ICLR reviewer bidding goes fully negative: researchers slam the all-"not willing" options
guyvdb · x · 2026-09-26
Researcher Csaba Szepesvari complains that ICLR reviewer bidding has become entirely negative: the only options are "not willing" and "not not willing," with no positive preference grades or shades of grey. guyvdb confirms this is the case. A small but telling controversy about ICLR's reviewer assignment mechanism and community frustration with its review-quality incentives.
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