Template for Australian Ranking of ICT Conferences

Conference

Acronym:  _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Full name: _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Website:  _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Proposed rank

Tier 1 £    Tier 2 £    Tier 3 £    Tier 4 £

Area of research

 

Peer review process

Review of: full paper £   extended abstract £   short abstract £

Number of referees for each paper:  _ _ _

Review process:  blind £    double blind £    open £

Are authors invited to write a rejoinder?  yes £    no £

Acceptance rate (if known):  _ _ _

Program committee

Comment on the composition of the committee (e.g. the proportion that are leading researchers in the field?  Are they from the premier institutions for the field?)

 

Quality of papers

Comment on the quality of the papers presented (e.g. whether the work presented shapes the field; whether the quality of papers is uniform or ÔpatchyÕ, etc)

Comparative assessment

 

Name some other conferences in the field that are:

of similar quality?  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

of higher quality?   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

of lower quality?    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Ranking

Within the field, what number would you rank it?  _ _ _

Participants

Are the top researchers in the field core participants?

all £    most £    some £    none £

Additional contextual information

Please provide any additional information that will assist in a comparative assessment of the conference

Your name and institution