Comments on: A must read for computer scientists: Lance is right: Time to grow up http://blog.oddhead.com/2009/08/04/fortnow-on-computer-science-conferences-journals/ Musings of a computer scientist and Yahoo on prediction markets, gambling, and estimating the odds of everything Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:11:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Varun Aggarwala http://blog.oddhead.com/2009/08/04/fortnow-on-computer-science-conferences-journals/comment-page-1/#comment-640 Varun Aggarwala Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:00:46 +0000 http://blog.oddhead.com/?p=873#comment-640 Conferences should be done away with. Most of the good conferences take place in US or in Europe, and it becomes too costly and time consuming for researchers from other countries in Asia, to attend them. An average expense of a conference easily crosses 1000$ per person, this is far more than what most professors in India get in a month. The community should be inclusive, but currently, it only caters to the rich western european countries and US only :( Conferences should be done away with. Most of the good conferences take place in US or in Europe, and it becomes too costly and time consuming for researchers from other countries in Asia, to attend them. An average expense of a conference easily crosses 1000$ per person, this is far more than what most professors in India get in a month.
The community should be inclusive, but currently, it only caters to the rich western european countries and US only :(

]]> By: David Pennock http://blog.oddhead.com/2009/08/04/fortnow-on-computer-science-conferences-journals/comment-page-1/#comment-634 David Pennock Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:23:53 +0000 http://blog.oddhead.com/?p=873#comment-634 Thanks Jim. Great post: well said. Thanks Jim. Great post: well said.

]]> By: Jim Jansen http://blog.oddhead.com/2009/08/04/fortnow-on-computer-science-conferences-journals/comment-page-1/#comment-633 Jim Jansen Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:55:22 +0000 http://blog.oddhead.com/?p=873#comment-633 I'm a big fan of the journals as outlets, see http://jimjansen.blogspot.com/2008/08/publishing-at-conferences-versus-in.html I’m a big fan of the journals as outlets, see http://jimjansen.blogspot.com/2008/08/publishing-at-conferences-versus-in.html

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