Council of Editors

 

 

WORKSHOP ON STANDARDS

 

Computer science is dominated by the need to publish, publish, publish, but sometimes this can happen at the expense of research. All too often poor papers, clumsy presentations, bad reviews or even bad science can clutter a conference, causing distractions from the more carefully prepared work. All good scientists and students studying to become scientists should be concerned with matters of quality. The only problem is defining what is good and what is bad!

This workshop will focus on promoting high quality standards of research in our field. It will tackle issues such as:

  • How to review papers
  • How to present your work
  • How to write clearly
  • Good scientific practice.

The workshop will be in an interactive, discussion format, with participants free to discuss (and challenge) the views of the speakers. There will be no papers or proceedings, but speakers are encouraged to prepare material beforehand and make it available to all. The results of the workshop will be collated into a report and considered by the Council of Editors, which will seek to implement all useful suggestions in future conferences and publications.

If you would like to get involved, please contact:

 

Dr Peter J Bentley

Chair of ISGEC Council of Editors

Department of Computer Science

University College London

Gower Street

London WC1E 6BT

UK

Email: P.Bentley@cs.ucl.ac.uk

 

PROVISIONAL AGENDA:

 

Each topic will be introduced by a 10-20 minute presentation by a speaker, followed by a 10-20 minute discussion. However, participants are encouraged to interrupt, interact, and present their own views at any time. The results of the workshop will be written as a report containing a number of recommendations, and presented to ISGEC (and made available on the www).

 

0830

Introduction

Peter J. Bentley

0840

Peer Reviewing in Evolutionary Computing

Powerpoint slides

Peter W.H. Smith

peters@soi.city.ac.uk

http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~peters/

0910

Internet discussion groups for informal, rapid, & large scale collaboration

Bill Mydlowec

bill@pharmix.com

0940

The Nature of Theoretical Papers in EA Conferences

Powerpoint slides

William Hart

wehart@sandia.gov

http://www.cs.sandia.gov/~wehart/

1010

Conducting Research in Machine Learning

Powerpoint slides

Clare Bates Congdon

ccongdon@colby.edu

http://www.cs.colby.edu/~congdon

1040-1100

Coffee Break

 

1100-12-30

Panel Discussion

Provisional Panel members (others to be added):

Peter J. Bentley (chair)

P.Bentley@cs.ucl.ac.uk

http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/P.Bentley/

Sean Luke

sean@cs.gmu.edu

http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~sean/

Nic McPhee

mcphee@mrs.umn.edu

Riccardo Poli

rpoli@essex.ac.uk

Erick Cantu-Paz

cantupaz@llnl.gov