Re: [Tccc] presentations by non-authors

I also fully agree with the latest remarkable viewpoint provided below.

Regards
Isaac Woungang
Associate professor
Ryerson University, Toronto, CANADA

On 4-Dec-09, at 8:41 AM, Sudip Misra wrote:

> I am in total agreement with the views posted by Dr. Sabu Thampi
> and Dr. Sakib Pathan. High registration fees, coupled with a huge
> investment of funds for international travel, boarding and lodging,
> often makes it impossible for authors from these countries to be
> physically present in the conference, even if they have good work
> to disseminate through the conference proceedings.
>
> Any initiative should look into the fairness issues involved for
> the greater community.
>
> Regards,
> Sudip Misra
> Assistant Professor
> IIT Kharagpur
>
> --- On Fri, 12/4/09, Sakib Pathan <sakib.pathan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Sakib Pathan <sakib.pathan@gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Tccc] presentations by non-authors
>> To: "SABU THAMPI" <smtlbs@gmail.com>
>> Cc: tccc@lists.cs.columbia.edu
>> Date: Friday, December 4, 2009, 5:25 AM
>> *Totally agreed!! *I was about to
>> write this.
>>
>> I'd like to note a few issues with my little experience
>> if you allow me.
>> It's a bit biased and in favor of the developing
>> countries. This mail is not
>> to hurt anybody's feelings.
>>
>> Yes, the 'No Show' of authors largely depends on the
>> location of the
>> conference. Also some other issues that I can say from my
>> practical
>> experience:
>>
>> 1. The authors from the developing countries are relatively
>> less paid (or
>> have lack of funds) than those of the developed countries.
>> It's not always
>> true that good papers/works do not come out of the
>> developing/less developed
>> countries. However, as attending conference is associated
>> with some good
>> amount of money, often the authors in these countries are
>> discouraged to
>> attend the conferences. They simply submit, even if it is
>> accepted, they may
>> find it difficult to attend the conference.
>>
>> 2. Sometimes the registration fees are set too high that
>> they become
>> burdensome and some authors, even if have the full desire
>> to attend and
>> present their papers, cannot go for that. I know that
>> organizing conferences
>> also need some money, however if it is not for getting huge
>> profit, it might
>> be kept to a minimum.
>>
>> 3. While many good conferences are taking place in many
>> other countries,
>> comparatively a country like Bangladesh (or some
>> Asian/African countries) is
>> not getting any high-standard conference. Yes, active
>> people may not be
>> present, qualified people may not be available, Yes, it's
>> in many ways
>> challenging to organize conferences (may be a practical
>> research issue!) in
>> these regions given hundreds of difficulties, However; such
>> type of effort
>> may encourage research in these parts of the world also.
>>
>> 4. Whatever we are doing in our fields, simply doing
>> research that is not
>> associated with a large set of people cannot be beneficial
>> in the long run.
>> While many other people have taken some conferences as a
>> business (hidden or
>> open), some set of people in this earth (like in these
>> regions) are simply
>> deprived of having this business opportunity!!
>>
>> We cannot expect greater good if we overlook a large set of
>> people in this
>> inter-connected world. One part is lagging behind means;
>> the problem will
>> affect you today or tomorrow.
>>
>> Give this huge population some share and try to make some
>> type of
>> equilibrium so that many other social issues, global
>> issues, poverty,
>> extremism, etc. are also alleviated with the 'No Show of
>> Authors' issue.
>>
>> [You may find this information useful if you take into
>> account the papers
>> from the authors from developing/less developed countries]
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Sakib
>>
>> --
>> Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, Ph.D.
>> Assistant Professor
>> Computer Science and Engineering
>> BRAC University
>> 66 Mohakhali Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
>> Tel: 880-2-882-4051 Ext. 4026, Cell: +88 01819477533
>> spathan@ieee.org,
>> spathan@bracu.ac.bd
>> http://faculty.bracu.ac.bd/~spathan/
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 6:59 PM, SABU THAMPI <smtlbs@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> please do not forget the authors from third world
>> countries. Most of the
>>> authors meet the expenses for registration from their
>> pockets. How they can
>>> come and present their ideas in the Conference by
>> taking money
>>> from their pockets for the journey and accommodation.
>> The Government funds
>>> are very limited.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dr. Sabu M. Thampi, M.S, M.E., Ph.D
>>> Mob: +919447103005
>>> smtlbs@yahoo.co.in;
>> smtlbs@gmail.com,
>> smtlbs@in.com
>>> http://in.linkedin.com/pub/dr-sabu-m-thampi-ph-d/11/30/18a
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