First-week PhD student lands ARR Area Chair role, exposing peer-review quirks
anmarasovic · x · 2026-10-27
AzmineWasi reports that ARR (ACL Rolling Review) assignment is odd: days ago he wasn't even qualified to review; after starting his PhD last week and updating his OpenReview profile, he is now an AC (Area Chair). Anmarasovic quote-shared it as "a sad state of affairs but at least it cracked me up."
The post highlights apparent gaps in how the peer-review system vets and assigns senior reviewing roles to complete newcomers.
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