[Gnumed-devel] When & where to present GNUmed e.g. IEEE Symposium? Role of "Papers"?

[J Busser]

CBMS 2006 is the 19th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based 
Medical Systems which will take place in June of 2006.

It was brought to my attention by colleagues who are proposing for 
inclusion a special track on Open Source Software and Open Document 
Formats. If the track is included, the associated publications may be 
more likely to get the attention of groups considering or advocating 
Open Source.

I don't know that we would by January 31 have a paper we would want 
to submit and, if accepted for presentation, a person who would want 
to go to Utah. But ever since the Google Summer of Code I have 
thought we should identify and compile a list of opportunities that 
we can pursue with strategic timing.

So at some point would we have "significant unpublished work" that we 
would want to write up and submit to a conference intending 
publication? What might we like to have published? Would a vehicle 
like http://cbms2006.ece.byu.edu/index.html be suitable? Anyone been 
thinking about the role of "publication"? I do think that the medical 
community does still value publications in legitimate journals over 
and above any self-promotional materials anyone can put on their own 
web site or wiki.