IRIF lab now supporting conference publications without mandatory travel
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IRIF is a French research institute in theoretical computer science, whose members have been distinguished by numerous awards .
In a recent update to its internal regulations, announced publicly
on its website, IRIF now openly supports the right of researchers to
publish in conference proceedings while declining to physically attend . environmental impact of travel.
IRIF
thus makes a public statement: being accepted for publication in
conference proceedings should not require travel, even when conference
organizers want to make onsite attendance mandatory. Of course, there
are many solutions for conference organizers who want to follow IRIF's
policy: allow prerecorded presentations, make the conference hybrid,
make conference presentations optional.
TCS4F,
of course, supports this initiative by IRIF, and hopes that it can
inspire other labs to adopt similar policies, and make it easier for
researchers to publish without having to travel. TCS4F hopes that such
initiatives can make conference publication, and ultimately careers in
computer science, accessible to those who cannot travel or wish to
protect the environment.