ICLR area chair calls out author gaming and AWOL reviewers in this year's review cycle
Pseudomanifold · x · 2026-10-29
An ICLR area chair shares frontline observations from this year's review cycle: desk rejects are helpful and give ACs agency, but some authors are abusing the system and should be named and sanctioned; meanwhile some reviewers with strong ICLR track records have gone AWOL, which he calls unfair.
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