Paper Rejection
This is old news, but it appears I forgot to post it. I scrambled at the end of last semester to get a 6-page research paper written for the Internet Network Management Workshop 2007, a workshop of SIGCOMM 2007, the premier networking research conference. (I went to SIGCOMM 2005 in Philadelphia.) This year, SIGCOMM is in Kyoto, Japan. If my paper had been accepted, I would be going to Japan in August to present it on my advisor's nickel. (At least, that's typically how these things work. I didn't confirm with him that he would pay...not that it matters now.)
But, as I'm sure you gathered by now, no dice. They rejected it. It was really too rushed to be very polished. It was lacking some illustrative diagrams and figures. The three reviews were...informative. Unfortunately, I think two of them really didn't get the point at all. I guess I didn't write clearly enough. So, no Japan for me.
Despite what it may sound like, I'm not (nor was I) depressed about this. It was a bit disappointing, but not a big deal. Besides, I had already gone ahead with a passport application, so at least I'll get something out of it. :-) And I'm currently working on a reworked paper submission to INFOCOM 2008, which is due in (gasp!) 2 weeks, so it's not like the effort was a complete waste.
But, as I'm sure you gathered by now, no dice. They rejected it. It was really too rushed to be very polished. It was lacking some illustrative diagrams and figures. The three reviews were...informative. Unfortunately, I think two of them really didn't get the point at all. I guess I didn't write clearly enough. So, no Japan for me.
Despite what it may sound like, I'm not (nor was I) depressed about this. It was a bit disappointing, but not a big deal. Besides, I had already gone ahead with a passport application, so at least I'll get something out of it. :-) And I'm currently working on a reworked paper submission to INFOCOM 2008, which is due in (gasp!) 2 weeks, so it's not like the effort was a complete waste.