Rebecca Wirfs-Brock@gdinwiddie @grimalkina @sue I was on a sw design nsf panel once (when I was the design columnist for IEEE Software). I was the contrary one, being the only non-academic, who wasn't cowed by submissions that seemed not that interesting submitted by known folks.
It was an interesting experience. Definitely, it is "easier" to go with the status quo than to champion new and novel research
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