Deepayan Sarkar wins the 2004 Chambers Award

[Douglas Bates]

It was announced today that Deepayan Sarkar has won the 2004 Chambers
Award sponsored by the Statistical Computing section of the American
Statistical Association.  This award, made possible by a generous
donation by Dr. John M. Chambers, is given annually in recognition
of outstanding contributions to statistical software by a student.
Deepayan received the award for his lattice package for R.

The award consists of a cash prize, a plaque, and paid registration to
attend the Joint Statistical Meetings.  Deepayan will formally receive
the award during the Statistical Computing/Statistical Graphics
sections' business meeting and mixer at the 2004 Joint Statistical
Meetings in Toronto.

Our congratulations to Deepayan.