(speaking as an individual - since I'm chair of TCCC as well)
On 8/12/2010 1:31 PM, V T wrote:
> As a researcher/professor,
>
> Do I need to publish papers?
> Do I need to publish papers in good conferences?
> Do I need others (including editors, reviewers, and other peers) to judge the
> quality of my work/research?
> Do I need to waste huge amount time to allow others' judgment, and why not just
> publish everything in technical reports?
>
> These questions are quite personal. If I do, I may be or I should. If not, who
> cares and then I do not need.
I had raised the question about whether we really want - or need - to
run our conferences as an exception to the practice of most scientific
fields.
This issue was raised on this list because we often discuss how to run
conferences, but don't always take into account that treating our field
as unique has some impact - both the careers of some of us, as well as
on how we're viewed by others outside our field for other reasons.
It's always your decision what and whether to publish at all, and
whether to bother with peer-reviewed publication outside your
organization. If you choose not to publish, or to publish internally,
that's your option and then the rest of this discussion is not relevant.
Then again, you would probably not be interested in the protracted
discussions we have on this list about conference operation costs, or
mailing list management either ;-).
If that issue isn't of interest, then you can just ignore this thread...
JOe
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