This is a usual problem of mine, I have a page limited conference (usually 8) and my paper is 15 pages long, or in a less dramatic case 10.

How do you go about taking stuff off the paper. Do you have any rule of thumb? How do you know what is "irrelevant" enough for you to take it out of the paper?

This is a usual problem of mine, I have a page limited conference (usually 8) and my paper is 15 pages long, or in a less dramatic case 10.

1. How do you go about taking stuff off the paper. Do you have any rule of thumb?

2. How do you know what is "irrelevant" enough for you to take it out of the paper?

This is a usual problem of mine, I have a page limited conference (usually 8) and my paper is 15 pages long, or in a less dramatic case 10.

How do you go about taking stuff off the paper. Do you have any rule of thumb?

This is a usual problem of mine, I have a page limited conference (usually 8) and my paper is 15 pages long, or in a less dramatic case 10.

How do you go about taking stuff off the paper. Do you have any rule of thumb? How do you know what is "irrelevant" enough for you to take it out of the paper?