Over the last 11 months since #ieeevis 2023, the VIS 2024 Overall Papers Chairs (OPCs)---Tamara Munzner, Holger Theisel, and I---have been carefully documenting the "Road to VIS 2024" in a series of 11 posts on the @ieeevis.bsky.social website. Find them here: https://ieeevis.org/year/2024/blog/index
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1. Reducing reviewers per paper from 4 to 3;
2. Increasing PC member load from 6 to 8 papers;
3. Introducing a TCVG fast-track;
4. Adding an assistant to the OPC team.
https://ieeevis.org/year/2024/blog/vis-2024-OPC-blog-call-for-papers
- Reducing to ~150 members
- 3-year terms with 1/3 rotating yearly
- PhD required; looking for reliability, expertise, and diversity
- Ways to get noticed: volunteer call, external reviewing
https://ieeevis.org/year/2024/blog/vis-2024-OPC-blog-PC
- Importance of replication in science
- Rarity of replication in vis/HCI (only 3% of papers)
- Challenges: novelty, qualitative results
- Call for more replication studies
- Guiding reviewers on evaluating replications
https://ieeevis.org/year/2024/blog/vis-2024-OPC-blog-replication
- Each paper requires ~3 reviews
- APCs and OPCs invest time
- Authors should review ~3 papers for each submission
- Reviewer fatigue is real; everyone needs to contribute
- Please volunteer to review!
https://ieeevis.org/year/2024/blog/vis-2024-OPC-blog-cost-of-submission
- COIs affect objectivity
- Some conflicts never expire (e.g., advisors, family)
- Most expire after 3 years
- Must update COIs in PCS!
- PCS can help identify conflicts
- Accurate COIs crucial for fair review process
https://ieeevis.org/year/2024/blog/vis-2024-OPC-blog-handling-conflicts