{"59957":{"#nid":"59957","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Paul Kvam Selected as Fellow of the American Statistical Association","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022left\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EALEXANDRIA, VA\u003C\/em\u003E- The American Statistical Association (ASA)    today announced the election of 60 of its members as Fellows of the Association,    in recognition of outstanding professional contribution to and leadership in    the field of statistical science. [Among the elected members is Paul Kvam, Professor of Statistics in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.]  The designation of Fellow has been a superlative    honor in the society for over nine decades. The Fellows will be presented at    a ceremony at the Association\u0027s 166th annual Joint Statistical Meetings, taking    place August 6-10, 2006, in Seattle. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to ASA By-Laws, each year, the Committee on Fellows can only elect    one-third of one percent of the total ASA membership. In order to be honored    with the title of Fellow, members must have an established reputation and have    made outstanding contributions in some aspect of statistical work. \u0022Becoming    an ASA Fellow is one of the highest honors in our profession,\u0022 said Sallie    Keller-McNulty, President of the ASA. \u0022This year\u0027s set of new ASA Fellows    represent a superb cross section of our members who have strengthened the statistical    sciences discipline through their outstanding achievements in education and    research, and through their unselfish commitments to the service of our profession.\u0022  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAttached is a list of this year\u0027s honorees, including their names and affiliations [see \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.amstat.org\/pressroom\/index.cfm?fuseaction=2006fellows\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.amstat.org\/pressroom\/index.cfm?fuseaction=2006fellows\u003C\/a\u003E for the complete list].    The Committee on Fellows evaluates candidates\u0027 contributions to the advancements    of statistics, giving due weight to publications, the positions held by the    candidates in the organizations in which they are employed, activities within    the Association, membership and attainments in other societies, and other professional    activities. The case for each candidate is judged individually, with no one    of these criteria govern selection to the exclusion of the others. Selection    committee members were Elizabeth M. Halloran, Demissie Alemayehu, Robert M.    Bell, Donald Guthrie, Roderick J. Little, Bonnie K. Ray, Nozer D. Singpurwalla,    Robert T. Smythe, and Grace L. Yang. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E For additional information, please contact the American Statistical Association    at (703) 684-1221, or visit the ASA Web site at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.amstat.org\/\u0022\u003Ewww.amstat.org\u003C\/a\u003E.    To receive a press release, including official citation, on a specific Fellow,    contact Jeanene Harris at the ASA.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThanks to the ASA for this article.  Copyright * 2006 American Statistical Association.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2006-09-06 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-09-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-09-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}