January started off with our deep dive into the Program Committee. Key points:
- 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
- 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
Comments
- 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
- 557 full papers from 680 abstracts (82% conversion)
- 3.53% increase from 2023, 21% from 2022
- Most submissions: Applications (154), Theoretical & Empirical (112)
- 143 PC members handling 6-8 papers each
https://ieeevis.org/year/2024/blog/vis-2024-OPC-blog-numbers
- PC assignments & external reviewers: April 1-11
- Reviews due: May 8
- 1 week discussion period
- APCs triage papers, make recommendations
- OPCs ensure consistency
- IEEE TVCG gives final approval
https://ieeevis.org/year/2024/blog/vis-2024-OPC-blog-decisions
- 124 papers accepted (22.3% acceptance rate)
- 5 papers rejected in 2nd round
- 3 rejections due to serious conflict of interest violation
- Lesson: Declare ALL conflicts, including permanent ones (advisors/students)
- Future improvements
https://ieeevis.org/year/2024/blog/vis-2024-OPC-blog-decisions_2