tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post5430113235561173068..comments2024-03-10T05:26:42.148-04:00Comments on My Biased Coin: Conference Attendance : How to Keep it Strong?Michael Mitzenmacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738274256402616703noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-40693302097693603172010-06-15T05:56:14.147-04:002010-06-15T05:56:14.147-04:00My wife does biblical archaeology and goes to a jo...My wife does biblical archaeology and goes to a joint SBL/ASOR conference (1e4 scholars) every November. She liked the following locations: Boston, Atlanta, New Orleans, Toronto. Apparently Nashville and Orlando were not so nice. She missed Chicago but wanted to go.Geoff Knauthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12025560607512616605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-31730259457828210952010-06-06T19:54:55.907-04:002010-06-06T19:54:55.907-04:00@last anonymous.. there is no place more far away ...@last anonymous.. there is no place more far away from USA than India :) (approx 12hrs time difference)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-88244958865812203402010-06-06T19:43:53.316-04:002010-06-06T19:43:53.316-04:00Really curious what the attendance at SIGCOMM will...Really curious what the attendance at SIGCOMM will look like this year (New Delhi in August).<br /><br />I'm taking a pass...and, anecdotally, a number of peers who normally attend are as well. Geographic diversity is indeed overrated. And bad for the environment to boot (I bet the average distance traveled to this SIGCOMM will be one of the highest).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-6088000170211300182010-06-06T18:40:19.152-04:002010-06-06T18:40:19.152-04:00SIGGRAPH seems to be held in Los Angeles every oth...SIGGRAPH seems to be held in Los Angeles every other year. I don't know all the reasons involved, (I've heard that we get a discount on the conference center) but the attendance (due to industry) is usually reliably higher every year it's in LA. I don't know what lesson there is to take away there, but at least it's another data point.Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12848246894741812189noreply@blogger.com