Fourth, which is the most pragmatic reason we can't just abolish them: it's an arms race. CHI gives "best paper awards" at roughly the same rate as NeurIPS orals, but it sounds better. So you have to give more awards to keep up. 6/6
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Fourth, which is the most pragmatic reason we can't just abolish them: it's an arms race. CHI gives "best paper awards" at roughly the same rate as NeurIPS orals, but it sounds better. So you have to give more awards to keep up. 6/6