- Take the institution ranks (except the top 10) with a grain of salt. In theory conferences (eg. FOCS, STOC, SODA), the order of authors is alphabetical.
- Best student paper has a different meaning for theory vs systems conferences. In theory conferences, it is given to a paper who's all authors are full-time students. In systems conferences, it is given to a paper who's first author is a full-time student. So best student papers in theory conferences are particularly good reflectors of an institution's merit and should be included.
- A thought/idea: Most top conferences in CS tend to have inner cliques. So if you rank institutions merely by their program committee membership/chairship in these conferences, the resulting ranking might look very similar to this list. The differences between the two lists might be one way to bring out "rising star" institutions.
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.
Few comments:
- Take the institution ranks (except the top 10) with a grain of salt. In theory conferences (eg. FOCS, STOC, SODA), the order of authors is alphabetical.
- Best student paper has a different meaning for theory vs systems conferences. In theory conferences, it is given to a paper who's all authors are full-time students. In systems conferences, it is given to a paper who's first author is a full-time student. So best student papers in theory conferences are particularly good reflectors of an institution's merit and should be included.
- A thought/idea: Most top conferences in CS tend to have inner cliques. So if you rank institutions merely by their program committee membership/chairship in these conferences, the resulting ranking might look very similar to this list. The differences between the two lists might be one way to bring out "rising star" institutions.