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The Annual Info-Metrics Prize in Memory of Halbert L. White Jr., Deadline: 30 June 2013

The Info-Metrics Annual Prize
in Memory of Halbert L. White, Jr.

See also: In Memoriam: Halbert White

The Info-Metrics Institute is pleased to announce the creation of the Halbert 
L. White, Jr. prize in memory of one of the Institute??s founding Board members 
who passed away on March 31, 2012.

The prize is intended to reward outstanding academic research by an early 
career scholar in the field of info-metrics and carries an award of $2000 to be 
conferred either to an individual or shared among joint recipients. A maximum 
of one prize will be awarded each year; with recipients to be announced no 
later than August 31st. The award ceremony will occur at the first Info-Metrics 
meeting (conference or workshop) following the announcement of the award 
recipient.

The annual Info-Metrics prize will be given for the best recent published work, 
in any academic discipline, that is deemed likely to bring important advances 
to multiple academic disciplines in the area of info-metrics (the science and 
practice of inference and quantitative information processing).

Topics

All topics within the field of info-metrics are eligible, regardless of 
discipline.

Sponsors

The Info-Metrics Institute.

Criteria

High quality info-metrics research is the only criteria.

Eligibility

The prize is open to researchers that have completed their PhD within the 
preceding 10 years. Members of the Info-Metrics Advisory Board cannot be 
nominated. The award consists of a certificate listing the paper/work, the 
author's name and affiliation and a cash prize of $2,000.00.

Awards Committee

The interdisciplinary Award committee and its Chair will be appointed by the 
Advisory Board of the Info-Metrics Institute and will include at least three 
individuals from across the scientific spectrum.

The inaugural Award Committee consists of:
Essie Maasoumi (Emory; Social Sciences) ?? Chair
Ariel Caticha (SUNY Albany; Natural Sciences) ?? Member
Luciano Floridi (Hertfordshire and Oxford; Philosophy) ?? Member
Yuichi Kitamura (Yale; Social Sciences) ?? Member
Raphael D. Levine (Hebrew University and UCLA; Natural Sciences) ?? Member
Aman Ullah (UC Riverside; Social Sciences) ?? Member

Nomination Procedure

One or more Affiliates of the Info-Metrics Institute may nominate a 
paper/person (or in some cases, a body of work), with a description of the 
work??s merits and the impact it has had or may have. The deadline for 
nomination is June 30. The complete nomination should be sent via email to 
info-metrics@american.edu with the Subject line: ??info-metrics prize 
nomination??.

Self-nomination is not allowed.