Nominations for the 2013 Deming Lecturer Award are due July 15. The awardee will give the Deming Lecture (an invited paper) at the Joint Statistical Meetings and receive a $1,000 honorarium, award plaque, and money for travel expenses.

To be considered for the award, an individual must have made significant contributions in fields related to those in which Deming devoted his career (e.g., survey sampling, statistics in the transportation industry, quality management, and quality improvement), or more broadly, have made significant contributions through effective promotion of statistics and statistical thinking in business or industry.

For details, contact Marilyn M. Seastrom, selection committee chair, at Marilyn.seastrom@ed.gov or (202) 502-7303.

Nominations can be sent by email to ASA Executive Secretary Pam Craven at pamela@amstat.org or by mail to the ASA office, ATTN: Award Nominations, 732 North Washington St., Alexandria, VA 22314–1943.

Noether Senior and Young Scholar

Nominations are being accepted for the 2013 Noether Senior and Noether Young Scholar awards. If you have questions, contact the committee chair, Pranab K. Sen, at pksen@bios.unc.edu or (919) 966-7274.

Nominations should be sent before December 1 to Pam Craven in the ASA office at pamela@amstat.org or 732 N. Washington St., Alexandria, VA 22314, ATTN: Award Nominations.