Call for Shadow PC participation
Notice: The EuroSys'24 Shadow PC will only run through the EuroSys'24 Fall deadline.
Eurosys is organising a shadow program committee for the EuroSys 2024 conference under the sponsorship of EuroSys.
If you are interested in participating, please apply online at
https://eurosys24shadowpc-apps.hotcrp.com/ until 31 October 2023 AoE.
You will be requested to complete the application form, and attach your CV.
Please also get in touch if you have any questions at
shadow-2024@eurosys.org.
Why join a Shadow PC?
The EuroSys Shadow PC is a great opportunity for junior researchers to gain experience of the review and program committee process and for authors to obtain additional feedback on their work.
Shadow PC reviews will have no effect on the decisions of the EuroSys PC, but Shadow PC members will be able to see the submitted papers and obtain real-life experience on how submissions to a top conference look like.
Author identities and the regular PC reviews/comments from the EuroSys PC will remain, of course, invisible to the Shadow PC.
The reviews written by the Shadow PC members will only be visible to the Shadow PC members and eventually to the authors.
Serving as a member of a Shadow PC is a lot of work.
But, besides the recognition of being selected, it is also worthwhile for a number of reasons, including:
- Getting to know how an academic PC is run and how it operates;
- Seeing how more experienced reviewers judge the same papers that you review;
- Getting to see both strong and weak papers at the submission stage;
- Discovering what it takes to publish a paper in a highly selective conference, such as EuroSys;
- Having a chance to read top-notch papers in your area of expertise before they are published;
- Getting to know other young researchers who are also selected to the Shadow PC.
How does the Shadow PC work?
Shadow PC
members must commit themselves to writing their own detailed and
rigorous reviews for papers assigned to them by the allotted
deadlines. This timely review commitment is essential to the good
functioning of the Shadow PC. Candidates who might be unable to
fulfill their reviewing duties should refrain from applying. We
expect a review load of 5-8 papers altogether per member in two
reviewing rounds. Members will not be expected to take part in a
rebuttal stage. Shadow PC members are also expected to attend at
least a one-day online Shadow PC meeting (more days if the number of
submissions is particularly higher than expected). Shadow PC members
will be required to comply with ethical code of conduct.
How to become a Shadow PC member
You will need to submit your application via the Eurosys Shadow PC submission site:
https://eurosys24shadowpc-apps.hotcrp.com/.
You will need to complete the submission form and attach in form of a single pdf following information:
- Short motivation letter (not more than 300 words);
- Your CV (as an 1-2 page PDF document)
- In case you are a PhD student: Please provide a short support statement from your supervisor/advisor as an additional page at the end of your CV.
- In case you are a Post-Doc or Junior Faculty: please highlight in your CV what (if any) reviewing experience you already have.
With your submission you will commit to the principles and standards of ethical conduct of research integrity as defined by ACM.
Contact
For any further information, please contact the Shadow PC chairs:
shadow-2024@eurosys.org:
- Pınar Tözün (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Stergios Anastasiadis (University of Ioannina, Greece)
- Zsolt István (TU Darmstadt, Germany)
Important dates (Shadow PC)
- Deadline to apply for Shadow PC: 31 October 2023
- Notifications of acceptance into the Shadow PC: 6 November 2023
- Reviews will be organized in two rounds, roughly 4 weeks per round
- Online discussions: from 11 January 2024
- Online Shadow PC meeting: TBD, last two weeks of January 2024
- Shadow notifications sent to authors: not before 7 February 2024
- Main conference program: 22-25 April 2024
All deadline times are 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth).