Top universities are abandoning ranking systems
“Institutes are questioning the value and methods used by ranking companies, which can focus more on research output than other…
Category: Community
Welcoming New Participants – First Timer Reception
So finally there are new persons coming to the conference, great! Now ease their way into the conference and use…
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…
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…