[Tccc] Requesting open feedback to my work (Re: Promoting open on-line research)
Pars Mutaf
pars.mutaf
Thu Nov 3 12:37:23 EDT 2011
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Joe Touch <touch at isi.edu> wrote:
> Hi, Pars,
>
>
> On 11/3/2011 9:11 AM, Pars Mutaf wrote:
>
>> Hi Joe thanks. I think I cannot argue with your experience of course
>> which I don' have.
>>
>> But why the following system is not useful to me?
>>
>> 1. I can browse others' work (e.g. arxiv)
>> 2. I can ask questions, provide comments, get answers etc.
>> 3. My input is archived.
>> 4. I get comments to my work. If I don't there is a problem with my work
>> and I update it or see similar work.
>>
>> Using this system, if I provide good feedback, I can form a network for
>> myself without necessarily attending conferences.
>>
>
> It's useful, as are the local equivalents (e.g., tech reports at your own
> organization, if you have one).
>
> However...
>
> Consider where you look to find good work that you *know* has been
> publicly vetted by peers that you recognize and respect.
>
>
Yes but it is too late now I couldn't contribute. My contribution is
missing in the paper.
> Consider where you send a paper to *know* you will get a set of reviews
> (granted in a few months, hopefully).
>
>
Yes a better paper because people helped me.
> Consider where you send a paper to *know* that, if the paper is deemed
> useful by a set of peers, you can have a venue where you *know* at least
> some other people will see your work?
>
>
OK.
> Which one yields these results - arxiv, Infocom, or ToN?
>
>
First step is arxiv, second is infocom, third is ToN.
Or perhaps,
First step is arxiv, second step is ToN.
Pars
> That's why, IMO, organized peer-reviewed venues are used as part of tenure
> and promotions, but tech report publications aren't anywhere as significant.
>
> Joe (again, speaking as an individual)
>
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