Review Assignments

The reviewer portal lets you view and complete reviews assigned to you by the program committee.

Where to Find It

Me > Reviews

Use Reviews to see talks assigned to you and continue draft reviews.

Open a talk from your queue to read it, continue a draft, or submit your review.

Reviewer Assignment Workflow

Completing a technical review

A reviewer opens a workshop proposal, checks the abstract and author information, scores each criterion, leaves constructive public feedback for the speaker, adds private scheduling concerns for the committee, and submits before the round closes.

Review Queue

Navigate to Me > Reviews to see your review queue. Each entry shows:

Field	Description
Talk title	The talk to review. Open it to see the abstract, description, and authors (depending on the review visibility setting).
Project	The event project.
Round	Review round name (e.g., "Round 1").
Track	Session track (if assigned).
Format	Talk format (Keynote, Workshop, etc.).
Status	Your review status for this assignment: Not Started, In Progress, Submitted, or Declined.
Round state	Where the round is in its lifecycle: Open for review, Not open yet, Opens on a future date, Deadline passed, Closed, or Completed.
Deadline	When the round closes, shown in the project's timezone.
Submitted at	When you submitted your review (if completed).

Completing a Review

1. Click a review assignment to open the review detail page.
2. The talk's title, abstract, and description are always shown. Whether you see the author list depends on the project's review visibility setting (see below).
3. If the talk has a form submission, those fields are shown as well — fields that identify the authors can be hidden under stricter visibility settings.
4. Score the talk against each review criterion:
   • Numeric scale — a slider between a minimum and maximum, sometimes with labeled endpoints.
   • Rubric — a set of labeled point values you choose from.
   • Yes/No — a simple yes or no answer.
   • Text — a free-text answer.
   • Required criteria must be completed before submission.
5. Add public comments (visible to the speaker only if the project's result visibility is set to show full results).
6. Add private comments (visible only to the committee).
7. Set your confidence level (1--5) indicating how qualified you feel to review this topic.
8. Declare any conflict of interest if applicable.
9. Click Save Draft to save progress, or Submit Review to finalize your review.

The assignment detail separates speaker-visible comments from committee-only notes and hides author identities for blind review.

Blind review hides author identity, not the abstract

Under Blind review visibility you still see the talk's abstract and description — what is hidden is who wrote it: the author list, and any submission-form answers that would identify the authors (names, email, phone, organization). Under Single Blind you see the authors as usual, but your identity as reviewer is kept from them. Open review shows everything to both sides.

If a talk has more than one review round assigned to you, you'll see a tab for each round. Switch tabs to review and submit each round independently — a round that hasn't opened yet shows a Round not yet open notice, and a closed round shows Round closed and can no longer be changed.

Before submitting a review

• Make sure every required criterion has a score or answer.
• Keep public comments helpful and suitable for the speaker to read.
• Put committee-only concerns in private comments.
• Confirm your conflict declaration and confidence level are accurate.

Declining a Review

If you cannot review a talk:

Decline when you cannot be fair or timely

Decline an assignment if you have a conflict, lack the right expertise, or cannot complete the review before the deadline. A timely decline helps the committee reassign the talk.

1. Click Decline on the assignment.
2. Optionally provide a reason.
3. The program committee is notified and may assign a replacement reviewer.

Declining applies to the round you are viewing only — other rounds on the same submission are unaffected. While the round is still open you can take a decline back with Undo decline; the decline stays on the record either way.

Submitted reviews are not final until the round closes, either: while the round is open, Reopen my review returns a submitted review to draft so you can change and resubmit it.

Review Context

The detail page shows context about the review round:

• How many reviewers are assigned to the talk ("You are 1 of N assigned reviewers")
• How many of them have submitted so far

Connected Feature

Your expertise and conflict declarations help the committee assign appropriate reviews. See Reviewer Profile.

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