tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post6914689377343425134..comments2024-03-10T05:26:42.148-04:00Comments on My Biased Coin: Hoopes Prize CommitteeMichael Mitzenmacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738274256402616703noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-2558869583126644412009-05-14T18:38:00.000-04:002009-05-14T18:38:00.000-04:00Any idea when this year's Hoopes winners will be a...Any idea when this year's Hoopes winners will be announced? Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-15622350432384603582009-05-14T13:54:00.000-04:002009-05-14T13:54:00.000-04:00Any idea when this year's Hoopes winners will be a...Any idea when this year's Hoopes winners will be announced? Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-21283354078007819642009-05-13T10:52:00.000-04:002009-05-13T10:52:00.000-04:00Anonymous :
I think both your points are relevant...Anonymous :<br /><br />I think both your points are relevant. There's definitely less pressure and more detachment than at a regular PC, although certainly people have opinions and argue for them. I wonder if we could capture a bit of the spirit of the HC in a PC somehow.Michael Mitzenmacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02161161032642563814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-13305985273731694392009-05-12T13:58:00.000-04:002009-05-12T13:58:00.000-04:00Michael,
I'm trying to analyze why you had a bett...Michael,<br /><br />I'm trying to analyze why you had a better time in the Hoopes Committee (HC) than some of the PCs. This might not apply fully but anyway I think there are two factors:<br /><br />1. The Hoopes prize carries, from the point of a CS PhD, less weight than say a top conference paper acceptance. If I were in the HC, the pressure on me would be less. This ties in with Matt Welsh's blog on devaluing conference papers.<br /><br />2. HC members are detached from the submissions, in the sense that they are not colleagues of those who submitted, nor did they submit any of their own work. In other words, there is no (significant) personal gain to be made. I'm wondering, for conferences, whether the PCs should be restricted to those really senior folks with nothing more to lose or gain. Unfortunately, the load would be unthinkable since the pool is pretty small.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com