to submit a paper on any topic within the broad field of statistics, for
possible presentation at the 56th Session of
the ISI to be held in
Participation in the
competition is open to nationals of developing
countries who are living in a developing
country, who were born in
1975
or later. Developing countries will he
defined as countries with
an annual
GDP per
capita of less thanUS$4000 (U.N. February 2005);
see list at http://isi.cbs.nl/tiobergen/developing.htm.
Previous winners of the award are
prohibited to compete again.
Papers
submitted must be unpublished, original works which may
include material from
participants' university theses.
The papers
submitted will be examined by an International Jury of distinguished
statisticians who will select
the three
best papers
presented in the
competition. Their decision will be final.
Each
author of a winning paper will receive the Jan Tinber-gen
Award
in the amount of Euro 2269 and be invited
to present their papers at
the Lisbon
Session of ISI, with all expenses paid (i.e. round
trip
airline ticket from
his/her place of residence to Lisbon plus a lump
sum to cover living expenses).
Manuscripts for the Competition should be submitted in lime to reach the ISI not later than January 1, 2007.
The
rules governing the preparation of papers, application forms
and full details
are available on request from the
ISI Permanent
Office. The address is as
follows:
The Director
of the Permanent Office
International
Statistical Institute
42?, Prinses Beatrixlaan
2273 XZ Voorburg,
The
Fax: +31 703860025; E-mail: isi@cbs.nl