dvk@sei.cmu.edu (Daniel Klein) (07/17/89)
>> Besides that, the USENIX Call for Participation lists the "themes" >>for the meetings, and my problems don't seem to match the recent themes. > >Submit anyway. There's always a 'grab-bag' or two in the sessions. >And given the scarcity of good papers, I really doubt they'll turn >it away just because it isn't on their topics list. Those themes >are suggestions and guides, not handcuffs. As chairman of the upcoming conference, let me please state the following for the record: The topics listed in the call for papers are simply a list of things I (and some of my committee) would like to see. The call for papers *clearly* states that this is simply a list of *suggested* topics -- if you have a good paper whose subject happens not to be on the list, *PLEASE* by all means submit it for review, irrespective of subject. When we review papers, we don't ask ourselves "which topic in the call does this match?" We ask "is this a good paper?" Later, after all of the good papers have been selected, we then try to determine which papers will go best together in the program. Usually, there is a grab-bag session, where papers that don't neatly "fit" get put. But papers are not rejected because they do not fit on the topic list! The bottom line is this: if you have interesting research to report -- send a paper! We look at everything that is sent to us. -- -- =============--=============--=============--=============--=============-- "The only thing that separates us from the animals is superstition and mindless rituals". Daniel Klein CMU-SEI +1 412/268-7791 dvk@sei.cmu.edu uunet!sei.cmu.edu!dvk