2010-08-14

Re: [Tccc] IETF model? Re: Different community, similar problems? (Henning Schulzrinne)

On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Mukul Goyal <mukul@uwm.edu> wrote:
> Forget about the term "IETF". What's wrong with the following review process for a conference/journal:

You are not protecting the authors' idea from getting plagiarized. For
the papers that are rejected, it is a MUST that no one can copy the
idea - otherwise no one will ever send a paper to that venue. This is
the reason an unpublished paper is reviewed by a small number of
people who agree not to use the idea of a paper that s/he reviews.

> 1. The review process starts with the posting of the submitted paper on a public "wall" for a certain time window.
> 2. Any one can post their review of the paper on the "wall" before a certain deadline.
> 3. The paper has a TPC mentor that has power to accept/reject the paper.
> 4. TPC mentor assigns a certain number of official reviewers for the paper. However, their reviews do not necessarily carry more weight than those by voluntary reviewers.
> 5. The authors and reviewers communicate with each other, possibly using pseudonyms, on the "wall" during the time window for the review process. However, the authors are not allowed to submit a new version of the paper during the review process.
> 6. At the conclusion of the time window, the TPC mentor makes the accept/reject decision about the paper based on posted reviews and author/reviewer communication.
>
> Thanks
> Mukul
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "L Wood" <L.Wood@surrey.ac.uk>
> To: mukul@uwm.edu, hgs@cs.columbia.edu
> Cc: tccc@lists.cs.columbia.edu
> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 3:58:41 PM
> Subject: RE: [Tccc] IETF model? Re: Different community, similar problems? (Henning Schulzrinne)
>
> Before advocating the IETF process, I suggest looking at the IRTF and seeing how the IETF process fails in research.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tccc-bounces@lists.cs.columbia.edu [mailto:tccc-bounces@lists.cs.columbia.edu] On Behalf Of Mukul Goyal
> Sent: 14 August 2010 20:36
> To: Henning Schulzrinne
> Cc: tccc
> Subject: Re: [Tccc] IETF model? Re: Different community, similar problems? (Henning Schulzrinne)
>
> Henning
>
>>>
>>> A related concern with IETF-style iterative reviewing is that the
>>> reviewer may end up contributing more than some of the authors.  It
>>> is easy to imagine a conscientious reviewer going through many
>>> iterations with a student whose (co-author) advisor is preoccupied.
>
>>And if people are complaining about conference
>>submission-to-publication delays of 5 months today, they will be thrilled when they see the 5-year delays from -00 I-D to RFC...
>
> There is no suggestion that the review process would extend for 5 years. It would still be same as before. Just that it would be open.
>
>>In general, without stating what you're trying to optimize and which problem you are trying to solve (quality? pick future faculty? timeliness? perception of fairness), the discussion of mechanisms seems a bit besides the point.
>
> In my mind, the problem is fairness of the review process. Another problem, that such a model may possibly solve, is dearth of reviewers and submission of sub-quality papers.
>
>> To once again cite the IETF process: first, you need a requirements draft.
>
> By IETF model, I was basically referring to its open review process.
>
> Thanks
> Mukul
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