tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post4912429526714631424..comments2024-03-10T05:26:42.148-04:00Comments on My Biased Coin: Small Steps...Michael Mitzenmacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738274256402616703noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-20092278048096056402008-09-17T21:40:00.000-04:002008-09-17T21:40:00.000-04:00I'd just like to point out that the alternative pu...I'd just like to point out that the alternative publishing model I mentioned on Mihai's blog -- the one used by math -- doesn't do away entirely with conferences. Mathematicians hold conferences all the time. I don't think there is less dissemination of information within the math community than within the TCS community. But it's virtually impossible for a mathematician to base their reputation mostly on conference publications (excluding cases where the conference publication was, say, a proof solving a million-dollar problem).Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723950176543566251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-67571533127278290962008-09-17T15:09:00.000-04:002008-09-17T15:09:00.000-04:00Jonathan --I'd say with no external pressure to pu...Jonathan --<BR/><BR/>I'd say with no external pressure to publish, there'd be fewer publications. And my take, from my reasoning above, is that we'd actually be worse off (in terms of overall output) because of it. Although, to be sure, I wish I had more tangible evidence available.Michael Mitzenmacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02161161032642563814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-43756803812279992712008-09-17T14:42:00.000-04:002008-09-17T14:42:00.000-04:00Overall, I agree with you. But I would like to thr...Overall, I agree with you. But I would like to throw out the following hypothetical question: Say there were no external pressure to publish. How many fewer papers would be published, and how much better or worse off would we, as a community, be?Jonathan Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07362776979218585818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-63857605492649906112008-09-17T14:35:00.000-04:002008-09-17T14:35:00.000-04:00Some, like myself, who are very vocal about the pr...Some, like myself, who are very vocal about the problems do not worry about incremental research.<BR/><BR/>It is silly to sit in your basement for 10 years hoping for this big breakthrough. <BR/><BR/>Publish early and often.Daniel Lemirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01566622051558391310noreply@blogger.com