Improving Our Reviewing Processes

Last Words: Improving Our Reviewing Processes

Our reviewing practices today are failing.With the number of ACL submissions steadily growing over the last several years (for example, ACL 2009 had a 24% increase in submissions over ACL 2008), the need for more reviewers has become more pronounced. However, qualified reviewers are becoming hard to find, and when they are found, they are often hard-pressed for time. As a result, slipshod revie...

Reviewing Our 2001 Strategic Accomplishments

A s my presidential year draws to a close, I want to report to the IEEE Computer Society membership about our 2001 accomplishments. This " year in review " will serve to inform members about our progress toward achieving our strategic goals. The priority project for the Board of Governors this year was the selection of a new executive director. I am pleased to announce that after an extensive s...

"Reviewing Our Series, Three Cases Only Died"

speech, my title would be quite intelligible; approbate pauses, and the rise and fall of the voice, would See to that. But written as it is, it supplies some 'nnocent fun. I see the "cases" first?they have pulse ?harts and electrocardiographic tracings, but no hearts; hey have fluid outputs but they do not go to the lava0ry; their faces are merely something in the way of a v'ew of the pituitary...

Improving our aim.

Bioethicists appearing in the media have been accused of "shooting from the hip" (Rachels, 1991). The criticism is sometimes justified. We identify some reasons our interactions with the press can have bad results and suggest remedies. In particular we describe a target (fostering better public dialogue), obstacles to hitting the target (such as intrinsic and accidental defects in our knowledge...

Improving Our Bodies, Our Meals, and Our Gadgets