[Coral_current] ICDM reviewing

[Tim Oates]

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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Tim Oates, Professor
Department of CS and EE
University of Maryland Baltimore County
(410) 455-3082
https://coral-lab.umbc.edu/oates/
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