[Tccc] Online scientific social networking (Updated the old petition: Replacing scientific conferences with a cheap and efficient on-line open system)
Pars Mutaf
pars.mutaf
Thu Nov 10 01:30:39 EST 2011
Hi Johnson, I think the right discussion is: What kind of benefits we can
obtain
from online scientific social networking.
Pars
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 2:16 AM, <j.agbinya at ib2com.org> wrote:
> Sometimes cheap means really cheap papers. Why not go into chat rooms
> subscribe, enter into chat sessions on papers and then publish if that
> is the objective of the authors.
> Conferences are paid for because they require
> a) resources (hired venues, meals, coffee, proceedings, etc)
> b) review of papers which takes a lot of efforts and time
> c) publication of conference proceedings - costs associated with this.
> d) training of post graduate students on how to run and manage workshops
> e) listening to experts in the specific feilds and interact with them one
> on one.
>
> But besides these, face to face conferences permit normal networking
> between researchers, industry and students which will mostly be lost
> in online conferences. The real benefits from conferences are not just
> the presentation of the power point slides but the ability to interact
> with other researchers, gather new ideas on your line of research, form
> new partnerships and expand your sphere of influence.
>
> Obviously you can tell by now that I do not support the idea. There are
> already
> too many uncited papers because they contain nothing to cite. Just like
> fast food, we are seeking to reduce technical excellence to fast food
> syndrome.
>
> Johnson
>
>
> Quoting Emmanuel Lochin <emmanuel.lochin at gmail.com>:
>
> On 4 November 2011 14:50, Pars Mutaf <pars.mutaf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Emmanuel Lochin <
>>> emmanuel.lochin at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 4 November 2011 14:40, Pars Mutaf <pars.mutaf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Hi Emmanuel,
>>>> >
>>>> > I don't understand. We say nothing against conferences although they
>>>> are
>>>> > obviously too expensive.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry Pars but you wrote : "Scientific conferences cost too much to
>>>> the world ($500-1000 USD for registration not counting travel and
>>>> hotel), are harmful to the planet (too much traveling) and not always
>>>> useful"
>>>> This is a strong statement isn't it ?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes it is strong and it is true.
>>>
>>
>> I believe this is a simplistic and narrow vision and this argument is
>> obviously against conferences. Anyway ... as already said, "just do
>> it".
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> EL
>>
>> (btw, where is the rest of the sentence? :-))
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>>>> EL
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