Re: [TYPES/announce] Request for comments: Two-phase reviewing for POPL

2010-01-13 Thread Norman Ramsey
[ The Types Forum (announcements only), http://lists.seas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/types-announce ] Request for comments: Two-phase reviewing for POPL ... no decision process is perfect The POPL Steering Committee has formulated the following

Re: [TYPES/announce] Two phase reviewing for POPL; a response

2010-01-13 Thread Riccardo Pucella
[ The Types Forum (announcements only), http://lists.seas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/types-announce ] A quick 2 cents on one of Mike Mislove's comments: Given this disparity, the number of papers accepted could be increased by holding poster sessions, as Prakash suggests, but I have

Re: [TYPES/announce] Two phase reviewing for POPL; a response

2010-01-13 Thread Derek Dreyer
[ The Types Forum (announcements only), http://lists.seas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/types-announce ] Precisely: the key word is IDEAS, not papers. The hiring and tenure committees should look for, and perhaps count, IDEAS, not papers, especially if at conferences. And the conferences

Re: [TYPES/announce] Two phase reviewing for POPL; a response

2010-01-13 Thread Philip Wadler
[ The Types Forum (announcements only), http://lists.seas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/types-announce ] Many thanks to Simon and everyone else who has posted in this thread for their thoughtful comments. The POPL Steering Committee has considered whether to increase the number of papers

Re: [TYPES/announce] Two phase reviewing for POPL; a response

2010-01-13 Thread Robert Harper
[ The Types Forum (announcements only), http://lists.seas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/types-announce ] After reading many of the thoughtful responses, I thought it might be worthwhile to add a few further remarks: 1. Mostly, I am against the ever-increasing officiousness of the