Why use conference papers
- 1. What are Conferences? • Organised events where the latest research is presented. • Can also be called symposia, workshops or meetings. • Within the field of computing, presenting at a conference can be even more prestigious than being published in a journal. • Not all conference presentations are published, but key presentations are included within a collection of papers called conference proceedings. • In academia, proceedings are the collection of academic papers published in the context of an academic conference. They are the written record of the work that is presented to fellow researchers. • They can be a valuable way of identifying experts in your subject area - you can then search using the author's name in online databases.
- 2. Why use Conference Papers? • First time a research breakthrough is made public or current issues are debated. • Papers presented at a conference long before, if ever, they are published in professional peer- reviewed journals. • Conferences often provide a forum for discussion between attendees • Papers different in both content and style from articles published in journals.