Researchers Slam NeurIPS Review Process: Ghosting and Lack of Accountability

RexDouglass · x · 2026-08-03

An AI researcher complains about the NeurIPS submission process, where they invested significant time and API costs into running additional experiments only to be 'ghosted' by reviewers.

To address this pain point in academic peer review, the author calls for conferences to introduce longer discussion periods, establish accountability or incentive mechanisms for reviewers, or simply reduce the overall workload assigned to individual reviewers.

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