Open Access
A goal of research is to ultimately to benefit society with research results available to the public. The conference work…
What is a good paper depends on the type of contribution
Evaluation criteria are mostly of a one-fits-all type. I believe they should be different, based on the type of contribution,…
TPC composition
TPC composition is one of the most important aspects impacting overall conference quality. The TPC should have expertise to assess…
TPC purpose, basic operation
The goal of the technical program committee is the selection of papers based on their technical merit and suitability for…
How does the Conference serve the Research Community?
The research community in a field, e.g., real-time systems, consists of everyone working in the area, independent of their role…
Quantitative Solutions don’t solve Qualitative Problems
A reflex to problems often seem to be “do more of x”. Let’s look at an example: “Not happy with…
Conferences become good because of the boring stuff
We are tempted to think that conferences become good because of great ideas, novel concepts etc. While that is important,…
Nothing happens on its own
Everything needs someone behind it making it happen, at least checking that it is on the way. Even if it…