tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post3269376679736947589..comments2024-03-28T00:36:13.790-07:00Comments on Volatile and Decentralized: Sensys 2009 PC meetingMatt Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255792550910131960noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-7752231254365414852009-08-11T16:55:39.623-07:002009-08-11T16:55:39.623-07:00That's right, I do have a paper in the confere...That's right, I do have a paper in the conference. So does Jie Liu, my co-chair.<br /><br />We had a long discussion with others, including the SenSys Steering Committee and organizers of other conferences, before deciding to allow Program Chairs to submit to the conference. SenSys, along with many other conferences, has traditionally allowed Program Chairs to submit papers. We felt that it would be unfair to our students and collaborators to suddenly change this practice for this year. If you look back on past SenSys conferences, the program chairs are often fairly active members of the community and it is not unusual for them to publish papers in the conference when they are chairing it.<br /><br />It is always a tricky issue as it is important to avoid any kind of conflict of interest. In this case, the Program Chair papers were handled completely outside of the regular reviewing system and as a result Jie and I never had any knowledge of or influence over the identity of the reviewers. The reviewers were no doubt aware that these were PC authored papers and we hope they held these papers to a very high standard. Jie and I both left the room during the discussion of these papers and delegated the "chair" role to another PC member.<br /><br />I'm happy to answer any questions about the process as we think it's important to be as transparent as possible!Matt Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04255792550910131960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-3684318567498318492009-08-11T16:15:39.818-07:002009-08-11T16:15:39.818-07:00Matt, I notice you are an author on a paper. What...Matt, I notice you are an author on a paper. What is your thinking on a PC chair having a paper in their own conference? How did you handle conflict of interest?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com