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APAN Proceedings

Chris Elvidge NOAA Chris Elvidge, NOAA Suhaimi Napis, UPM Presented at the 32nd APAN Meeting August 23 2011 August 23, 2011

Agenda Agenda

• Introduction and updates of APAN

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• Recommendations and Seeking help

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• AOB
• End

APAN Proceedings Proposal From The 29th APAN M ti 29th APAN Meeting

• Establish formal proceedings for each APAN meeting, open to all

presenters Publish online with open access

• presenters. Publish online with open access.
• Benefits:

– Attract more participation from scientific community Attract more participation from scientific community – Enhance APAN reputation – Create a searchable legacy g y

• Proposed Process:

– Invite papers as part of call‐for‐presentations – Submission of paper would be voluntary – Peer review process with 80% acceptance target – Papers only eligible if there was a presentation in a session and at least one of the authors attended in person (paid registration) A th ld t l t – Authors would use a template – Use CreativeCommons license

Proceedings Plan From the 29th APAN Meeting

• Elvidge volunteered to serve as a co‐editor.

Was asked to serve as Editor and he accepted. p

• It was agreed to roll out the proceedings for

the 30th APAN the 30th APAN

What Do We Have Now What Do We Have Now

• Several proceeding publication systems were

evaluated and Open Conference System was p y selected.

• UPM (Suhaimi) agreed to host the
• UPM (Suhaimi) agreed to host the

proceedings.

• UPM installed OCS and we now have two

published proceedings (30th and 31st APANs). published proceedings (30 and 31 APANs).

The APAN Homepage Banner Has A Button for the Proceedings With Active Links

Proceedings of the 30th APAN Has 26 Papers From Four Workshops

A Total of 247 Pages!

Proceedings of the 31st APAN Has Nine Papers From Six Workshops

A Total of 91 Pages

Click On The Title To View The Abstract

Click On “PDF” T D l d To Download The Paper The Paper

Note page numbering!

Final page has submission / d d C i acceptance dates and Creative Commons Attribution License

Call For Call For Papers Linked To Meeting Meeting Homepage

CFP Has Proceedings Schedule g

CFP Guides Authors On How To Successfully Publish In The Proceedings

A Form Is Used A Form Is Used For Creating An A t F Account For The Proceeding

At the bottom At the bottom

• f the form

you can check you can check the roles you want to have want to have with the proceeding: proceeding: Reader (able to comment to comment

• n papers),

Author, ut o , Reviewer.

Online Submission ‐ The Author Can Select The Workshop They Want To Have Their Paper Considered For They Want To Have Their Paper Considered For

Online Submission – Add In Authors

Online Submission – Enter Title and Abstract Then Upload Paper As A WORD Document Then Upload Paper As A WORD Document

Online Review Form (page one) Online Review Form (page one)

• APAN Review

APAN Review

• Please read the paper and score on the review form.
• Does the paper advance knowledge and understanding within its own field or across different fields?
• * Yes

Partially No

• To what extent does the paper suggest and explore creative, original, or potentially transformative concepts?

S b t ti ll

• Substantially

Partially Negligibly

• What is the technical merit of the paper?
• * High

Medium Low

• Does the paper describe advances in network engineering, data access or utilization of networks?
• * Yes

Partially No

• To what extent does the paper suggest and explore creative, original, or potentially transformative concepts in networks and utilization of networks?
• * Substantially

Partially Partially Negligibly

• Rate the potential benefits to the broader science and engineering communities?
• * High

Medium Low

• Rate the potential benefits in promoting teaching training and learning via networks?
• Rate the potential benefits in promoting teaching, training, and learning via networks?
• High

Medium Low

• Will the activity described in the paper broaden access and participation via networks?
• * Yes

Maybe No No

Online Review Form (page two) Online Review Form (page two)

• Rate the potential for enhancing the infrastructure for research and education, such instrumentation, networks, and partnerships?
• * High

Medium Low

• Are the results openly accessible for others to use?
• * Yes
• Yes

Partially No

• Has the work of others been adequately referenced in the paper? *
• Yes

Partially No

• Can you suggest additional references for the author to include?
• Does the paper need additional revisions on English?
• * Many

Several None

• How many typographical errors did you notice?
• * Many
• * Many

Several None

• Is it easy to read and understand?*
• Yes

Mostly No

• Your summary comment on this paper:
• * Denotes required field

What Is Next What Is Next

• The submission of papers for the 32nd APAN is

The submission of papers for the 32 APAN is

• pen until September 9.
• Elvidge will ask the SEC office to send out an

invitation for reviewers to register. g

• The 32nd APAN will be the first have online

peer review peer review.

• The CFP for the 33rd APAN will be posted

shortly after the meeting page is established.

Invitation to the NRW Invitation to the NRW

• For the 32nd APAN the NRW established their

For the 32 APAN the NRW established their

• wn online system (Easychair) for submission
• f papers – and once again printed their
• f papers – and once again printed their

proceeding.

• We invite the NRW to publish their papers
• nline via the UPM site. This was done for the

NRW from the 30th APAN.

• The NRW is invited to use the APAN
• The NRW is invited to use the APAN

proceeding site at UPM for the submission

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and review of papers at the 34th APAN.

Other Topics Other Topics

• How to get wider recognition for papers in the

proceedings? p g

– Obtain an ISBN number for the APAN Proceedings? Proceedings? – Find a way to assign DOI numbers to each paper? E h th bilit f b h i t fi d – Enhance the ability for web search engines to find APAN proceeding papers creating a metadata i d i th O H t S t f th index using the Open Harvester System from the Public Knowledge Initiative (PKI) Project?

ISBN ISBN

DOI – A Service Available to CrossRef Members

For APAN CrossRef Membership Would Cost $275 in 2011

A Final Note A Final Note

• Elvidge is nearly done with his two year term

as editor, finishing after the 33rd APAN. g

• Elvidge recommends a Co‐Editor system, with

each editor having primary responsibility for each editor having primary responsibility for

• ne APAN proceedings per year.
• Elvidge asks that a Co‐Editor be appointed

during the 32nd APAN – taking primary during the 32 APAN taking primary responsibility for 34th APAN proceedings.