Comments on: Graphics Conference Paper Acceptance Statistics http://www.realtimerendering.com/blog/graphics-conference-paper-acceptance-statistics/ Tracking the latest developments in interactive rendering techniques Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:17:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: cr333 http://www.realtimerendering.com/blog/graphics-conference-paper-acceptance-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-76 cr333 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:27:31 +0000 http://www.realtimerendering.com/blog/?p=107#comment-76 I think the reason why 2009 saw the lowest number of accepted papers in a while is the desire to spread the high quality papers more evenly across the big three conferences. This particularly applies to Siggraph Asia which still needs to establish itself as being on a par with Siggraph and Eurographics. There is also a growing trend to include papers from Transactions on Graphics in the Siggraph schedule, so that the number of presented papers in 2009 will probably be similar to 2008, although fewer of them come from the Siggraph submission process. I think the reason why 2009 saw the lowest number of accepted papers in a while is the desire to spread the high quality papers more evenly across the big three conferences. This particularly applies to Siggraph Asia which still needs to establish itself as being on a par with Siggraph and Eurographics.

There is also a growing trend to include papers from Transactions on Graphics in the Siggraph schedule, so that the number of presented papers in 2009 will probably be similar to 2008, although fewer of them come from the Siggraph submission process.

]]> By: jonogibbs http://www.realtimerendering.com/blog/graphics-conference-paper-acceptance-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-73 jonogibbs Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:30:44 +0000 http://www.realtimerendering.com/blog/?p=107#comment-73 Notice that post-1999 there was the first multi-year downward trend in submissions since pre-85. This generally follows the peak in attendance of the conference, which I think peaked in 1999. I think that trend has lots of reasons, a combination of the slow fading of "hotness" in the field combined with the value of a conference in the internet age. So the real question is no so much why the downward trend the last few years, but where on earth did the huge rise come from from 2002-2004? 2002 the first post-boom years for SIGGRAPH. Post-9/11 lots of people didn't fly and 2002 was a small conference. So why the record submissions? Perhaps in times when it's harder to get there (fewer companies paying, etc), more people submit hoping to get a free trip? And now that they are all submitting every year, we'll go back to the post-1999 slide but from a bigger number? Notice that post-1999 there was the first multi-year downward trend in submissions since pre-85. This generally follows the peak in attendance of the conference, which I think peaked in 1999. I think that trend has lots of reasons, a combination of the slow fading of “hotness” in the field combined with the value of a conference in the internet age.

So the real question is no so much why the downward trend the last few years, but where on earth did the huge rise come from from 2002-2004? 2002 the first post-boom years for SIGGRAPH. Post-9/11 lots of people didn’t fly and 2002 was a small conference. So why the record submissions? Perhaps in times when it’s harder to get there (fewer companies paying, etc), more people submit hoping to get a free trip? And now that they are all submitting every year, we’ll go back to the post-1999 slide but from a bigger number?

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