On 6/29/15, 4:15 PM, "shaposh...@gmail.com on behalf of Roman Shaposhnik" <shaposh...@gmail.com on behalf of ro...@shaposhnik.org> wrote: >>Every event, on any topic, of any size, that I have ever been affiliated >> with, has had this same situation. No matter what you do, half the >>papers >> will be submitted in the last week of the CFP. Nobody likes it, but it's >> reality. > >Exactly! But it makes me curious: has anybody ever tried to "gamify" >successfully >against this sad trend?
It is human nature. The word “procrastination” has the shortest definition in most dictionaries because the editors only get around to it at the last minute ;-) -Alex
