I agree with the general idea. It would be interesting to have a system where not only papers, but also associated video presentations could be uploaded. Both (a paper and a presentation) should be a subject of a review.
Kind regards, Pawel. > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Replacing scientific conferences with a cheap and efficient > on-line system > Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:52:58 +0300 > From: Pars Mutaf <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > > > Dear researcher, > > Please read the following message and if you agree that it is > beneficial > for the scientific community, send it to all your colleagues: > > Title: Replacing scientific conferences with a cheap and efficient > on-line system > > Problem: > > 1. Scientific conference review system is very limited and slow. Very > limited feedback (3-5 reviewers) are received, only once, and after > waiting long months. > > 2. Millions of dollars are spent each year (for registration fees, > etc.). This is a lost resource because the following solution exists > which is much more beneficial for science and community. > > > Solution: > > Step 1. Author(s) submit a paper to an on-line archive e.g. > http://arxiv.org/, which should be augmented with a review and > discussion system. > > Step 2. Interested scientists send review and discussion (possibly in > a > forum style). Review and discussion is archived. Good reviews may be > acknowledged in the camera ready version of the article. > > Step 3. When the community and authors decide that the paper is ready > for publication, the authors submit it to a journal using the current > system. Paper is published with their names. > > > What can you do? > > If you support such a system please visit the following URL and sign > the > petition: > > > http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/replacing-scientific-conferences-with-a-cheap-and-effic.html > > > With much love and light -- Pawel Kulakowski, PhD Assistant professor Department of Telecommunications AGH University of Science and Technology Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland. e-mail: [email protected] www: http://www.kt.agh.edu.pl/~brus/ _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. [email protected] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
