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In theory conferences, it is given to a paper who's all authors are full-time students. But the theory community does not place a student's advisor's name on t

by scott_s 14y ago

In theory conferences, it is given to a paper who's all authors are full-time students. But the theory community does not place a student's advisor's name on the paper as a matter of course, correct? While in the systems community, the advisors name will usually be on the paper, listed last. With that in mind, the two classifications of "student paper" represent close to the same thing.

lrem 14y ago
Unless the advisor's name goes first, due to alphabetic order... I guess having a surname starting on 'M' can harm my academic career :/
- scott_s 14y ago
  As dude_abides says, alphabetical order is common in theory. But in systems, author ordering typically indicates contribution and/or status.
  - lrem 14y ago
    Well, my team publishes in both, and the team-wide rule is to always put alphabetical.