AAAI-27 flags reviewer bidding collusion and warns of desk rejections
zetalyrae · x · 2026-07-29
This thread points to a serious academic-governance issue: reports of collusion during the reviewer bidding process at AAAI-27.
- The quoted AAAI organizing committee statement says it has received reports of potential collusion.
- It says the committee has already implemented measures to detect and prevent such behavior.
- The call for papers warns that confirmed bidding collusion may lead to penalties, including desk rejection of the affected submissions.
- The surrounding discussion frames it as a broader problem about when cooperation turns into collusion in evaluation systems.
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