2013Q3 Reports: General Chair - Revision history

HinrichSchuetze at 10:22, 4 August 2013

2013-08-04T10:22:38Z

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	Some questions / issues to be considered by future General Chairs		Some questions / issues to be considered by future General Chairs

	# I was not aware of the need of coordinating schedules with		I was not aware of the need of coordinating schedules with
	CL conferences taking place in the same year. This is probably		CL conferences taking place in the same year. This is probably
	the first thing general chair and program chairs should think about.		the first thing general chair and program chairs should think about.
	# We should aim to make ACL conferences more consistent from year to
	year. For example, most ACL conferences treat posters and papers		We should aim to make ACL conferences more consistent from year to
	as being of equal value (based on the reasoning that the decision		year. For example, most ACL conferences treat posters and papers
	about presentation format should only be weakly correlated to the quality of		as being of equal value (based on the reasoning that the decision
	the paper). This also means that there should be only one list of		about presentation format should only be weakly correlated to the quality of
	accepted papers, not differentiated according to presentation format.		the paper). This also means that there should be only one list of
	My call would be to do this consistently for all ACL conferences.		accepted papers, not differentiated according to presentation format.
	# We tried to come up with a better approach to mentoring this year.		My call would be to do this consistently for all ACL conferences.
	We learned some valuable lessons, but I'm still not sure how we can
	do meaningful mentoring. Meaningful for me means: papers that otherwise		We tried to come up with a better approach to mentoring this year.
	would not have been accepted get accepted because of mentoring. See		We learned some valuable lessons, but I'm still not sure how we can
	the report of the mentoring chair for discussion.		do meaningful mentoring. Meaningful for me means: papers that otherwise
	# The poster session is becoming too big. Of the various alternative models that		would not have been accepted get accepted because of mentoring. See
	have been proposed I would favor to have two poster sessions, one replacing		the report of the mentoring chair for discussion.
	the dinner. I personally really enjoy the poster sessions (and would benefit
	less from posters during coffee breaks), so why not have two of them?		The poster session is becoming too big. Of the various alternative models that
	# We allowed rejected long papers to be resubmitted as short papers. This increases		have been proposed I would favor to have two poster sessions, one replacing
	the total number of submissions and attendance. I think this is a good thing and		the dinner. I personally really enjoy the poster sessions (and would benefit
	would recommend that future conferences adopt this part of our schedule		less from posters during coffee breaks), so why not have two of them?
	(i.e., long paper rejection before short paper submission)
	# There were some area chairs this year that served as area chairs for their area		We allowed rejected long papers to be resubmitted as short papers. This increases
	at several conferences. I would like to see a policy that disallows this practice.		the total number of submissions and attendance. I think this is a good thing and
	There shouldn't be a single person who controls all conference publications in an area in a given year.		would recommend that future conferences adopt this part of our schedule
			(i.e., long paper rejection before short paper submission)

			There were some area chairs this year that served as area chairs for their area
			at several conferences. I would like to see a policy that disallows this practice.
			There shouldn't be a single person who controls all conference publications in an area in a given year.

HinrichSchuetze at 09:17, 2 August 2013

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	Student Volunteers; IBM sponsored the Best Student Paper		Student Volunteers; IBM sponsored the Best Student Paper
	Award; and SDL sponsored the conference bags.		Award; and SDL sponsored the conference bags.

			Some questions / issues to be considered by future General Chairs

			# I was not aware of the need of coordinating schedules with
			CL conferences taking place in the same year. This is probably
			the first thing general chair and program chairs should think about.
			# We should aim to make ACL conferences more consistent from year to
			year. For example, most ACL conferences treat posters and papers
			as being of equal value (based on the reasoning that the decision
			about presentation format should only be weakly correlated to the quality of
			the paper). This also means that there should be only one list of
			accepted papers, not differentiated according to presentation format.
			My call would be to do this consistently for all ACL conferences.
			# We tried to come up with a better approach to mentoring this year.
			We learned some valuable lessons, but I'm still not sure how we can
			do meaningful mentoring. Meaningful for me means: papers that otherwise
			would not have been accepted get accepted because of mentoring. See
			the report of the mentoring chair for discussion.
			# The poster session is becoming too big. Of the various alternative models that
			have been proposed I would favor to have two poster sessions, one replacing
			the dinner. I personally really enjoy the poster sessions (and would benefit
			less from posters during coffee breaks), so why not have two of them?
			# We allowed rejected long papers to be resubmitted as short papers. This increases
			the total number of submissions and attendance. I think this is a good thing and
			would recommend that future conferences adopt this part of our schedule
			(i.e., long paper rejection before short paper submission)
			# There were some area chairs this year that served as area chairs for their area
			at several conferences. I would like to see a policy that disallows this practice.
			There shouldn't be a single person who controls all conference publications in an area in a given year.

HinrichSchuetze at 06:47, 23 July 2013

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	committee reports for details.		committee reports for details.

	# 174 long papers and 154 short papers ~~to appear in the~~ main conference		# 174 long papers and 154 short papers main conference papers
	# 16 TACL papers ~~to be presented at conference~~		# 16 TACL papers
	# CoNLL-2013 colocated		# CoNLL-2013 colocated
	# 7 tutorials		# 7 tutorials
	# 15 workshops		# 15 workshops
	# 34 system demonstrations		# 34 system demonstrations
	# 25 ~~papers to be presented at~~ Student Research Workshop		# 25 Student Research Workshop papers

	Coordination between events		Coordination between events
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	creative options to assist us: Facebook sponsored the		creative options to assist us: Facebook sponsored the
	Student Volunteers; IBM sponsored the Best Student Paper		Student Volunteers; IBM sponsored the Best Student Paper
	Award; and SDL sponsored the conference bags~~. We are~~		Award; and SDL sponsored the conference bags.
	~~grateful for the financial support from these organizations~~.

HinrichSchuetze: New page: ACL 2013 General Chair Report by Hinrich Schuetze This is only an overview. Please refer to individual committee reports for details. # 174 long papers and 154 short papers to appear in...

2013-07-23T06:45:46Z

New page: ACL 2013 General Chair Report by Hinrich Schuetze This is only an overview. Please refer to individual committee reports for details. # 174 long papers and 154 short papers to appear in...

New page

ACL 2013 General Chair Report

by Hinrich Schuetze

This is only an overview. Please refer to individual
committee reports for details.

# 174 long papers and 154 short papers to appear in the main conference
# 16 TACL papers to be presented at conference
# CoNLL-2013 colocated
# 7 tutorials
# 15 workshops
# 34 system demonstrations
# 25 papers to be presented at Student Research Workshop

Coordination between events

# ACL 2012 workshops were selected through a joint committee ACL-NAACL-EMNLP
# ACL and NAACL schedules were coordinated

Sponsorship

The ACL conference and the ACL organization benefit greatly
from the financial support of our sponsors. We thank the
platinum level sponsor, Baidu; the three gold level
sponsors; the three silver level sponsors; and five bronze
level sponsors. Three other sponsors took advantage of more
creative options to assist us: Facebook sponsored the
Student Volunteers; IBM sponsored the Best Student Paper
Award; and SDL sponsored the conference bags. We are
grateful for the financial support from these organizations.