Plasmadynamics and Lasers: Public Forum

Thanks for the minutes Sally.  In an attempt to more fully capture the discussion on publications I suggest a few changes:

Under item 4 on Steve Beresh visit I suggest you add:

• There was also discussion on requesting that AIAA change the current format of long papers to a new (or alternate) format of shorter abstracts.  Opinions on this were quite mixed with some individuals (add names?) arguing this would help their students publish in other journals, and also that the current format limits the quality/quantity of submissions since some people prefer to hold back for journals instead.  Other opinions (Yalin, ...) were that the current long paper format is definitely preferred as it is very useful for graduate students to have the experience of writing (and presenting) these papers.  [This discussion also relates to the Angie Lander visit - lower down in the minutes - which in fact was first at the meeting.]

Under Angie Lander visit, please change the bullet point ("Azer: 100% to ..."):

• Some TC members commented that AIAA prevents the contents of conference publications from being later submitted to journals.  Yalin disagreed with this stating that, based on his recent emails, AIAA does/would grant needed permissions but the issue is if the journals themselves would accept contents previously presented at a conference.  It was then discussed that AIAA journals are an option in this case, but there was dissatisfaction with their long reviews. 

Perhaps other folks can further flesh out the above.

Thanks, 

Azer

Hello all,

Attached are updated minutes with some changes to the notes on the discussions with Angie Lander and Steve Berech. Please feel free to send me additional comments that I might have missed.

Thanks!

Sally

Hello all,

Attached are updated minutes with some changes to the notes on the discussions with Angie Lander and Steve Berech. Please feel free to send me additional comments that I might have missed.

Thanks!

Sally