Time for Computer Science to Grow Up | August 2009 | Communications of the ACM
Time for Computer Science to Grow Up | August 2009 | Communications of the ACM
“Unlike every other academic field, computer science uses conferences rather than journals as the main publication venue. While this made sense for a young discipline, our field has matured and the conference model has fractured the discipline and skewered it toward short-term, deadline-driven research. Computer science should refocus the conference system on its primary purpose of bringing researchers together. We should use archive sites as the main method of quick paper dissemination and the journal system as the vehicle for advancing researchers’ reputations.”
