[Coral_current] ICDM reviewing

Khondoker Hossain hossain10 at umbc.edu
Tue Jul 19 09:58:04 EDT 2022


Hi Professor,

The review report attached here is not editable. Should we write in a
second document and share it with you?

- Khondoker

On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 12:44 PM Tim Oates <oates at cs.umbc.edu> wrote:

> I've been assigned my papers to review for ICDM and I'd like to get your
> help!
>
> Attached is the review report you have to fill out.  I'll go over it with
> you before it gets submitted.  The things to note are:
>
>    * There is a spot for the co-reviewer's name.  That's you.
>
>    * Most papers will be relevant (the next item) but sometimes you'll find
>      one that is not.  Just pick the topic(s) that seem most aligned with
>      the paper.  Don't agonize over this one, it is not that important.
>
>    * The next questions ask for ratings on a number of dimensions.  Try to
>      avoid the middle rating and pick one on either side.  It is rare for
>      papers to be rated at the extreme ends, but sometimes I go with the
> low
>      extreme if the paper is really just not ready.  Again, I'm happy to
>      provide real-time guidance if you want it on these questions.
>
>    * The same goes with the overall recommendation on whether to accept.
>
>    * The summary of the contributions of the paper should be short, and
> most
>      authors put what they see as the contributions in the intro.  I often
>      paraphrase that.
>
>    * The justification of your recommendation is also short, just a few
>      sentences that says why you liked or did not like the paper, or maybe
> a
>      little of both.
>
>    * The strong and weak points are short sentences in a list
>
>    * The most important element is the detailed comments.  I try to start
>      with what the paper's claims are and then what I liked about the
>      paper.  If there are things that can be improved (there always are)
> say
>      what they are and try to make suggestions.  That is, the ideal review
>      says "there is a problem with X because Y and you can try to fix it by
>      doing Z".  That could be suggestions for experiments, or ways to
> better
>      organize the paper, and ideas on figures, etc.
>
>    * I never make confidential comments to the organizers unless I know for
>      sure that some of the paper was copied from another source.
>
> I'll email the papers shortly with instructions on what to do.
>
>    - tim
>
>
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