Tuesday, May 25, 2010

进化计算国际会议评价

演化计算&演化硬件相关会议评价zz2008-12-29 21:22写这个段子纯粹是因为受了南大周志华教授写的AI Conferences那篇文章的影响,于是起了写一篇自己心目中的conferences tier list的念头. List中的会议评价主要根据我本人这几年接触到的会议论文集的质量,参加会议过程的感观,CiteSeer的那个Estimated impact of publication venues in Computer Science,会议的专业性-我本人偏重evolvable hardware,大部分的LNCS出版的会议和少量的其他重要相关会议将做探讨.
 grade A 的会议是演化硬件方向最权威的国际会议,其中发表的论文大多有一读的价值. B 的会议也是质量非常不错的会议, C 的会议, 我个人认为去发表论文还是不错的,但是通常不会在这个档次的会议proceeding中找参考论文.D 的会议,通常是一些发表论文数量超过500篇,或者永远在中国国内打转的"国际"会议.



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grade A:

ICES (A0): International Conference on Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hareware. 基本上是从90年代evolvable hardware(EHW)的研究引起学术界的关注就开始举行的重要会议.EHW方面最重要的2个会议之一.首次举行是在1995年的瑞士(当时还不叫ICES,96年才开始现在的名字),基本上当时的EHW开创性人物瑞士的Eduardo Sanchez,日本的Tetsuya Higuchi等人都参加了这次会议.此会基本2年一次,2001年以后是单数年召开.奇怪的是2007,2008又连续在中国和捷克分别举行,实在是没什么规律.ICES的proceeding一直在LNCS上出版,每届发表的papers大概在40篇以下.例如ICES2005包括了21篇论文,而ICES2007发表了41篇,接受率33%.

AHS (A0): 以前叫NASA/DoD Conference on Evolvable hardware,2006开始改名为NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive hardware and systems. 这个会议始于1999年,得到了美国NASA和国防部的资助,是EHW方面另外一个重要的会议. 每年一届.会议的proceeding由IEEE CS出版,基本和ICES一样,也就是那一帮堆搞演化硬件的权威人士出没的地方.最新一次的AHS 2007在AHS2006的基础上再次扩军,论文数由AHS 06的80篇左右涨到了过100篇.

*Impact factor (According to Citeseer 03):

ICES:0.72 (top 36.77%)
Average:0.72 (top 36.77%)


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grade B

PPSN (B+); International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature.始于1990的会议,主要议题是关于evolutionary computation and natural computing.Citeseer关于这个会议的评价颇高(impact factor 1.13, top 18.09%),和不少AI方面的tier 1的会议不相上下(例如: NIPS-impact factor 1.06, top 20.96%; SIGIR-.impact factor 1.10, top 19.08%), 放在grade A也有足够的理由,不过个人觉得这个会议发表的论文数量稍多(相对于他比较有限的范围),PPSN 2004超过了100篇大关,对是否能保证每一篇论文的质量,我有一点疑问,另外PPSN也不象ICES和AHS那样专注于EHW, 所以个人认为放在B+的位置是比较合理的.不过不管怎么说,此会都是该领域顶级的会议,出席会议的大牛也相当多,例如Xin Yao(Chief-in-editor of IEEE Trans. on Evolutionary Computation, FIEEE)教授就是此会议的常客.

EuroGP (B+):European Conference on Genetic Programming. 欧洲的关于Genetic Programming的会议.2006年的时候往这里投过论文,尽管比较遗憾的被它拒过,但是不得不说它真的很不错.Reviewer给的意见大多都很认真,中肯.对提高论文的质量是有帮助的.这几年我也投过10来个会议,包括EHW领域最权威的ICES,但是就审稿工作而言,EuroGP是最好的.

EMO (B0): International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization. 关于多目标演化优化的一个专业性会议.开始于2001年,第一届在瑞士举行,其后每2年举行一次,辗转于葡萄牙,墨西哥,2007的第四届EMO 在日本举行.会议审稿的认真程度可以认为在中等偏上,再参考CiteSeer的评价,放在B0的位置应该没有什么问题.

*Impact factor (According to Citeseer 03):

PPSN:1.13 (top 18.09%)
EuroGP:0.34 (top 61.50%)
EMO:0.30 (top 65.35%)
Average:0.59 (top 44.63%)


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grade C:

PRICAI (C+): Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence.环太平洋地区的区域性人工智能会议,90年始于日本,然后中,日,韩,澳大利亚,新西兰等国轮流举办. PRICAI覆盖整个AI领域,发表的论文数量: PRICAI'06大概full paper (oral) 100篇, short paper (post) 50篇.会议的审稿感觉很一般.

SEAL (C+): International Conference on Simulated Evolution and learning.亚太地区关于evolution & learning的会议.个人感觉前几界还不错,最近的SEAL2006有严重下降趋势,发表的论文大多来自国内,有向水会发展的趋势.论文的发表数量在120+.

MICAI (C+): Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence.墨西哥AI大会.很有意思的一个会议,会议proceeding由LNAI(oral),IEEE CS(post)分别出版.MICAI 2006 oral的接受了123篇(447 submissions) post 55篇(167 submissions).会议的审稿还是比较严肃的,可以从中得到一些有益的评价.

ICANNGA (C+): International Conference on Adaptive and Natural Computing Algorithm. 一个关于适应性算法,仿生算法的会议.说来历史也很久远了,1993年在奥地利首次举行,以后每2年一次,主要是在欧洲晃荡. ICANNGA'07的论文发表数量为178篇(accept rate 38%).不过感觉会议的Reviewers并不是很认真,很难在他们给的评价中得到多少参考.具体会议情况嘛,参加过ICANNGA'07,感觉学术氛围还是很不错的,社会活动组织得也很有人情味,还是可以一去的会议.

IEA/AIE (C+): International Conference on Industrial,Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems. 智能系统应用方面的一个会议.到2007年是第20界了,每年都开,全世界到处跑的会.2007年将在日本举行,462篇投稿,会议接受了125篇论文(包括了所有full, short or poster论文).偶中过一篇IEA/AIE2007 的full paper,总体感觉Reviewers的认真程度也就一般的吧.

AUS-AI (C+) : Australian Joint Conference on Artifical Intelligence.澳大利亚的区域性人工智能大会.给他们投过稿,感觉审稿的严肃性很一般.这个会的论文集历年来都是LNAI出的,接受率(2005: 77 full + 119 short papers/535 submissions =0.366; 2006: 89 full + 70 short papers/689 submissions = 0.231)较低,估计LNAI被ISI开除以后接受率会回升一下.

GECCO (C+): Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. 一个世界范围的遗传算法研究的盛会,会议论文集由ACM出版.把它放在C+的位置主要是因为它偏高的会议接受率(acceptance ratio 2005: 253 oral + 120 post/ 549 submissions = 0.679;acceptance ratio 2006:205 oral + 143 post/ 446 submissions = 0.780),和超过300的论文发表数量,让人难免会对他的会议论文集的质量有些担心.

CEC (C+): IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation. IEEE举办的一个演化计算方面的盛会,每年举行一次.参考下近几年它的论文发表情况(acceptance ratio 2004: 174 accepted papers/ 460 submissions = 0.378; acceptance ratio 2005: 379 accepted papers/ 660 submissions = 0.574),有逐渐扩军的趋势,其中的论文难免鱼龙混杂,和GECCO放在一起还是适当的.CEC 07和CEC 08分别在新加坡和香港举行,不失为国内学生去参加国际性学术盛会的一个大好机会.

ICONIP (C0): International Conference on Neural Information Processing.亚太地区神经网络社团的盛会,每年在亚太各个角落召开.每年发论文的规模在300篇上下,接受率在40%左右.

IWANN (C0): International Work-Conference on Artificial and Natural Neural Networks.西班牙的一个关于神经网络的会议,历史也比较长了(1991).每单数年举行一次.虽然是一个偏重于神经网络的会议,但是近年来也涉足了其他bio-inspired方面的研究. IWANN 2005的论文接受情况为240 submissions, 150 accepted papers, 相当高的接受率! 放在C0的位置应该是合适的选择.

*Impact factor (According to Citeseer 03):

PRICAI:0.19 (top 76.33%)
SEAL:0.37 (top 58.96%)
MICAI:0.02 (top 96.56%)
IEA/AIE:0.09 (top 87.79%)
AUS-AI:0.16 (top 79.44%)
IWANN:0.16 (top 79.85%)
Average:0.16 (top 79.85%)


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grade D

KES (D+): International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems.KES的主题是关于computational intelligence,范围浩瀚,每年举行一次,KES2007已经是第11次了,世界各地到处跑.鉴于KES每年会议可怕的论文发表数量600+.和Citeseer不与评价的表现,放在D+是比较适当的.

ICCS (D+): International Conference on Computational Science. 又一个主题非常广阔的会议,包括一个主会,数十个workshops.其实也就其中某些workshop和Evolutionary Computing有关.此会世界范围内召开,论文发表情况(acceptance ratio 2006: 627 accepted papers/ 1400 submissions = 0.448; acceptance ratio 2006: 716 accepted papers/ 660 submissions = 0.298),近2年都在LNCS上出4大本论文集,除了规模大,基本没别的特点.

CIS (D0): International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Security. 看下会议的title就知道其范围的广泛,好象是从2005年开始每年举行一次,就在中国国内打转的会议.2005年首次举办就潮水般的有1800+的论文投稿,最后接受了337篇,编了厚厚的两本proceeding.当然比起后来风起云涌的一些国内灌水大会,CIS2005的300多篇实在算不上什么.

ISNN(D0): International Symposium on Neural Networks.国内的一个关于神经网络的会议.2004年第一界在大连举行,然后依次重庆,成都,南京各地的转.基本参加会议的以中国,韩国学术界人士为主.ISNN2006接受了616篇论文,接受率25%.(注:中国国内的会议普遍投稿数量巨大,超过3000篇的投稿也不少见,接受率低并不能说明这些中国会议的质量高)

ICIC (D0): International Conference on Intelligent Computing.又是国内近年来出现的有关智能计算的会议,每年一次.ICIC06的灌水规模大概submissions 3000+,接受700+,接受率23.4%的样子.

ICMLC (D0): International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics.关于机器学习和控制的会议,投稿数量也是滔滔不决型的,2005年是2461篇投稿,接受了大概1000篇.LNAI出版了100来篇,不多说了.

ICNC-FSKD (D0): International Conference on Natural Computation & International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery 还是一个不断在国内晃悠的会议,06年大概发400+文章,接受率13%的样子.

*Impact factor (According to Citeseer 03):

ICCS:0.05 (top 91.40%)
Average:0.05 (top 91.40%)

SCI收录中国期刊及国际会议

SCI收录中国期刊及重要国际学术会议 收藏
2007年SCI收录中国期刊一览表

英文刊名 中文刊名 出版 收录库 国际标准期刊号
CHINESE JOURNAL OF ELECTRONICS 电子学报(英文版) TECHNOLOGY EHANGE LIMITED HONG KONG SCIE 1022-4653

CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN 科学通报 SCIENCE CHINA PRESS SCI CD SCIE 1001-6538
SCIENCE IN CHINA SERIES E-TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES 中国科学E—技术科学(英文版) SCIENCE CHINA PRESS SCI CD SCIE 1006-9321
ACTA MECHANICA SOLIDA SINICA 固体力学学报 ACTA MECHANICA SOLIDA SINICA SCIE 0894-9166
JOURNAL OF CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 中南工业大学学报(英文版) JOURNAL OF CENTRAL SOUTH UNIV TECHNOLOGY SCIE 1005-9784
JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS 计算数学(英文版) VSP BV SCIE 0254-9409
JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 计算机科学与技术学报(英文版) SCIENCE CHINA PRESS SCIE 1000-9000
JOURNAL OF UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING 北京科技大学学报(英文版) JOURNAL OF UNIV OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING SCIE 1005-8850
JOURNAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY-MATERIALS SCIENCE EDITION 武汉理工大学学报(英文版) JOURNAL WUHAN UNIV TECHNOLOGY SCIE 1000-2413
PROGRESS IN NATURAL SCIENCE 自然科学进展 TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SCIE 1002-0071
SCIENCE IN CHINA SERIES F-INFORMATION SCIENCES 中国科学F—信息科学 SCIENCE CHINA PRESS SCIE 1009-2757

电子工程系 电子科学与技术一级学科 重要国际学术会议汇总

一、A类会议
序号 英文名称 (英文简称) 中文名称 备注
1. Conference on Optical fiber Communication (OFC) 光纤通信会议
2. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting (CLEO) 激光和电光协会年会
3. Symposium on Information Display (SID) 显示会议
4. International Vacuum Conference (IVC) 国际真空会议
5. IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 国际微波会议 每年六月,美国
6. IEEE International Symposium on Antenna and Propagation (AP-S) 国际天线和传播会议 每年七月,美国
7. International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) 国际固态电路年会
8. Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (IEEE/ACM ASP-DAC) 亚洲及南太洋地区设计自动化年会

二、B类会议
序号 英文名称 (英文简称) 中文名称 备注
9. European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) 欧洲光通信会议
10. The Optoelectronics and Communications Conference (OECC) 光电子和通信会议
11. International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communication (IOOC) 国际集成光学和光纤通信会议
12. International Symposium of America Vacuum Society (IVS) 美国真空学会国际会议
13. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)激光和电光会议
14. Conference on Optical Fier Sensor (OFS) 光纤传感会议
15. Asian Symposium on Information Display (ASID) 亚洲显示会议
16. International Symposium of infrared and millimeter wave (SPIE) 国际远红外与毫米波会议 每年,主要在美国
17. Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) 亚太微波会议 每年,主要在美国
18. IEEE International Symposium of Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 国际电路与系统年会
19. European Solid-State Circuit Conference (ESSCIRC) 欧洲固态电路年会
20. IEEE International Conference on VLSI Design (ICVLSI) IEEE国际超大规模集成电路设计年会
21. Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) 欧洲设计、自动化与测试年会
22. International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED) 国际低功耗电子学与设计年会
23. IEEE Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI) IEEE超大规模电路年会

注:
A类会议:本学科最顶尖级水平的国际会议;
B类会议:学术水平较高、组织工作成熟、按一定时间间隔系列性召开的国际会议。



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Computer Science Conference Rankings
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The ranking of conferences are taken mostly from an informal external source. The detailed procedure behind the ranking is unknown to the author. These rankings do not necessarily represent my personal view either.

There is a possibility that some of the rankings may not be accurate, may not reflect current status of the conferences accurately, may not be complete, and there is no copyright. If you are looking for a scientifically accurate ranking please disregard this page. The author does not bear any responsibility if the ranking is inaccurate.

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Some conferences accept multiple categories of papers. The rankings below are for the most prestigious category of paper at a given conference. All other categories should be treated as "unranked".


AREA: Databases


Rank 1:


SIGMOD: ACM SIGMOD Conf on Management of Data
PODS: ACM SIGMOD Conf on Principles of DB Systems
VLDB: Very Large Data Bases
ICDE: Intl Conf on Data Engineering

CIKM: Intl. Conf on Information and Knowledge Management
ICDT: Intl Conf on Database Theory


Rank 2:

SSD: Intl Symp on Large Spatial Databases
DEXA: Database and Expert System Applications
FODO: Intl Conf on Foundation on Data Organization
EDBT: Extending DB Technology
DOOD: Deductive and Object-Oriented Databases
DASFAA: Database Systems for Advanced Applications
SSDBM: Intl Conf on Scientific and Statistical DB Mgmt
CoopIS - Conference on Cooperative Information Systems
ER - Intl Conf on Conceptual Modeling (ER)



Rank 3:


COMAD: Intl Conf on Management of Data
BNCOD: British National Conference on Databases
ADC: Australasian Database Conference
ADBIS: Symposium on Advances in DB and Information Systems
DaWaK - Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery
RIDE Workshop
IFIP-DS: IFIP-DS Conference
IFIP-DBSEC - IFIP Workshop on Database Security
NGDB: Intl Symp on Next Generation DB Systems and Apps
ADTI: Intl Symp on Advanced DB Technologies and Integration
FEWFDB: Far East Workshop on Future DB Systems
MDM - Int. Conf. on Mobile Data Access/Management (MDA/MDM)
VDB - Visual Database Systems
IDEAS - International Database Engineering and Application Symposium

Others:


ARTDB - Active and Real-Time Database Systems
CODAS: Intl Symp on Cooperative DB Systems for Adv Apps
DBPL - Workshop on Database Programming Languages
EFIS/EFDBS - Engineering Federated Information (Database) Systems
KRDB - Knowledge Representation Meets Databases
NDB - National Database Conference (China)
NLDB - Applications of Natural Language to Data Bases
FQAS - Flexible Query-Answering Systems
IDC(W) - International Database Conference (HK CS)
RTDB - Workshop on Real-Time Databases
SBBD: Brazilian Symposium on Databases
WebDB - International Workshop on the Web and Databases
WAIM: Interational Conference on Web Age Information Management
DASWIS - Data Semantics in Web Information Systems
DMDW - Design and Management of Data Warehouses
DOLAP - International Workshop on Data Warehousing and OLAP
DMKD - Workshop on Research Issues in Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
KDEX - Knowledge and Data Engineering Exchange Workshop
NRDM - Workshop on Network-Related Data Management
MobiDE - Workshop on Data Engineering for Wireless and Mobile Access
MDDS - Mobility in Databases and Distributed Systems
MEWS - Mining for Enhanced Web Search
TAKMA - Theory and Applications of Knowledge MAnagement
WIDM: International Workshop on Web Information and Data Management
W2GIS - International Workshop on Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems
CDB - Constraint Databases and Applications
DTVE - Workshop on Database Technology for Virtual Enterprises
IWDOM - International Workshop on Distributed Object Management
OODBS - Workshop on Object-Oriented Database Systems
PDIS: Parallel and Distributed Information Systems


AREA: Artificial Intelligence and Related Subjects


Rank 1:


AAAI: American Association for AI National Conference
CVPR: IEEE Conf on Comp Vision and Pattern Recognition
IJCAI: Intl Joint Conf on AI
ICCV: Intl Conf on Computer Vision
ICML: Intl Conf on Machine Learning
KDD: Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
KR: Intl Conf on Principles of KR & Reasoning
NIPS: Neural Information Processing Systems
UAI: Conference on Uncertainty in AI
AAMAS: Intl Conf on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (past: ICAA)
ACL: Annual Meeting of the ACL (Association of Computational Linguistics)

Rank 2:


NAACL: North American Chapter of the ACL
AID: Intl Conf on AI in Design
AI-ED: World Conference on AI in Education
CAIP: Inttl Conf on Comp. Analysis of Images and Patterns
CSSAC: Cognitive Science Society Annual Conference
ECCV: European Conference on Computer Vision
EAI: European Conf on AI
EML: European Conf on Machine Learning
GECCO: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (used to be GP)
IAAI: Innovative Applications in AI
ICIP: Intl Conf on Image Processing
ICNN/IJCNN: Intl (Joint) Conference on Neural Networks
ICPR: Intl Conf on Pattern Recognition
ICDAR: International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition
ICTAI: IEEE conference on Tools with AI
AMAI: Artificial Intelligence and Maths
DAS: International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems
WACV: IEEE Workshop on Apps of Computer Vision
COLING: International Conference on Computational Liguistics
EMNLP: Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing
EACL: Annual Meeting of European Association Computational Lingustics
CoNLL : Conference on Natural Language Learning
DocEng : ACM Symposium on Document Engineering
IEEE/WIC International Joint Conf on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology
ICDM - IEEE International Conference on Data Mining



Rank 3:


PRICAI: Pacific Rim Intl Conf on AI
AAI: Australian National Conf on AI
ACCV: Asian Conference on Computer Vision
AI*IA: Congress of the Italian Assoc for AI
ANNIE: Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering
ANZIIS: Australian/NZ Conf on Intelligent Inf. Systems
CAIA: Conf on AI for Applications
CAAI: Canadian Artificial Intelligence Conference
ASADM: Chicago ASA Data Mining Conf: A Hard Look at DM
EPIA: Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence
FCKAML: French Conf on Know. Acquisition & Machine Learning
ICANN: International Conf on Artificial Neural Networks
ICCB: International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning
ICGA: International Conference on Genetic Algorithms
ICONIP: Intl Conf on Neural Information Processing
IEA/AIE: Intl Conf on Ind. & Eng. Apps of AI & Expert Sys
ICMS: International Conference on Multiagent Systems
ICPS: International conference on Planning Systems
IWANN: Intl Work-Conf on Art & Natural Neural Networks
PACES: Pacific Asian Conference on Expert Systems
SCAI: Scandinavian Conference on Artifical Intelligence
SPICIS: Singapore Intl Conf on Intelligent System
PAKDD: Pacific-Asia Conf on Know. Discovery & Data Mining
SMC: IEEE Intl Conf on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
PAKDDM: Practical App of Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining
WCNN: The World Congress on Neural Networks
WCES: World Congress on Expert Systems
ASC: Intl Conf on AI and Soft Computing
PACLIC: Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation
ICCC: International Conference on Chinese Computing
ICADL: International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries
RANLP: Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing
NLPRS: Natural Language Pacific Rim Symposium
Meta-Heuristics International Conference


Rank 3:

ICRA: IEEE Intl Conf on Robotics and Automation
NNSP: Neural Networks for Signal Processing
ICASSP: IEEE Intl Conf on Acoustics, Speech and SP
GCCCE: Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education
ICAI: Intl Conf on Artificial Intelligence
AEN: IASTED Intl Conf on AI, Exp Sys & Neural Networks
WMSCI: World Multiconfs on Sys, Cybernetics & Informatics
LREC: Language Resources and Evaluation Conference
AIMSA: Artificial Intelligence: Methodology, Systems, Applications
AISC: Artificial Intelligence and Symbolic Computation
CIA: Cooperative Information Agents
International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling , Control and Automation
Pattern Matching
ECAL: European Conference on Artificial Life
EKAW: Knowledge Acquisition, Modeling and Management
EMMCVPR: Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
EuroGP : European Conference on Genetic Programming
FoIKS : Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems
IAWTIC: International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies and Internet Commerce
ICAIL: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law
SMIS: International Syposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems
IS&N: Intelligence and Services in Networks
JELIA: Logics in Artificial Intelligence
KI: German Conference on Artificial Intelligence
KRDB: Knowledge Representation Meets Databases
MAAMAW: Modelling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World
NC: ICSC Symposium on Neural Computation
PKDD: Principles of Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
SBIA: Brazilian Symposium on Artificial Intelligence
Scale-Space: Scale-Space Theories in Computer Vision
XPS: Knowledge-Based Systems
I2CS: Innovative Internet Computing Systems
TARK: Theoretical Aspects of Rationality and Knowledge Meeting
MKM: International Workshop on Mathematical Knowledge Management
ACIVS: International Conference on Advanced Concepts For Intelligent Vision Systems
ATAL: Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages
LACL: International Conference on Logical Aspects of Computational Linguistics



AREA: Hardware and Architecture

Rank 1:


ASPLOS: Architectural Support for Prog Lang and OS
ISCA: ACM/IEEE Symp on Computer Architecture
ICCAD: Intl Conf on Computer-Aided Design
DAC: Design Automation Conf
MICRO: Intl Symp on Microarchitecture
HPCA: IEEE Symp on High-Perf Comp Architecture


Rank 2:

FCCM: IEEE Symposium on Field Programmable Custom Computing Machines
SUPER: ACM/IEEE Supercomputing Conference
ICS: Intl Conf on Supercomputing
ISSCC: IEEE Intl Solid-State Circuits Conf
HCS: Hot Chips Symp
VLSI: IEEE Symp VLSI Circuits
CODES+ISSS: Intl Conf on Hardware/Software Codesign & System Synthesis
DATE: IEEE/ACM Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference
FPL: Field-Programmable Logic and Applications
CASES: International Conference on Compilers, Architecture, and Synthesis for Embedded Systems


Rank 3:


ICA3PP: Algs and Archs for Parall Proc
EuroMICRO : New Frontiers of Information Technology
ACS: Australian Supercomputing Conf
ISC: Information Security Conference


Unranked:

Advanced Research in VLSI
International Symposium on System Synthesis
International Symposium on Computer Design
International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
Asia Pacific Design Automation Conference
International Symposium on Physical Design
International Conference on VLSI Design
CANPC: Communication, Architecture, and Applications for Network-Based Parallel Computing
CHARME: Conference on Correct Hardware Design and Verification Methods
CHES: Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems
NDSS: Network and Distributed System Security Symposium
NOSA: Nordic Symposium on Software Architecture
ACAC: Australasian Computer Architecture Conference
CSCC: WSES/IEEE world multiconference on Circuits, Systems, Communications & Computers
ICN: IEEE International Conference on Networking Topology in Computer Science Conference

AREA: Applications and Media


Rank 1:


I3DG: ACM-SIGRAPH Interactive 3D Graphics
SIGGRAPH: ACM SIGGRAPH Conference
ACM-MM: ACM Multimedia Conference
DCC: Data Compression Conf
SIGMETRICS: ACM Conf on Meas. & Modelling of Comp Sys
SIGIR: ACM SIGIR Conf on Information Retrieval
PECCS: IFIP Intl Conf on Perf Eval of Comp \& Comm Sys
WWW: World-Wide Web Conference


Rank 2:


IEEE Visualization
EUROGRAPH: European Graphics Conference
CGI: Computer Graphics International
CANIM: Computer Animation
PG: Pacific Graphics
ICME: Intl Conf on MMedia & Expo
NOSSDAV: Network and OS Support for Digital A/V
PADS: ACM/IEEE/SCS Workshop on Parallel \& Dist Simulation
WSC: Winter Simulation Conference
ASS: IEEE Annual Simulation Symposium
MASCOTS: Symp Model Analysis \& Sim of Comp \& Telecom Sys
PT: Perf Tools - Intl Conf on Model Tech \& Tools for CPE
NetStore : Network Storage Symposium
MMCN: ACM/SPIE Multimedia Computing and Networking
JCDL: Joint Conference on Digital Libraries


Rank 3:


ACM-HPC: ACM Hypertext Conf
MMM: Multimedia Modelling
DSS: Distributed Simulation Symposium
SCSC: Summer Computer Simulation Conference
WCSS: World Congress on Systems Simulation
ESS: European Simulation Symposium
ESM: European Simulation Multiconference
HPCN: High-Performance Computing and Networking
Geometry Modeling and Processing
WISE
DS-RT: Distributed Simulation and Real-time Applications
IEEE Intl Wshop on Dist Int Simul and Real-Time Applications
ECIR: European Colloquium on Information Retrieval
Ed-Media
IMSA: Intl Conf on Internet and MMedia Sys

Un-ranked:


DVAT: IS\&T/SPIE Conf on Dig Video Compression Alg \& Tech
MME: IEEE Intl Conf. on Multimedia in Education
ICMSO: Intl Conf on Modelling , Simulation and Optimisation
ICMS: IASTED Intl Conf on Modelling and Simulation
COTIM: Conference on Telecommunications and Information Markets
DOA: International Symposium on Distributed Objects and Applications
ECMAST: European Conference on Multimedia Applications, Services and Techniques
GIS: Workshop on Advances in Geographic Information Systems
IDA: Intelligent Data Analysis
IDMS: Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems and Telecommunication Services
IUI: Intelligent User Interfaces
MIS: Workshop on Multimedia Information Systems
WECWIS: Workshop on Advanced Issues of E-Commerce and Web/based Information Systems
WIDM: Web Information and Data Management
WOWMOM: Workshop on Wireless Mobile Multimedia
WSCG: International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics and Visualization
LDTA: Workshop on Language Descriptions, Tools and Applications
IPDPSWPIM: International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Computing Issues in Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing
IWST: International Workshop on Scheduling and Telecommunications
APDCM: Workshop on Advances in Parallel and Distributed Computational Models
CIMA: International ICSC Congress on Computational Intelligence: Methods and Applications
FLA: Fuzzy Logic and Applications Meeting
ICACSD: International Conference on Application of Concurrency to System Design
ICATPN: International conference on application and theory of Petri nets
AICCSA: ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications
CAGD: International Symposium of Computer Aided Geometric Design
Spanish Symposium on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis
International Workshop on Cluster Infrastructure for Web Server and E-Commerce Applications
WSES ISA: Information Science And Applications Conference
CHT: International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer
IMACS: International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra
VIPromCom : International Symposium on Video Processing and Multimedia Communications
PDMPR: International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Multimedia Processing & Retrieval
International Symposium On Computational And Applied Pdes
PDCAT: International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications, and Techniques
Biennial Computational Techniques and Applications Conference
Symposium on Advanced Computing in Financial Markets
WCCE: World Conference on Computers in Education
ITCOM: SPIE's International Symposium on The Convergence of Information Technologies and Communications
Conference on Commercial Applications for High-Performance Computing
MSA: Metacomputing Systems and Applications Workshop
WPMC : International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications
WSC: Online World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications
HERCMA: Hellenic European Research on Computer Mathematics and its Applications
PARA: Workshop on Applied Parallel Computing
International Computer Science Conference: Active Media Technology
IW-MMDBMS - Int. Workshop on Multi-Media Data Base Management Systems

AREA: System Technology


Rank 1:


SIGCOMM: ACM Conf on Comm Architectures, Protocols & Apps
INFOCOM: Annual Joint Conf IEEE Comp & Comm Soc
SPAA: Symp on Parallel Algms and Architecture
PODC: ACM Symp on Principles of Distributed Computing
PPoPP : Principles and Practice of Parallel Programming
RTSS: Real Time Systems Symp
SOSP: ACM SIGOPS Symp on OS Principles
SOSDI: Usenix Symp on OS Design and Implementation
CCS: ACM Conf on Comp and Communications Security
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
MOBICOM: ACM Intl Conf on Mobile Computing and Networking
USENIX Conf on Internet Tech and Sys
ICNP: Intl Conf on Network Protocols
PACT: Intl Conf on Parallel Arch and Compil Tech
RTAS: IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium
ICDCS: IEEE Intl Conf on Distributed Comp Systems


Rank 2:


CC: Compiler Construction
IPDPS: Intl Parallel and Dist Processing Symp
IC3N: Intl Conf on Comp Comm and Networks
ICPP: Intl Conf on Parallel Processing
SRDS: Symp on Reliable Distributed Systems
MPPOI: Massively Par Proc Using Opt Interconns
ASAP: Intl Conf on Apps for Specific Array Processors
Euro-Par: European Conf. on Parallel Computing
Fast Software Encryption
Usenix Security Symposium
European Symposium on Research in Computer Security
WCW: Web Caching Workshop
LCN: IEEE Annual Conference on Local Computer Networks
IPCCC: IEEE Intl Phoenix Conf on Comp & Communications
CCC: Cluster Computing Conference
ICC: Intl Conf on Comm
WCNC: IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference
CSFW: IEEE Computer Security Foundations Workshop


Rank 3:


MPCS: Intl. Conf. on Massively Parallel Computing Systems
GLOBECOM: Global Comm
ICCC: Intl Conf on Comp Communication
NOMS: IEEE Network Operations and Management Symp
CONPAR: Intl Conf on Vector and Parallel Processing
VAPP: Vector and Parallel Processing
ICPADS: Intl Conf. on Parallel and Distributed Systems
Public Key Cryptosystems
Annual Workshop on Selected Areas in Cryptography
Australasia Conference on Information Security and Privacy
Int. Conf on Inofrm and Comm. Security
Financial Cryptography
Workshop on Information Hiding
Smart Card Research and Advanced Application Conference
ICON: Intl Conf on Networks
NCC: Nat Conf Comm
IN: IEEE Intell Network Workshop
Softcomm : Conf on Software in Tcomms and Comp Networks
INET: Internet Society Conf
Workshop on Security and Privacy in E-commerce


Un-ranked:


PARCO: Parallel Computing
SE: Intl Conf on Systems Engineering (**)
PDSECA: workshop on Parallel and Distributed Scientific and Engineering Computing with Applications
CACS: Computer Audit, Control and Security Conference
SREIS: Symposium on Requirements Engineering for Information Security
SAFECOMP: International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security
IREJVM: Workshop on Intermediate Representation Engineering for the Java Virtual Machine
EC: ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce
EWSPT: European Workshop on Software Process Technology
HotOS : Workshop on Hot Topics in Operating Systems
HPTS: High Performance Transaction Systems
Hybrid Systems
ICEIS: International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems
IOPADS: I/O in Parallel and Distributed Systems
IRREGULAR: Workshop on Parallel Algorithms for Irregularly Structured Problems
KiVS : Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen
LCR: Languages, Compilers, and Run-Time Systems for Scalable Computers
MCS: Multiple Classifier Systems
MSS: Symposium on Mass Storage Systems
NGITS: Next Generation Information Technologies and Systems
OOIS: Object Oriented Information Systems
SCM: System Configuration Management
Security Protocols Workshop
SIGOPS European Workshop
SPDP: Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing
TreDS : Trends in Distributed Systems
USENIX Technical Conference
VISUAL: Visual Information and Information Systems
FoDS : Foundations of Distributed Systems: Design and Verification of Protocols conference
RV: Post-CAV Workshop on Runtime Verification
ICAIS: International ICSC-NAISO Congress on Autonomous Intelligent Systems
ITiCSE : Conference on Integrating Technology into Computer Science Education
CSCS: CyberSystems and Computer Science Conference
AUIC: Australasian User Interface Conference
ITI: Meeting of Researchers in Computer Science, Information Systems Research & Statistics
European Conference on Parallel Processing
RODLICS: Wses International Conference on Robotics, Distance Learning & Intelligent Communication Systems
International Conference On Multimedia, Internet & Video Technologies
PaCT : Parallel Computing Technologies workshop
PPAM: International Conference on Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics
International Conference On Information Networks, Systems And Technologies
AmiRE : Conference on Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment
DSN: The International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks
IHW: Information Hiding Workshop
GTVMT: International Workshop on Graph Transformation and Visual Modeling Techniques

AREA: Programming Languages and Software Engineering


Rank 1:


POPL: ACM-SIGACT Symp on Principles of Prog Langs
PLDI: ACM-SIGPLAN Symp on Prog Lang Design & Impl
OOPSLA: OO Prog Systems, Langs and Applications
ICFP: Intl Conf on Function Programming
JICSLP/ICLP/ILPS: (Joint) Intl Conf/Symp on Logic Prog
ICSE: Intl Conf on Software Engineering
FSE: ACM Conf on the Foundations of Software Engineering (inc: ESEC-FSE)
FM/FME: Formal Methods, World Congress/Europe
CAV: Computer Aided Verification


Rank 2:


CP: Intl Conf on Principles & Practice of Constraint Prog
TACAS: Tools and Algos for the Const and An of Systems
ESOP: European Conf on Programming
ICCL: IEEE Intl Conf on Computer Languages
PEPM: Symp on Partial Evalutation and Prog Manipulation
SAS: Static Analysis Symposium
RTA: Rewriting Techniques and Applications
IWSSD: Intl Workshop on S/W Spec & Design
CAiSE : Intl Conf on Advanced Info System Engineering
SSR: ACM SIGSOFT Working Conf on Software Reusability
SEKE: Intl Conf on S/E and Knowledge Engineering
ICSR: IEEE Intl Conf on Software Reuse
ASE: Automated Software Engineering Conference
PADL: Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages
ISRE: Requirements Engineering
ICECCS: IEEE Intl Conf on Eng. of Complex Computer Systems
IEEE Intl Conf on Formal Engineering Methods
Intl Conf on Integrated Formal Methods
FOSSACS: Foundations of Software Science and Comp Struct
APLAS: Asian Symposium on Programming Languages and Systems
MPC: Mathematics of Program Construction
ECOOP: European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming
ICSM: Intl. Conf on Software Maintenance
HASKELL - Haskell Workshop


Rank 3:


FASE: Fund Appr to Soft Eng
APSEC: Asia-Pacific S/E Conf
PAP/PACT: Practical Aspects of PROLOG/Constraint Tech
ALP: Intl Conf on Algebraic and Logic Programming
PLILP: Prog , Lang Implentation & Logic Programming
LOPSTR: Intl Workshop on Logic Prog Synthesis & Transf
ICCC: Intl Conf on Compiler Construction
COMPSAC: Intl. Computer S/W and Applications Conf
TAPSOFT: Intl Joint Conf on Theory & Pract of S/W Dev
WCRE: SIGSOFT Working Conf on Reverse Engineering
AQSDT: Symp on Assessment of Quality S/W Dev Tools
IFIP Intl Conf on Open Distributed Processing
Intl Conf of Z Users
IFIP Joint Int'l Conference on Formal Description Techniques and Protocol Specification, Testing, And Verification
PSI (Ershov conference)
UML: International Conference on the Unified Modeling Language

Un-ranked:


Australian Software Engineering Conference
IEEE Int. W'shop on Object-oriented Real-time Dependable Sys. (WORDS)
IEEE International Symposium on High Assurance Systems Engineering
The Northern Formal Methods Workshops
Formal Methods Pacific
Int. Workshop on Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems
JFPLC - International French Speaking Conference on Logic and Constraint Programming
L&L - Workshop on Logic and Learning
SFP - Scottish Functional Programming Workshop
LCCS - International Workshop on Logic and Complexity in Computer Science
VLFM - Visual Languages and Formal Methods
NASA LaRC Formal Methods Workshop
PASTE: Workshop on Program Analysis For Software Tools and Engineering
TLCA: Typed Lambda Calculus and Applications
FATES - A Satellite workshop on Formal Approaches to Testing of Software
Workshop On Java For High-Performance Computing
DSLSE - Domain-Specific Languages for Software Engineering
FTJP - Workshop on Formal Techniques for Java Programs
WFLP - International Workshop on Functional and (Constraint) Logic Programming
FOOL - International Workshop on Foundations of Object-Oriented Languages
SREIS - Symposium on Requirements Engineering for Information Security
HLPP - International workshop on High-level parallel programming and applications
INAP - International Conference on Applications of Prolog
MPOOL - Workshop on Multiparadigm Programming with OO Languages
PADO - Symposium on Programs as Data Objects
TOOLS: Int'l Conf Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems
Australasian Conference on Parallel And Real-Time Systems
PASTE: Workshop on Program Analysis For Software Tools and Engineering
AvoCS : Workshop on Automated Verification of Critical Systems
SPIN: Workshop on Model Checking of Software
FemSys : Workshop on Formal Design of Safety Critical Embedded Systems
Ada -Europe
PPDP: Principles and Practice of Declarative Programming
APL Conference
ASM: Workshops on Abstract State Machines
COORDINATION: Coordination Models and Languages
DocEng : ACM Symposium on Document Engineering
DSV-IS: Design, Specification, and Verification of Interactive Systems
FMCAD: Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design
FMLDO: Workshop on Foundations of Models and Languages for Data and Objects
IFL: Implementation of Functional Languages
ILP: International Workshop on Inductive Logic Programming
ISSTA: International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis
ITC: International Test Conference
IWFM: Irish Workshop in Formal Methods
Java Grande
LP: Logic Programming: Japanese Conference
LPAR: Logic Programming and Automated Reasoning
LPE: Workshop on Logic Programming Environments
LPNMR: Logic Programming and Non-monotonic Reasoning
PJW: Workshop on Persistence and Java
RCLP: Russian Conference on Logic Programming
STEP: Software Technology and Engineering Practice
TestCom : IFIP International Conference on Testing of Communicating Systems
VL: Visual Languages
FMPPTA: Workshop on Formal Methods for Parallel Programming Theory and Applications
WRS: International Workshop on Reduction Strategies in Rewriting and Programming
FATES: A Satellite workshop on Formal Approaches to Testing of Software
FORMALWARE: Meeting on Formalware Engineering: Formal Methods for Engineering Software
DRE: conference Data Reverse Engineering
STAREAST: Software Testing Analysis & Review Conference
Conference on Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computing
International Testing Computer Software Conference
Linux Showcase & Conference
FLOPS: International Symposum on Functional and Logic Programming
GCSE: International Conference on Generative and Component-Based Software Engineering
JOSES: Java Optimization Strategies for Embedded Systems
AADEBUG: Automated and Algorithmic Debugging
AMAST: Algebraic Methodology and Software Technology


AREA: Algorithms and Theory



Rank 1:


STOC: ACM Symp on Theory of Computing
FOCS: IEEE Symp on Foundations of Computer Science
COLT: Computational Learning Theory
LICS: IEEE Symp on Logic in Computer Science
SCG: ACM Symp on Computational Geometry
SODA: ACM/SIAM Symp on Discrete Algorithms
SPAA: ACM Symp on Parallel Algorithms and Architectures
ISSAC: Intl. Symp on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation
CRYPTO: Advances in Cryptology


Rank 2:


EUROCRYPT: European Conf on Cryptography
CONCUR: International Conference on Concurrency Theory
ICALP: Intl Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Prog
STACS: Symp on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science
CC: IEEE Symp on Computational Complexity
WADS: Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures
MFCS: Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
SWAT: Scandinavian Workshop on Algorithm Theory
ESA: European Symp on Algorithms
IPCO: MPS Conf on integer programming & comb optimization
LFCS: Logical Foundations of Computer Science
ALT: Algorithmic Learning Theory
EUROCOLT: European Conf on Learning Theory
DSIC: Int'l Symp om Distributed Computing (formally WDAG: Workshop on Distributed Algorithms)
ISTCS: Israel Symp on Theory of Computing and Systems
ISAAC: Intl Symp on Algorithms and Computation
FST&TCS: Foundations of S/W Tech & Theoretical CS
LATIN: Intl Symp on Latin American Theoretical Informatics
CADE: Conf on Automated Deduction
IEEEIT: IEEE Symposium on Information Theory
Asiacrypt


Rank 3:


MEGA: Methods Effectives en Geometrie Algebrique
ASIAN: Asian Computing Science Conf
CCCG: Canadian Conf on Computational Geometry
FCT: Fundamentals of Computation Theory
WG: Workshop on Graph Theory
CIAC: Italian Conf on Algorithms and Complexity
ICCI: Advances in Computing and Information
AWTI: Argentine Workshop on Theoretical Informatics
CATS: The Australian Theory Symp
COCOON: Annual Intl Computing and Combinatorics Conf
UMC: Unconventional Models of Computation
MCU: Universal Machines and Computations
GD: Graph Drawing
SIROCCO: Structural Info & Communication Complexity
ALEX: Algorithms and Experiments
ALG: ENGG Workshop on Algorithm Engineering
LPMA: Intl Workshop on Logic Programming and Multi-Agents
EWLR: European Workshop on Learning Robots
CITB: Complexity & info-theoretic approaches to biology
FTP: Intl Workshop on First-Order Theorem Proving (FTP)
CSL: Annual Conf on Computer Science Logic (CSL)
AAAAECC: Conf On Applied Algebra, Algebraic Algms & ECC
DMTCS: Intl Conf on Disc Math and TCS
JCDCG: Japan Conference on Discrete and Computational Geometry


Un-ranked:


Information Theory Workshop
CL: International Conference on Computational Logic
COSIT: Spatial Information Theory
ETAPS: European joint conference on Theory And Practice of Software
ICCS: International Conference on Conceptual Structures
ICISC: Information Security and Cryptology
PPSN: Parallel Problem Solving from Nature
SOFSEM: Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Informatics
TPHOLs : Theorem Proving in Higher Order Logics
WADT: Workshop on Algebraic Development Techniques
TERM: THEMATIC TERM: Semigroups , Algorithms, Automata and Languages
IMGTA: Italian Meeting on Game Theory and Applications
DLT: Developments in Language Theory
International Workshop on Discrete Algorithms and Methods for Mobile Computing and Communications
APPROX: International Workshop on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems
WAE: Workshop on Algorithm Engineering
CMFT: Computational Methods and Function Theory
AWOCA: Australasian Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms
Fun with Algorithms Meeting
ICTCS: Italian Conference on Theoretical Computer Science
ComMaC : International Conference On Computational Mathematics
TLCA: Typed Lambda Calculus and Applications
DCAGRS: Workshop on Descriptional Complexity of Automata, Grammars and Related Structures

AREA: Biomedical


Rank 1:


RECOMB: Annual Intl Conf on Comp Molecular Biology

ISMB: International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology

Rank 2:

AMIA: American Medical Informatics Annual Fall Symposium
DNA: Meeting on DNA Based Computers
WABI: Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics


Rank 3:

MEDINFO: World Congress on Medical Informatics
International Conference on Sequences and their Applications
ECAIM: European Conf on AI in Medicine
APAMI: Asia Pacific Assoc for Medical Informatics Conf
INBS: IEEE Intl Symp on Intell . in Neural & Bio Systems


Un-ranked:


MCBC: Wses conf on Mathematics And Computers In Biology And Chemistry
KDDMBD - Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining in Biological Databases Meeting


AREA: Miscellaneous


Rank 1:


Rank 2:

CSCW: Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (*)


Rank 3:


SAC: ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing
ICSC: Internal Computer Science Conference
ISCIS: Intl Symp on Computer and Information Sciences
ICSC2: International Computer Symposium Conference
ICCE: Intl Conf on Comps in Edu
WCC: World Computing Congress
PATAT: Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling



Unranked:


ICCI: International Conference on Cognitive Informatics
APISIT: Asia Pacific International Symposium on Information Technology
CW: The International Conference on Cyberworlds
Workshop on Open Hypermedia Systems
Workshop on Middleware for Mobile Computing
International Working Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems
ADL: Advances in Digital Libraries
ADT: Specification of Abstract Data Type Workshops
AVI: Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces
DL: Digital Libraries
DLog : Description Logics
ECDL: European Conference on Digital Libraries
EDCC: European Dependable Computing Conference
FroCos : Frontiers of Combining Systems
FTCS: Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Computing
IFIP World Computer Congress
INTEROP: Interoperating Geographic Information Systems
IO: Information Outlook
IQ: MIT Conference on Information Quality
IUC: International Unicode Conference
IWMM: International Workshop on Memory Management
MD: IEEE Meta-Data Conference
Middleware
MLDM: Machine Learning and Data Mining in Pattern Recognition
POS: Workshop on Persistent Object Systems
SCCC: International Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society
SPIRE: String Processing and Information Retrieval
TABLEAUX: Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods
TIME Workshops
TREC: Text REtrieval Conference
UIDIS: User Interfaces to Data Intensive Systems
VRML Conference
AFIPS: American Federation of Information Processing Societies
ACSC: Australasian Computer Science Conference
CMCS: Coalgebraic Methods in Computer Science
BCTCS: British Colloquium for Theoretical Computer Science
IJCAR: The International Joint Conference on Automated Reasoning
STRATEGIES: International Workshop on Strategies in Automated Deduction
UNIF: International Workshop on Unification
SOCO: Meeting on Soft Computing
ConCoord : International Workshop on Concurrency and Coordination
CIAA: International Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata
Workshop on Information Stucture , Discourse Structure and Discourse Semantics
RANDOM: International Workshop on Randomization and Approximation Techniques in Computer Science
WMC: Workshop on Membrane Computing
FI-CS: Fixed Points in Computer Science
DC Computer Science Conference
Workshop on Novel Approaches to Hard Discrete Optimization
NALAC: Numerical Analysis, Linear Algebra And Computations Conference
ICLSSC: International Conference on Large-Scale Scientific Computations
ISACA : Information Systems Audit and Control Association International Conference
ICOSAHOM: International Conference On Spectral And High Order Methods
AIP: International Conference on Applied Inverse Problems: Theoretical and Computational Aspects
ECCM: European Conference On Computational Mechanics
Scicade : Scientific Computing and Differential Equation
BMVC: British Machine Vision Conference
COMEP: Euroconference On Computational Mechanics And Engineering Practis
JCIS: Joint Conference on Information Sciences
CHP: Compilers for High Performance conference
SIAM Conference on Geometric Design and Computing

SCI 文章点滴

SCI论文全攻略之构思与撰文

推荐一、写作框架和各部分要求

Title: Be short, accurate, and unambiguous; Give your paper a distinct personality; Begin with the subject of the study.

Introduction: What is known; What is unknown; Why we did this study?

Methods: Participants, subjects; Measurements; Outcomes and explanatory variables; Statistical methods.

Results: Sample characteristics; Univariate analyses; Bivariate analyses; Multivariate analyses.

Tables and figures: No more than six tables or figures; Use Table 1 for sample characteristics (no P values); Put most important findings in a figure.

Discussion: State what you found; Outline the strengths and limitations of the study; Discuss the relevance to current literature; Outline your implications with a clear "So what?" and "Where now?"

References: All citations must be accurate; Include only the most important, most rigorous, and most recent literature; Quote only published journal articles or books; Never quote "second hand"; Cite only 20-35 references.

Formatting: Include the title, author, page numbers, etc. in headers and footers; Start each section on a new page; Format titles and subtitles consistently; Comply with "Instructions to authors".

二、英文写作的语言技巧

1. Introduction:

A. 如何指出当前研究的不足并有目的地引导出自己研究的重要性?在叙述前人成果之后,用However来引导不足,提出一种新方法或新方向。如:However, little information(little attention/little work/little data/little research……)(or few studies/few investigations/few researchers/few attempts……)(or no/none of these studies……)has(have)been done on(focused on/attempted to/conducted/investigated/studied(with respect to))。如:Previous research (studies, records) has (have) failed to consider/ ignored/ misinterpreted/ neglected to/overestimated, underestimated/misleaded. thus, these previous results are inconclisive, misleading, unsatisfactory, questionable, controversial. Uncertainties (discrepancies) still exist……研究方法和方向与前人一样时,可通过以下方式强调自己工作:However, data is still scarce(rare, less accurate),We need to(aim to, have to) provide more documents(data, records, studies, increase the dataset). Further studies are still necessary(essential)……

强调自己研究的重要性,一般还要在However之前介绍与自己研究问题相反或相关的问题。比如:(1)时间问题;(2)研究手段问题;(3)研究区域问题;(4)不确定性;(5)提出自己的假设来验证。如果你研究的问题在时间上比较新,你可大量提及时间较老问题的研究及重要性,然后(However)表明“对时间尺度比较新的问题研究不足”;如果你的是一种新的研究手段或研究方向,你可提出当前流行的方法及其物质性质,然后(However)说对你所研究的方向方法研究甚少;如果研究涉及区域问题,就先总结相邻区域或其它区域的研究,然后(However)强调这一区域的研究不足;虽然前人对某一问题研究很多,但目前有两种或更多种观点,这种uncertainties或ambiguities值得进一步澄清;如果自己的研究是全是新的,没有前人的工作可对比,你就可以自信地说“根据假设提出的过程,存在这种可能的结果,本文就是要证实这种结果”等等。We aim to test the feasibility (reliability) of the……It is hoped that the question will be resolved (fall away) with our proposed method (approach).

B. 提出自己的观点:We aim to//This paper reports on//This paper provides results//This paper extends the method//This paper focus on……The purpose of this paper is to……Furthermore, Moreover, In addition, we will also discuss……

C. 圈定自己的研究范围:introduction的另一个作用就是告诉读者(包括reviewer),你文章的主要研究内容。如果处理不好,reviewer会提出严厉的建议,比如你没有考虑某种可能性,某种研究手段等。为减少这种争论,在前言的结尾就必须明确提出本文研究的范围:(1)时间尺度;(2) 研究区域等。如涉及较长的时序,你可明确提出本文只关心某一特定时间范围的问题,We preliminarily focus on the older (younger)……如有两种时间尺度 (long-term and short term),你可说两者都重要,但是本文只涉及其中一种。研究区域的问题,和时间问题一样,也需明确提出你只关心某一特定区域!

D. 最后的圆场:在前言的最后,还可以总结性地提出“这一研究对其它研究有什么帮助”;或者说further studies on……will be summarized in our next study (or elsewhere)。总之,其目的就是让读者把思路集中到你要讨论的问题上来。尽量减少不必要的争论(arguments)。

2. Discussion:

A. 怎样提出观点:在提出自己的观点时,采取什么样的策略很重要,不合适的句子通常会遭到reviewer置疑。(1)如果观点不是这篇文章最新提出的,通常要用We confirm that……(2)对于自己很自信的观点,可用We believe that……(3)通常,由数据推断出一定的结论,用Results indicate, infer, suggest, imply that……(4) 在极其特别时才可用We put forward(discover, observe)……"for the first time"来强调自己的创新……(5) 如果自己对所提出的观点不完全肯定,可用We tentatively put forward (interrprete this to…)Or The results may be due to (caused by) attributed to resulted from……Or This is probably a consequence of……It seems that……can account for (interpret) this……Or It is posible that it stem from……要注意这些结构要合理搭配。如果通篇是类型1)和5),那这篇文章的意义就大打折扣。如果全是2),肯定会遭到置疑。所以要仔细分析自己成果的创新性以及可信度。

B. 连接词与逻辑:写英文论文最常见的毛病是文章的逻辑不清楚,解决方法如下。

(1)注意句子上下连贯,不能让句子独立。常见的连接词有,However, also, in addition, consequently, afterwards, moreover, Furthermore, further, although, unlike, in contrast, Similarly, Unfortunately, alternatively, parallel results, In order to, despite, For example, Compared with, other results, thus, therefore……用好连接词能使文章层次清楚,意思明确。比如,叙述有时间顺序的事件或文献,最早的文献可用AA advocated it for the first time.接下来可用Then BB further demonstrated that. 再接下来,可用Afterwards, CC……如果还有,可用More recent studies by DD……如果叙述两种观点,要把它们截然分开AA put forward that……In contrast, BB believe or Unlike AA, BB suggest or On the contrary (表明前面观点错误),如果只表明两种观点对立,用in contrast BB……如果两种观点相近,可用AA suggest……Similarily, alternatively, BB……Or Also, BB or BB allso does……表示因果或者前后关系可用Consequently, therefore, as a result……表明递进关系可用furthermore, further, moreover, in addition……写完一段英文,最好首先检查是否较好地应用了这些连接词。

(2) 注意段落布局的整体逻辑:经常我们要叙述一个问题的几个方面。这种情况下,一定要注意逻辑结构。第一段要明确告诉读者你要讨论几个部份……Therefore, there are three aspects of this problem have to be addressed. The first question involves……The second problem relates to……The third aspect deals with……清晰地把观点逐层叙述。也可以直接用First, Second, Third, Finally……当然,Furthermore, in addition等可以用来补充说明。

(3) 讨论部份的整体结构:小标题是把问题分为几个片段的好方法。通常第一个片段指出文章最重要的数据或结果;补充说明部份放在最后一个片段。一定要明白,文章的读者分为多个档次;除了本专业的专业人士读懂以外,一定要想办法能让更多的外专业人读懂。所以可以把讨论部份分为两部份,一部份提出观点,另一部份详细介绍过程以及论述的依据。这样专业外的人士可以了解文章的主要观点,比较专业的讨论他可以把它当成黑箱子,而这一部份本专业人士可以进一步研究。

C.讨论部分包括什么内容?(1)主要数据及其特征的总结;(2)主要结论及与前人观点的对比;(3) 本文的不足。对第三点,一般作者看来不可取,但事实上给出文章的不足恰恰是保护自己文章的重要手段。如果刻意隐藏文章的漏洞,觉得别人看不出来,是非常不明智的。所谓不足,包括以下内容:(1)研究的问题有点片面,讨论时一定要说,It should be noted that this study has examined only……We concentrate (focus) on only……We have to point out that we do not……Some limitations of this study are……(2)结论有些不足,The results do not imply……The results can not be used to determine(or be taken as evidence of)……Unfortunately, we can not determine this from this data……Our results are lack of……但指出这些不足之后,一定要马上再次加强本文的重要性以及可能采取的手段来解决这些不足,为别人或者自己的下一步研究打下伏笔。Not withstanding its limitation, this study does suggest……However, these problems could be solved if we consider……Despite its preliminary character, this study can clearly indicate……用中文来说这是左右逢源,把审稿人想到的问题提前给一个交代,同时表明你已经在思考这些问题,但是由于文章长度,试验进度或者试验手段的制约,暂时不能回答这些问题。但通过你的一些建议,这些问题在将来的研究中有可能实现。

3. Others:

A. 为使文章清楚,第一次提出概念时,最好以括弧给出较详细解释。如文章用了很多Abbreviation可用两种方法解决:(1) 在文章最后加上个Appendix,把所有Abbreviation列表;(2)在不同页面上不时地给出Abbreviation的含义,用来提醒读者。

B. 绝对不能全面否定前人的成果,即使在你看来前人的结论完全不对。这是对前人工作最起码的尊重,英文叫做给别人的工作credits.所以文章不要出现非常negative的评价,比如Their results are wrong, very questionable, have no commensence, etc.遇到这类情况,可以婉转地提出:Their studies may be more reasonable if they had……considered this situation.Their results could be better convinced if they……Or Their conclusion may remain some uncertanties.

Main Bayesian Wedpages

1、http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~murphyk/Bayes/bayes.html
2、http://www.bayesian.org/
3、http://www.bayes.com/
4、http://www.bayesinf.com/
5、http://xxx.lanl.gov/archive/bayes-an/

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

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