On 5/30/2013 12:47 AM, Martin Gilje Jaatun wrote: > Den 29.05.2013 20:05, skrev Joe Touch: >> I've drafted the following, which I hope will open a discussion on this >> issue. If it evolves into something useful, perhaps it can be posted on >> the TC websites for use by those appointed to monitor TC-endorsed TCS'd >> meetings. > [...] >> 5. TPC meeting E/A/D >> >> E = in-person meeting with support for remote >> A = in-person with no remote support or only telecon or e-mail >> D = no meeting > > I'm a little surprised by this - I have participated in a large number > of program committees over the years, and none of them have had > in-person TPC meetings - at most there have been a discussion phase > using the conference submission system.
The interaction at an in-person meeting, even with remote support, is quite different than when the discussion is only online. Many conferences have in-person TPC meetings, but agreed that this is not used everywhere. >> 7. paper accept rate E/A/D >> >> E = <=50%, based on natural gap in paper evaluation >> A = <=50%, not based on 'gap' >> D = >50% > > The problem with acceptance rates is that they are so easy to game - and > according to this, a conference that receives 100 great papers and > accepts 60 of them is worse than a conference that gets 1000 junk > submissions and accepts 400 of them... Yes; there's a problem treating any one of these questions as absolute. This particular question is from existing ComSoc policy: http://cms.comsoc.org/eprise/main/SiteGen/Confs_P_P/Content/Home/Conference_Publications.html I don't agree that this can be 'gamed' on a persistent basis. Conferences that get 100 great papers will later get 1000. It's impossible to target a voluntary audience so directly that this happens without correction over several events. Joe _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. Tccc@lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
