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We discuss the paper selection process of the ACM PASC16 conference. The conference spans multiple scientific fields used to very different publication cultures. We aim to combine the strengths of the conference and journal publication schemes in order to design an attractive high-quality publication venue for works in large-scale computational science. We use four non-standard key ideas to design a paper selection process for ACM PASC16: (1) no pre-selected committee, (2) short revision process, (3) full double-blindness, and (4) suggested expert reviews. In this overview, we describe our observations of the process and anlayse the data in an attempt to characterize the effectiveness of the mechanisms used. We believe that the adoption of some or all of these ideas could prove beneficial beyond ACM PASC16.

@inproceedings{abc,
	abstract = {We discuss the paper selection process of the ACM PASC16 conference. The conference spans multiple scientific fields used to very different publication cultures. We aim to combine the strengths of the conference and journal publication schemes in order to design an attractive high-quality publication venue for works in large-scale computational science. We use four non-standard key ideas to design a paper selection process for ACM PASC16: (1) no pre-selected committee, (2) short revision process, (3) full double-blindness, and (4) suggested expert reviews. In this overview, we describe our observations of the process and anlayse the data in an attempt to characterize the effectiveness of the mechanisms used. We believe that the adoption of some or all of these ideas could prove beneficial beyond ACM PASC16.},
	author = {Torsten Hoefler},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference},
	title = {Selecting Technical Papers for an Interdisciplinary Conference: The PASC Review Process},
	venue = {Lausanne, Switzerland},
	year = {2016}
}