Heelo, Stan, OK. I wait for your material. Best. André Le 24/11/2010 4:46, Stanley L. Sclove a écrit : > > > Hello, André, > > Thanks for your note. > > On 11/23/2010 4:49 AM, André Hardy wrote: >> Dear Stan, >> >> I suppose I can publish that information in the November IFCS >> Newsletter!? > Yes, sure, but I'll embed it in some more material I'll be sending > you in a day or two. > > Thanks. > > best . . . > -- stan > >> >> Best, >> >> André >> >> Publication Officer IFCS >> >> >> >> Le 23/11/2010 4:19, Stanley L. Sclove a écrit : >>> * >>> >>> The Classification Society Distinguished Dissertation Award* >>> supported by Chapman and Hall/CRC >>> >>> The Award will be for the best PhD (or approximately equivalent >>> doctoral) >>> dissertation nominated by an annual deadline. The theme is clustering, >>> classification, related areas of data analysis, encompassing both >>> associated >>> theory and/or applications. >>> >>> The Award is administered by the Classification Society (CS). An >>> evaluation >>> committee is set up by CS to evaluate the nominated theses. This >>> committee >>> should have between 3 and 5 members. The chair of the committee is >>> appointed >>> by the CS President. The committee is selected by the committee >>> chair, in >>> conjunction with the CS President, and is approved by the CS Board. >>> >>> In 2010-2011, the evaluation committee is: Samantha Prins (Committee >>> Chair, >>> Dept. of >>> Mathematics & Statistics, James Madison University), Douglas >>> Steinley (Dept. >>> of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia), Rebecca >>> Nugent >>> (Dept. of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University), Nema Dean (Dept. of >>> Statistics, University of >>> Glasgow) and special invited member: Daniel Aloise (Dept. of Production >>> Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; 2009-2010 >>> Award >>> winner). >>> >>> Members of the evaluation committee must declare any potential >>> conflict of >>> interest. A member of the evaluation committee cannot play any role in >>> regard to evaluating his/her own PhDs, nor also in regard to nominations >>> where there has been a direct collaborative link (e.g. through joint >>> publications). >>> >>> Typical criteria for nomination for the Award include: (i) the most >>> innovative or impressive work in theory/methodology, or the most >>> innovative >>> or well developed application(s); and (ii) the literature review has >>> to be >>> thorough. For the next submission deadline, 1 January 2011, >>> nominated PhDs >>> have to have been successfully completed in the 2010 calendar year. >>> >>> Nominations are to be made through the evaluation committee chair >>> and will >>> be received from the author (PhD), their advisor/supervisor, or other >>> related person. Nomination includes the name and contact points, an >>> online >>> copy of the dissertation, and a short description of why the >>> dissertation >>> merits the award (see above). Web-accessible versions of the >>> nomination and >>> dissertation must be made available. Printed copies may be requested. >>> >>> After the nomination has been received, the evaluation committee >>> chair will >>> request that the nominator obtain two external referee reports. It is >>> suggested that these reports be completed by knowledgeable persons other >>> than the author, their advisor/supervisor or similarly related person. >>> >>> A decision is made by the evaluation committee by 1 April. The >>> evaluation >>> committee can recommend one award; an award and a runner-up; two joint >>> winners; or other combinations if they think it appropriate. >>> >>> Awards are ratified by the CS Board. Publicity is made in the CS and >>> other >>> newsletters, and on relevant websites. The short-list of nominated >>> dissertations will also be openly published. >>> >>> For non-English language theses, it is requested to provide an extended >>> abstract, and (where relevant) pointers to papers associated with >>> the thesis >>> that have been published. >>> >>> In 2011 the Award totals US$500 in book vouchers from Chapman and >>> Hall/CRC. >>> The winner will be invited to make a presentation in a special plenary >>> session at the CS Annual Meeting. CS will cover travel expenses to >>> the 2011 >>> Annual Meeting of at most US$1000 for a North American based Award >>> winner >>> or at most US$1500 for an Award winner based elsewhere. >>> >>> Contact for information and nominations: prinssc (at) jmu (.) edu >>> >>> More information on the award can be found at the CS website: >>> http://www.classification-society.org/csna/csna.html >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> * >>> ===================================================== >>> >>> >>> Stanley L. Sclove, Ph.D. >>> S t a t i s t i c i a n >>> Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago >>> >>> Information& Decision Sciences Dept (MC 294) . . ofc (312) 996-2681 >>> College of Business Administration . . . . dept (312) 996-2676 >>> University of Illinois at Chicago . . . . . fax (312) 413-0385 >>> 601 S. Morgan Street . . . . . . . . [log in to unmask] >>> Chicago, IL 60607-7124, U.S.A . . . . .www.uic.edu/~slsclove >>> >>> ===================================================== >>> * >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------- CLASS-L list. >>> Instructions: >>> http://www.classification-society.org/csna/lists.html#class-l >> >> -- >> Prof. André HARDY, >> >> ---------------------------------------------- CLASS-L list. >> Instructions: >> http://www.classification-society.org/csna/lists.html#class-l > > -- > > > * > ===================================================== > > > Stanley L. Sclove, Ph.D. > S t a t i s t i c i a n > Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago > > Information& Decision Sciences Dept (MC 294) . . ofc (312) 996-2681 > College of Business Administration . . . . dept (312) 996-2676 > University of Illinois at Chicago . . . . . fax (312) 413-0385 > 601 S. Morgan Street . . . . . . . . [log in to unmask] > Chicago, IL 60607-7124, U.S.A . . . . .www.uic.edu/~slsclove > > ===================================================== > * > > > ---------------------------------------------- CLASS-L list. > Instructions: > http://www.classification-society.org/csna/lists.html#class-l -- Prof. André HARDY, ---------------------------------------------- CLASS-L list. Instructions: http://www.classification-society.org/csna/lists.html#class-l