tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post7135521314943097553..comments2024-03-10T05:26:42.148-04:00Comments on My Biased Coin: INFOCOM MiniconferenceMichael Mitzenmacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738274256402616703noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-29196688022108282082008-12-24T03:27:00.000-05:002008-12-24T03:27:00.000-05:00Hi Prof. Mitzenmacher,I just read about a computer...Hi Prof. Mitzenmacher,<BR/><BR/>I just read about a computer generated paper that was accepted, with review, to the International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE).<BR/><BR/>You can read more here: http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/23/2321242<BR/><BR/>I found it mildly entertaining, and thought you might too. I was wondering if you had any thoughts on how this reflects on the field/system as a whole?Shaneal Manekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10780697234154191381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-27251035576753377742008-12-23T21:08:00.000-05:002008-12-23T21:08:00.000-05:00this may be what the 2-page system was envisioned ...this may be what the 2-page system was envisioned as being (and don't forget the "must feed the discrete mathematicians" angle), but it effectively devolved into the usual kind of 2-tier system.<BR/><BR/>Also, if you recall the various business meetings we had during the 2-page era, some of the most virulent opposition came from viewing it as the second tier in a 2-tier system. Basically people didn't want "second-class" papers in SODA. <BR/><BR/>And I'm not sure I like that idea either. A paper that appears in some random conference doesn't carry the associated stigma of "rejected from super conference" with it: papers in the second tier of a two-tier system do. Is this a good thing ? <BR/><BR/>One might hope (over time) that if in fact the papers accepted to this second tier are quite good, the stigma will go away. This already happens independently, when lesser-known conferences pick up the runoff from the more well known ones: ESA is a case in point.Suresh Venkatasubramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-25727286559265969982008-12-23T17:00:00.000-05:002008-12-23T17:00:00.000-05:00Suresh--The SODA 2-page system was not what I woul...Suresh--<BR/><BR/>The SODA 2-page system was not what I would call a 2-tier system. The 2-page papers were, as I recall, meant to give short results or summaries of results to go into a journal version. It was not that your SODA paper got rejected, but it was decided the paper was above-bar and it would get a 2-page slot.<BR/><BR/>Definitely a problem with the SODA 2-page paper system is that there didn't seem to be a completely consistent message of what it should be and why it was needed; but I don't think that it's the same beast as what I'm describing here.Michael Mitzenmacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02161161032642563814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-62750611267977743742008-12-23T16:49:00.000-05:002008-12-23T16:49:00.000-05:00Oh how we forget :). Can I say, "SODA 2-page paper...Oh how we forget :). Can I say, "SODA 2-page papers" ?Suresh Venkatasubramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.com