by Vijay Chidambaram on Apr 4, 2022 | Tags: Conference, rebuttal, Review, Reviewing
Many CS systems and architecture conferences have a rebuttal phase or an author response period, where authors can respond to the questions asked by reviewers, and correct misunderstandings by reviewers. We discuss the pros and cons of this phase, and whether it is a...
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by James Larus on Jan 18, 2022 | Tags: ASPLOS, Conferences, multiple deadlines, Review, Reviewing
In late November, the ASPLOS Steering Committee published a proposal to change the paper submission process for ASPLOS by introducing three deadlines per year and the possibility of resubmitting a paper. The Steering Committee asked the ASPLOS community for its...
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by ASPLOS Steering Committee on Nov 30, 2021 | Tags: Conference, Policy, Reviewing
TL;DR The ASPLOS Steering Committee is considering two changes to the ASPLOS submission process: 1) three submission deadlines spread over the year, and 2) the possibility for papers near acceptance to be revised and resubmitted. This proposal outlines these changes....
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by Christos Kozyrakis and Emery Berger on Jul 30, 2021 | Tags: ASPLOS, Conferences, extended abstract, program committees, Review, Reviewing
Background When we started planning the ASPLOS’21 program committee in Spring 2020, we asked ourselves what we could do to make the review process better for everyone. In our opinion, the most impactful improvement would be to increase the signal available for each...
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by Daniel A. Jiménez, Moin Qureshi, Boris Grot, and José Martínez on May 4, 2021 | Tags: Conference, Policy, Reviewing
As with all scientific communities, the field of computer architecture is driven by publications. At the heart of a meaningful scientific publication model is a fair and sound peer-reviewing process. If this process is compromised, some papers might be unfairly...
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