[AISWorld] Most Influential systems papers

[nicole forsgren]

Apologies if this was already mentioned and I missed it:

We absolutely must also talk about something increasingly important and
pressing in our field: publication cycle.

As a technology discipline, it is shameful (strong word, purposefully
chosen) that we cannot get a high impact paper published in under a year. I
acknowledge this is a hard problem. But if we are going to remain relevant,
we MUST find a way to address and fix it. Maybe we pay reviewers (like in
Finance and Economics). Maybe we tenure on conferences (like in Computer
Science) -- our best conferences have low enough accept rates. Even then,
it is maybe too slow. Some of the best biology conferences can get a top
journal paper out in six months. Why? Because the science demands it.
Technology is moving at a blinding pace and we, too, must keep up. We can't
continue to have multi-year turnover rates and think we are making an
impact (or at least an impact outside of our own club), especially when we
talk about technology. We just can't. We are hiding in our ivory towers and
fooling ourselves.