Another point here: in CS, there appears to be little to no difference between "conference paper" and "journal paper". That is _not_ always the case. In the b

Another point here: in CS, there appears to be little to no difference between "conference paper" and "journal paper". That is _not_ always the case. In the biosciences, "conference paper" means "an undergrad could do this half-asleep, and probably did; nobody actually cares much."