The Latin American Regional Section (LARS) of the International Association for Statistical  Computing (IASC) may award a Best Conference Paper Award at the VIII Latin American  Conference on Statistical Computing (LACSC) and a Best Poster Award at the VIII Latin American  Conference on Statistical Computing. The name of the awards are “IASC-LARS Best Conference  Paper Award 2024 (IASC-LARS-BCPA24)” and “IASC-LARS Best Poster Award 2024 (IASC-LARS BPA24)”

Award process and prizes 

1. The winners of the IASC-LARS-BCPA24 and the IASC-LARS-BPA24 will be awarded at the closing  ceremony at LACSC 2024. 

a. A certificate will be issued to the winners. 

b. The winners must provide (no later than August 15th, 2024) a brief biographical sketch and  good-quality photographs to be used in the advertising process. 

2. The winners will automatically become regular members of the International Association for  Statistical Computing for one year (2025). 

3. The winners will receive a discount code for use in the ISI World Statistics Conference (WSC)  Registration system. 

4. The winners will be announced in the WSC edition of the ISI and Associations Awards Brochure  and for the WSC Awards Presentation. 

Eligibility 

To be eligible for the IASC-LARS-BCPA24 and the IASC-LARS-BPA24, the authors, 

1. Must be young researchers, i.e., students or, in the case of having received a doctoral degree, it  must have been granted within the last 5 years from the date of his/her application. 

2. Must have submitted a poster or an oral communication paper to the LACSC conference. 3. Must have presented a poster or an oral communication at the LACSC conference. 

Evaluation 

The candidate papers submitted to the IASC-LARS-BCPA23 and the IASC-LARS- BPA23 will be  evaluated according to the following assessment criteria: 

a) Technical excellence (weighting 40%) 

● Rigorous development of mathematical and statistical theories, the use of computer  applications, and results. 

b) Originality and innovation (weighting 25%) 

● Proposal and/or use of new theories, methodologies, procedures, models, applications, creative  solving problem approaches, novel empirical results. 

c) Relevance and impact (weighting 25%)

● The proposals –theories and/or results– contribute to a body of knowledge developed by the  scientific community in the area. The proposals allow the emergence of a completely new line of  theoretical development, the verification of relevant empirical results, the development of  applications in a variety of disciplines. 

d) Clarity and organization (weighting 10%) 

● Clarity and coherence in the exposition of theories, concepts, models, applications, results. Text  quality and organization of the paper. Identification of the problem, methodology, and solution. 

A Selection Committee will be designated by the Scientific Committee for the awards.