2024 Student Research Presentation Awards
Awards will be given at the 2024 SSC Annual Meeting for research presentations (oral or poster) made by students. Entries will be judged on the quality of both the presentation and the underlying research. The awards consist of a certificate and a cash prize.
To be eligible for this award, a student must not have defended her/his thesis nor completed her/his final degree requirements by December 31, 2023.
In 2024, entrants for student research presentation awards must choose to enter one of the seven separate competitions:
- The Actuarial Science Section Student Research Oral Presentation Award competition will judge presentations on theory and applications in actuarial science as well as the general criteria. There will be two cash prizes valued at \$250.00 each.
- The Business and Industrial Statistics Section Student Research Oral Presentation Award competition will judge business and industrial aspects of the work as well as the general criteria. There will be one cash prize valued at \$500.00.
- The Data Science and Analytics Section Student Research Oral Presentation Award competition will judge participants’ talks on the strength of their contributions to data science theory and applications, as well as on the general criteria. There will be two cash prizes awarded, each valued at \$250.00.
- The Probability Section Student Research Oral Presentation Award competition will judge presentations on the probabilistic aspects of the work as well as the general criteria. There will be one cash prize valued at \$750.00.
- The Biostatistics Section Student Research Oral Presentation Award competition will judge presentations on the biostatistics aspects of the work as well as the general criteria. There will be two cash prizes valued at \$500 each.
- The General Student Research Oral Presentation Award competition will judge presentations on the general criteria. There will be three cash prizes valued at \$500 each.
- The Student Research Poster Presentation Award competition will judge presentations based on the poster competition criteria described below. There will be three cash prizes valued at \$500 each.
To enter, the student must:
- Submit the abstract of the contributed paper or poster through the SSC meeting website on or before February 23, 2024 at 11:59 PM PDT;
- Complete and submit the online form between February 1, 2024 and April 1, 2024. This form requires submission of 2 documents
- A scanned letter on university letterhead from the supervisor or department chair confirming student status as of December 31, 2023
- A pdf file containing a short summary of the research with suitable headings (e.g. Motivation, Methods, Results, Conclusions and References), no longer than four pages (Times New Roman, Font Size of 12, 1-inch margins, and single line-spacing) (Note: one-page encouraged for Biostatistics Section and one-page for Poster Presentation).
Evaluation Criteria
Poster presentations will be evaluated based on the following criteria: Objectives and Results (5 points), Methods and Analysis (5 points), Discussion (5 points), Presentation (5 points), and Overall Impression (5 points).
Summary submissions will be selected for oral presentations based on the following criteria: Relevance/Importance of research/application (30%), Rigor, assessment, and novelty of proposed solution (50%) and Quality of writing (20%). The presenters will be notified by April 15, 2024 whether their summaries have been selected to compete or not. Presenters whose summaries have not been selected will be offered the opportunity to make standard contributed presentations.
Oral presentations will be assessed based on the following criteria:
• Research (25): Interest and importance of research (5); Originality of research (5); Difficulty and sophistication of methods (5); Student mastery of materials (5); Overall quality of research (5).
• Delivery (25): Clarity and pace of presentation (5); Selection of materials from summary (5); Use of graphics (5); Ability to answer questions (5); Overall quality (5).
Presentations based on joint work with a senior colleague such as a supervisor are eligible, as long as the student presents the work. Joint presentations between two or more students are eligible. Past winners in each competition are not eligible for the same competition, but may enter the other ones. All presenters are required to register for the meeting at the time of abstract submission. The presenters are also responsible to pay their registration fees to attend the meeting.
Questions regarding the competitions can be directed to studentawards-chair@ssc.ca
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