In contrast to other fields where conferences are typically for less polished or in-progress research, computing has long relied on referred conference papers as a venue for the final publication of completed research. While frequently a topic of informal discussion, debates about its efficacy, or library science research, the development of this phenomena has not been historically analyzed. This paper presents the first systematic investigation of the development of modern computing publications. It relies on semi-structured interviews with eight computing professors from diverse backgrounds to understand how researchers experienced changes in publication culture over time. Ultimately, the article concludes that the early presence of non-academic practitioners in research and a degree of "path dependence"or a tendency to continue on the established path rather than the most economically optimal one" allowed conferences to gain and hold prominence as the field exploded in popularity during the 1980s.

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学会在错误的一边开车：美国计算如何依赖会议进行主要出版

与会议通常用于不太完善或正在进行的研究的其他领域相比，计算长期以来一直依赖于引用的会议论文作为已完成研究的最终出版场所。虽然经常是非正式讨论、关于其功效的辩论或图书馆科学研究的话题，但这种现象的发展尚未经过历史分析。本文首次对现代计算出版物的发展进行了系统调查。它依赖于对来自不同背景的八位计算机教授的半结构化访谈，以了解研究人员如何随着时间的推移经历出版文化的变化。最终，文章得出结论，非学术从业者在研究中的早期存在和一定程度的“路径依赖”