Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!wuarchive!m.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies) Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: Re: How to read the literature Keywords: writing, refereeing, authoring Message-ID: <1991May28.193033.5630@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Date: 28 May 91 19:30:33 GMT References: <6113@eastapps.East.Sun.COM> <20169@cs.utexas.edu> Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL Lines: 10 One of the last things we need is more noise in the scientific journals from class projects. I was always told that you write a scientific paper, and then, once it is completed, only THEN do you consider an appropriate conference or journal for publication. This idea about "let's write something to go to conference x or journal y" has become all too pervasive. --