Emad A.

We immediately saw the result of expanding our department:

https://cs.gmu.edu/blog/csmason-now-ranked-36-in-influential-rankings-of-computer-science-departments/

CS@Mason Now Ranked #36 in Influential Rankings of Computer Science Departments | George Mason Department of Computer Science

The George Mason University Computer Science Department is celebrating its continued and rapid growth, as our recent accomplishments have solidified our place as one of the top programs in the country.

Dec 15, 2022 at 2:28pmWeb
Show threadJeffrey P. Bigham 🔥🔥Dec 15, 2022
@EmadAghayi isn't csrankings in particular super sensitive to size of department?
Show threadEmad A.Dec 15, 2022

@jbigham @jbigham, you are right. We expected that. It seems it counts the number of papers from each department. It could be better.

I remember last there was a massive discussion about CsRanking on Twitter. I guess @pg was also involved in that debate.

At the end I concluded yea CsRankings has serious issue but we do not have any alternative for it.

Show threadEmad A.Dec 15, 2022

@jbigham @pg I remember this blog by Mark Guzdial started that debate:

https://m-cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/248078-why-i-dont-recommend-csrankingsorg-know-the-values-you-are-ranking-on/fulltext

Why I Don't Recommend CSRankings.org: Know the Values You are Ranking On

 Just because a ranking is computable doesn't mean that it's right.

Show threadPhilip GuoDec 15, 2022
@EmadAghayi @jbigham lol i don't remember being involved in any debates, i'm not even in a CS department so this isn't relevant to me :)
Show threadJeffrey P. Bigham 🔥🔥Dec 15, 2022
@pg @EmadAghayi you could post an angry medium post about how it's not fair that non-CS departments aren't listed on CSRankings
Show threadPhilip GuoDec 15, 2022
@jbigham @EmadAghayi yeah, Cognitive Science is the original CS !!!
Show threadMark RiedlDec 16, 2022
@pg @jbigham @EmadAghayi
At my alma mater, CS is Crop Science
Show threadPhilip GuoDec 16, 2022
@Riedl @jbigham @EmadAghayi CSRankings -- rankings of different CS departments named CS
Show threadEmad A.Dec 16, 2022
@Riedl @pg @jbigham it could be Company Science. In that way, they can include @jbigham in their repository.
Show threadEmad A.Dec 16, 2022
@pg @jbigham, is not cognitive science the origin of everything in our world?
Show threadEmad A.Dec 16, 2022
@jbigham, you could post an angry medium post about how it's not fair that people affiliated with the industry are not included in CSRabkibgs.
Show threadJeffrey P. Bigham 🔥🔥Dec 16, 2022
@EmadAghayi i had some angry tweets about it! … but, i deleted most all of those along with nearly everything else
Show threadEmad A.Dec 16, 2022
@pg @jbigham 😅
Show threadJeffrey P. Bigham 🔥🔥Dec 15, 2022

@EmadAghayi I think the problem is that any ranking builds in a set of editorial decisions, which are subjective and not everyone will agree with. even an "open source" ranking like csranking still presents a default view, which is what people will go off of.

I'm personally annoyed that I do not count toward CMU (despite having ~7 phd students, being phd director, occasionally teaching, etc) because I also have a positions at Apple.

Show threadEmad A.Dec 16, 2022
@jbigham ah. I did not know that. It is weird.