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Research Papers. Starring the papers of JCDL 2011 Ottawa, Canada. The Role of Conferences in CS. Serious papers, with little or no chance for revision between submission and publication Fast turnaround – very current work
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Research Papers Starring the papers of JCDL 2011 Ottawa, Canada
The Role of Conferences in CS • Serious papers, with little or no chance for revision between submission and publication • Fast turnaround – very current work • Presented at the conference, allowing interaction with interested fellow researchers. • Invited speakers • Papers – long and short • Posters and Demonstrations • Short descriptions published • Tutorials and Workshops
Acceptance rates • Conference quality is often judged by the acceptance rate • Low percentage means a lot of interest, many submissions, very selective criteria • High percentage means either a lack of interest or a low criteria aimed at getting as many people as possible to attend the conference. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1998076&CFID=111463430&CFTOKEN=59963124 Bibliometrics · Downloads (6 Weeks): 344 · Downloads (12 Months): 6,544 · Citation Count: 56 (as of 9/4/2012)
A sample paper • Best student paper of JCDL 2011 • Best paper of JCDL 2011 Archiving the Web using Page Changes Pattern: A Case Study by Myriam Ben Saad and StéphaneGançarski SharedCanvas: A Collaborative Model for Medieval Manuscript Layout Dissemination by Robert Sanderson, Benjamin Albritton, Rafael Schwemmer and Herbert Van De Sompel
To do • Go to the acm digital library • Find one of the best papers from the 2011 JCDL • Look at the structure • What are the elements you see? • What section headings would you expect to see in all the papers? What sections are unique to this paper? • Look at the references section. Note the formatting of the references and of the citations in the paper.
Homework • Pick any paper from the JCDL 2011 proceedings that appeals to you. (There are short papers of 4 pages and long papers of 10 pages. You may choose one long or two short papers.) • Write a report on the paper (2 pages). • Summarize briefly what it is about (half a page) • Describe the structure. What standard parts are there and how well are they done? • Was the paper as interesting as you thought it would be? Why or why not? • Was there a good description of the problem addressed? • How clearly was the work described? • Was there a definite conclusion? • Was further work described? • How extensive is the references section? How many of the references are to the authors’ own works?