Student Conference Awards ISCB Sub-Committee Student Conference Awards Terms of Reference, Membership and Report ISCB38 Vigo 2017: AGM Wed 12 Jul

StCA: Terms of Reference and Membership Information Terms of Reference Members Student Conference Awards iscb-stud-conf-awrd@ googlegroups.com Student conference awards are available for registered postgraduate students to attend the annual conference and present a paper. The Sub-committee shall receive submissions, judge them, and administer the awards. The rules and procedures are announced in a timely issue of the Newsletter and on the ISCB annual conference webpage. The Sub-committee takes actions for making the annual conferences a stimulating place with good networking opportunities for all young researchers (Informal Young Researcher Get Together, Student’s Day). Chair: 1. Nadine Binder (G) Secretary: 2. Katherine Lee (AU) Members: 3. Carl-Fredrik Burman (SE) 4. Richard Cook (CA) 5. Thomas Jaki (UK) 6. Ulrich Mansmann (G) 7. Chris Metcalfe (UK) 8. Hein Putter (NL) 9. Dimitris Rizopoulos (NL) 10. Jeremy Taylor (USA)

StCA: Report We received 23 StCA applications: 4 applicants came from the United Kingdom; 3 applicants came from Germany, Spain, and USA; 2 applicants came from Australia and Canada; 1 applicant came from Austria, Italy, Japan, Slovenia, The Netherlands, and Vietnam. Thanks to all members of the SC for judging the applications and for giving good care and deliberation in the decision process. Thanks also to the President. The SC selected four students after a double-blind review of the submitted abstracts and summary papers from each applicant: Name Country University Topic Session Sam Brilleman Australia Monash Bayesian joint models for multiple longitudinal biomarkers and a time-to-event outcome: software development and a melanoma case study OC40 David Cheng USA Harvard Efficient and Robust Semi-Supervised Estimation of Treatment Effects in Electronic Medical Records Data OC34 Krithika Suresh Michigan Comparison of joint modeling and landmarking for dynamic prediction under an illness-death model OC32 Lan Wen UK Cambridge Methods for handling longitudinal outcomes truncated by dropout and death OC2

StCA: Report Further SC actions for students: - Students’ Gathering: Sunday, 9 July To meet peers beforehand the conference. Thanks to the LOC for organisation - Students’ Day: Thursday, 13 July To stimulate discussion on how to be a good researcher and how to shape a biostatistical career. Three experienced speaker presentations, 10 oral student contributions, and a moderated round on open questions. Thanks to the Students Day organising group.