Suggestions for better Research Assessment: San Francisco Declaration
An substantial number of institutions and individuals have signed to support the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, which is…
Category: Community
Journal rankings have negative impact
Björn Brembs, Katherine Button, and Marcus Munafò argue and provide facts in their paper “Deep Impact: Unintended consequences of journal…
Resist Schoolyard Peer Pressure
Only because other conferences are doing it, you don’t have to – the benefit to your conference and its community…
Research Conferences vs. H-Index Machines
I find numerical evaluation systems bad for the community. Evaluation criteria, notably h-index, are forced upon us by actors outside…
Paper length
I believe paper length restrictions are a historic artefact, needed to keep printing and shipping of proceedings low. It can…
Best paper – Outstanding papers, Award Visibility
Highlighting achievements is a good thing. The conference can signal which papers it considers very good, and authors can take…
Community friendly timing
Conference timing can have impact on time with families, quality of life, etc. At ECRTS, Sophie Quinton brought in changes…
Edward Lee – “The Toxic Culture of Rejection in Computer Science”
Edward Lee posted on the Sigbed Blog “The Toxic Culture of Rejection in Computer Science” on negativity in CS conference…
Open Access
A goal of research is to ultimately to benefit society with research results available to the public. The conference work…
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…