ICLR review anonymity debate: most conferences still let senior reviewers and PCs see real names

AnkaReuel · x · 2026-09-21

A discussion around ICLR's review reforms: Anka Reuel corrects her earlier claim — not all conferences let senior reviewers see real names, though most enable program committee members to. She notes this doesn't change the ICLR case, since all identities become public after decisions. She raises a deeper concern: making names public may push enforcement of misconduct outside conferences and into the public domain, with uncertain effects.

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