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Best	
  AE	
  Practices	
  -	
  ICASSP	
  in	
  Shanghai,	
  China	
  
	
  
Over	
  the	
  past	
  several	
  years,	
  the	
  Publications	
  Board	
  of	
  the	
  Signal	
  Processing	
  Society	
  (SPS)	
  has	
  been	
  
organizing	
  Panel	
  discussions	
  on	
  Best	
  Practices	
  of	
  Associated	
  Editors	
  (AEs)	
  at	
  its	
  flagship	
  conferences.	
  	
  	
  The	
  
first	
  panel	
  discussion	
  was	
  held	
  at	
  ICASSP	
  in	
  Taipei	
  in	
  2009.	
  	
  The	
  purpose	
  of	
  the	
  panels	
  is	
  to	
  discuss	
  important	
  
issues	
  and	
  challenges	
  that	
  Associate	
  Editors	
  face	
  on	
  a	
  regular	
  basis.	
  The	
  intent	
  is	
  also	
  to	
  come	
  up	
  with	
  
strategies	
  for	
  coordinating	
  the	
  review	
  process,	
  avoiding	
  common	
  problems,	
  managing	
  difficult	
  situations,	
  
and	
  handling	
  plagiarism	
  and	
  author	
  misconducts.	
  In	
  Shanghai,	
  there	
  were	
  36	
  participants	
  in	
  the	
  discussion.	
  	
  
	
  
The	
  panelists	
  for	
  the	
  ICASSP	
  event	
  were	
  selected	
  by	
  the	
  Editors--‐in--‐Chief	
  (EiCs)	
  of	
  the	
  Transactions	
  on	
  Signal	
  
Processing	
  (TSP),	
  Transactions	
  on	
  Audio,	
  Speech	
  and	
  Language	
  Processing	
  (TASLP),	
  and	
  Transactions	
  on	
  
Information	
  Forensics	
  and	
  Security	
  (TIFS).	
  The	
  panelists	
  were	
  assigned	
  topics	
  that	
  they	
  would	
  introduce	
  for	
  
a	
  few	
  minutes	
  with	
  a	
  discussion	
  to	
  follow.	
  The	
  panelists	
  and	
  their	
  topics	
  were:	
  	
  
1.	
  	
  	
  Aleksandar	
  Dogandžić	
  -	
  (TSP):	
  Controlling	
  the	
  length	
  of	
  the	
  paper;	
  addressing	
  reviewer	
  comments	
  
2.	
  	
  	
  	
  Amir	
  Asif	
  -	
  (TSP):	
  Significance	
  of	
  results	
  versus	
  conceptual	
  novelty;	
  marginal	
  contributions	
  
3.	
  	
  	
  	
  Yuantao	
  Gu	
  -	
  (TSP):	
  Overriding	
  recommendations	
  of	
  reviewers	
  
4.	
  	
  	
  	
  Patrick	
  Bas	
  -	
  (TIFS):	
  Clear	
  communication	
  of	
  decisions	
  to	
  authors;	
  dealing	
  with	
  conflicting	
  reviews	
  
5.	
  	
  	
  	
  Mads	
  Græsbøll	
  Christensen	
  	
  -	
  (TASLP):	
  Making	
  informed	
  decisions	
  based	
  on	
  the	
  substance	
  of	
  the	
  reviews	
  
6.	
  	
  	
  	
  Sharon	
  Gannot	
  --‐	
  (TASLP):	
  Quality	
  vs.	
  timeliness	
  of	
  the	
  review	
  
The	
  remaining	
  panelists	
  were	
  the	
  Chair	
  of	
  the	
  SPS	
  Pub	
  Board	
  (Thrasos	
  Pappas)	
  and	
  the	
  EICs	
  of	
  the	
  
Transactions	
  on	
  Image	
  Processing	
  (Scott	
  Acton),	
  the	
  Transactions	
  on	
  Computational	
  Imaging	
  (Clem	
  Carl),	
  
TASLP	
  (Haizhou	
  Li),	
  and	
  the	
  Transactions	
  on	
  Signal	
  and	
  Information	
  Processing	
  over	
  Networks	
  (Petar	
  
Djurić).	
  	
  
	
  
The	
  discussion	
  provided	
  interesting	
  exchanges	
  of	
  opinions.	
  	
  In	
  general,	
  the	
  AEs	
  agreed	
  that	
  the	
  reviews	
  they	
  
receive	
  from	
  their	
  reviewers	
  simply	
  represent	
  recommendations	
  and	
  that	
  they	
  act	
  on	
  them	
  as	
  they	
  see	
  fit.	
  
They	
  can	
  choose	
  to	
  follow	
  these	
  recommendations	
  or,	
  in	
  some	
  unusual	
  cases,	
  to	
  deviate	
  from	
  them.	
  In	
  any	
  
case,	
  the	
  AEs	
  must	
  clearly	
  justify	
  and	
  communicate	
  their	
  decisions	
  to	
  the	
  authors,	
  and	
  provide	
  specific	
  
instructions	
  for	
  addressing	
  the	
  issues	
  raised	
  by	
  the	
  reviewers.	
  	
  
	
  
All	
  agreed	
  that	
  the	
  ultimate	
  objective	
  of	
  the	
  whole	
  reviewing	
  process	
  is	
  to	
  recognize	
  manuscripts	
  with	
  good	
  
quality	
  and	
  to	
  help	
  the	
  authors	
  improve	
  them	
  before	
  final	
  publication.	
  	
  To	
  that	
  end,	
  the	
  roles	
  of	
  the	
  reviewers	
  
and	
  the	
  AEs	
  are	
  critical.	
  The	
  most	
  important	
  question	
  in	
  this	
  process	
  is	
  to	
  understand	
  the	
  novelty	
  and	
  
significance	
  of	
  the	
  manuscript.	
  It	
  was	
  emphasized	
  that	
  there	
  may	
  be	
  papers	
  that	
  are	
  technically	
  correct	
  but	
  
the	
  significance	
  of	
  the	
  results	
  may	
  be	
  minor;	
  such	
  papers	
  should	
  not	
  be	
  published.	
  As	
  for	
  controlling	
  the	
  
length	
  of	
  a	
  paper,	
  it	
  was	
  argued	
  that	
  the	
  authors	
  and	
  the	
  AE	
  are	
  primarily	
  responsible	
  for	
  it.	
  	
  
	
  
The	
  discussion	
  about	
  the	
  ever--‐present	
  dilemma	
  Quality	
  vs.	
  Timeliness	
  suggested	
  that	
  the	
  AEs	
  prefer	
  to	
  wait	
  
longer	
  for	
  certain	
  reviews	
  if	
  they	
  believe	
  that	
  they	
  will	
  be	
  of	
  high	
  quality.	
  Practice	
  does	
  show	
  that	
  s ome	
  
reviews	
  are	
  returned	
  quickly	
  but	
  are	
  of	
  limited	
  quality.	
  In	
  those	
  cases,	
  it	
  is	
  acceptable	
  to	
  sacrifice	
  timeliness	
  
for	
  quality,	
  but	
  the	
  AEs	
  should	
  keep	
  the	
  authors	
  informed	
  why	
  there	
  is	
  a	
  delay	
  in	
  their	
  decision.	
  	
  
	
  
During	
  the	
  discussion,	
  the	
  AEs	
  were	
  reminded	
  of	
  some	
  policies.	
  For	
  instance,	
  the	
  AEs	
  cannot	
  assign	
  
themselves	
  as	
  reviewers	
  but	
  can	
  provide	
  reviewer--‐type	
  feedback	
  (however,	
  not	
  anonymously).	
  They	
  can	
  also	
  
request	
  assistance	
  from	
  other	
  AEs.	
  
	
  
In	
  summary,	
  the	
  Best	
  Practices	
  Panel	
  was	
  a	
  successful	
  event.	
  It	
  provided	
  the	
  participating	
  AEs	
  with	
  a	
  number	
  
of	
  answers	
  to	
  quandaries	
  they	
  may	
  have	
  had.	
  Similar	
  events	
  will	
  be	
  held	
  at	
  future	
  conferences	
  of	
  the	
  society.	
  	
  
	
  
Petar	
  M.	
  Djurić	
  
Moderator	
  of	
  the	
  panel	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  



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