The Statistical Computing and Statistical Graphics sections will sponsor two Continuing Education courses and several invited sessions and roundtables at JSM 2012 in San Diego, California. Read on for the details.

The Statistical Computing and Statistical Graphics sections of the ASA are cosponsoring a student paper competition on the topics of statistical computing and statistical graphics. Students are encouraged to submit a paper in one of these areas, which might be original methodological research, a novel computing or graphical application in statistics, or a software-related project.

In 1998, the Association for Computing Machinery presented its Software System Award to John Chambers for the design and development of S. Chambers donated his award to the Statistical Computing Section to endow an annual prize for statistical software written by an undergraduate or graduate student. The prize carries an award of $500 and a substantial allowance for travel to the annual Joint Statistical Meetings, where the award will be presented.

The Statistical Computing and Statistical Graphics sections are cosponsoring a student paper competition on the topics of statistical computing and statistical graphics. The selected winners will present their papers in a topic-contributed session at JSM 2011 in Miami, Florida.

The Statistical Computing Section announces the competition for the John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award, an annual prize for statistical software written by an undergraduate or graduate student.

The Statistical Computing Section announces the John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award and the 2010 Student Paper Competition.