by jordicabot | May 2, 2019 | doing research, product development, Research Rants
Most research teams produce a considerable amount of research prototypes and proof-of-concept tools. Quality of these tools is usually low (they may lack documentation, tests, don’t scale,…) and most are abandoned after the paper for which the tool was...
by jordicabot | Oct 1, 2018 | publishing, Research Rants
In this Communications of the ACM column we discuss whether research conferences in computer science are too close to new members trying to join the ranks, especially when these new members try to enter the community “alone” (i.e. not publishing together...
by jordicabot | Mar 21, 2017 | evaluating research, publishing, Research Rants
I have the feeling that more and more people cite workshop papers to sustain their claims. As if workshop papers were peer-reviewed. They are not. At most, they are “peer-filtered” (meaning that the PC of the workshop checked the work to make sure authors...
by jordicabot | Jan 3, 2016 | doing research, presenting, Research Rants, social, Uncategorized
It’s time for all you to set your goals for this year we’re starting. Let me add one to your to-do list: Have a strong presence online!!!! This goal has four big advantages over any other goal you may have set to accomplish this year: It’s simple...
by jordicabot | Nov 27, 2014 | funny, publishing, Research Rants
This didn’t happen to a fried (or a friend of a friend…). This happened to me. I’m just removing personal details of the person that sent the email (“hate the deed, not the doer” or whatever works as the English translation of the Spanish...
by jordicabot | Nov 13, 2014 | publishing, Research Rants
The other day we tried to submit a journal paper summarizing the PhD work of one of my students. He had published a couple of conference papers and one workshop paper covering specific parts of his work and, after the PhD, he wanted to write a journal paper presenting...
