<p>I am an undergrad and doing research on Machine learning. I want to publish papers on journals or conferences. But I want to spend as little money as possible on this(i dont have much). my question is, if my paper is accepted to a conference, do I have to register and pay fees to get the paper published? </p>
<p>If I don’t want to attend and just want to publish the paper, do I still have to do full registration? I know I have to pay for medium to low conferences. But what about the top ones like IJCAI, AAAI, ICML, NIPS. Do I have to pay for them as well?</p>
<p>and what about journals. Do I have to pay if my paper gets accepted?</p>
<p>As I am not under any professor’s supervision (almost no one does research here) so I am on my own in this. Thats why this is important for me.</p>
<p>I believe you only have to pay if you submit to open access/open source journals. However, I’m not sure it’s a good idea to submit a paper to a conference if you don’t plan on attending. Generally, if you submit to a conference and get accepted, you give either a formal presentation or a poster presentation on your submission. So not going to the conference isn’t really an option. </p>
<p>Also, if you’re not under a professor’s supervision and you’re doing research, you really should find someone who can mentor you. I’m almost sure it will be impossible to get your research published without having the proper supervision, guidance, and support.</p>
<p>i think you just have to pay for your flight (or get funding from your dept for that)</p>
<p>i think it’s exceedingly unlikely that you will write a paper on your own that gets accepted to one of those conferences – a prof can help you determine what’s been done before, what’s a dead end, etc. etc.</p>
<p>I obviously want to attend if my paper gets accepted. But the main problem is financial. Registration fee and travel expenses would require more than $1000. Which is huge money in my country. its like the monthly salary of a congressman. I can’t afford it. Even the registration fee of $300-400 is a huge sum.</p>
<p>But I still want to get publications. Thats why I want a middle road, where I wont have to spend too much money to get published.</p>
<p>I checked the websites of these conferences (ICML, IJCAI, NIPS, COLT). But Its not said anywhere whether its mandatory to pay to be part of the conference proceedings. Thats why I’m confused. Can anyone confirm me about this?</p>
<p>As for doing research without anyone’s supervision. Our professor do not get any funding for research and most don’t do any research. Those who do, they do it sort of as a hobby. But they are not even in my field (AI). We have no research lab in my university either.</p>
<p>So, I have been doing study on my own since the last 2 years. I have read books, watched video lectures and read papers. If you are dedicated enough it is possible to do research on your own. All you need is passion for it. Which I have. I have always been driven by intense passion to do research, to contribute something. Research is not limited to some selected few. Anyone can do it in this era of the internet. Especially in my field where ideas and theories are more important than expensive labs and equipments.</p>
<p>It is possible to know where the current research is by following the conference proceedings, research groups and survey papers. So, I am confident my current research will be accepted in one of these conferences.</p>
<p>If anyone here has published in these conferences, please let me know about my inquiry about payment.</p>
<p>I did publish in a related conference. For a conference, typically there is a page limit (min-max). Say the page limit is 6-8. If your paper only has 6 pages, then no charge for you to publish. If you exceed that, you have to pay extra charge per page. Also, if you managed to get accepted, one of the authors MUST attend the conference, or else they won’t publish your paper even though you already got accepted. Another point, conferences typically have some kind of travel award for students. But they’re usually far from enough to cover the whole expenses.</p>
<p>You might also need someone to “co-sign” on the conference paper with you. You should check out the rules for each conference first because both conferences I have been to as an undergraduate (not in the same field as you) required PI authorization to submit. </p>
<p>As for the fees, you could just contact them about waiving it. They might make some exceptions for international applicants, though you would still have to come up with the travel money somehow</p>
<p>You don’t pay to submit a paper to a conference (within the page limits, but you may have to pay if it’s over the max page limit), but you do have to attend the conference if it is accepted, either to give a short talk or to present it at a poster session. If you’re worried about the cost of attendance/travel, most conferences have student scholarships designed to cover some of those costs.</p>
<p>However, some conferences require a co-signer that is a member of the society presenting the conference (ex, to submit a poster to the American Society of Virologists (ASV) conference, you have to get it approved and signed by a member of ASV). I don;t know if any of your choices require that, but you may not find that info until you go to submit your paper. </p>
<p>Also, I don’t know if you noticed, but looking at the IMCL website, they have a policy against double submissions: they don’t want you to submit the same paper to multiple journals/meetings and they won’t accept it for review if it’s already under review somewhere else (looks like IJCAI has the same policy, and probably all the rest). So if you’re planning on submitting your work to a conference, it looks like you can only choose one.</p>
<p>If you want to submit the paper to a journal, that is usually free, unless you submit it to an open access/open source journal. The way most of these journals stay in business is by selling incredibly expensive subscriptions to schools/orgs and open access/open source journals don’t do that, so they need to cover their cost in other ways.</p>
<p>I see. so one of the authors MUST attend the conference?
This rule is not specifically stated in the websites though. What if an author has visa problem or something. Do they consider that?</p>
<p>I didn’t know about this co-signing rule though. and its not stated in the websites either. Lets assume it won’t be a problem.</p>
<p>Here’s what is stated by some of the conferences you’ve listed…</p>
<p>ICML
“Accepted papers will each have an oral presentation as well as a poster in an evening poster session.” “ICML 2010 will not accept any paper that is substantially similar to another paper that is currently under review or has already been accepted for publication in a journal or another conference.” “Funds are available to provide financial support to a limited number of student volunteers who would like to attend ICML 2010. Students accepted as volunteers will have their registration fees waived for the conference and the workshops… Volunteer positions will be assigned on a competitive basis. All undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral students with research expertise in the area of machine learning are eligible. However priority will be given to local students, and authors of papers accepted or submitted to the conference or workshops… Volunteers will not be provided with financial support for travelling or accommodations.”</p>
<p>IJCAI
"Papers will be accepted for either oral or poster presentation… At least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend the conference to present the work. Authors will be required to agree to this requirement at the time of submission. " “IJCAI-11 will not accept any paper which, at the time of submission, is under review for or has already been published or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. Authors are also required not to submit their papers elsewhere during IJCAIs review period.” </p>
<p>NIPS
“Submissions that are identical (or substantially similar) to versions that have been previously published, or accepted for publication, or that have been submitted in parallel to other conferences are not appropriate for NIPS.” </p>
<p>COLT
“Papers that have previously appeared in journals or at other conferences, or that are being submitted to other conferences, are not appropriate for COLT. Papers that include work that has already been submitted for journal publication may be submitted to COLT, as long as the papers have not been accepted for publication by the COLT submission deadline (conditionally or otherwise) and that the paper is not expected to be published before the COLT conference (June 2010).” “This year, COLT will award both best paper and best student paper awards. Best student papers must be authored or coauthored by a student. Authors must indicate at submission time if they wish their paper to be eligible for a student award.”</p>
<p>My advice would be to submit to a conference close to home and within your country so that you will have the highest chance of being able to go. If you cannot go to the conference then there is no point in submitting.</p>