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Mar 17: Paper submission Mar 17 Paper submission Mar 22 Assignment to ACs • Papers will be screened for length and inclusion of author information above abstract. Mar 23-30 Reviewer Selection • We will desk reject any that do not satisfy requirements Apr 2-7 Reviewers Bidding Apr 9-22 Review period Apr 23-May 12 ACs meta-review May 18-25 Rebuttal phase May 26-Jun 8 ACs meta-review Jun 16 PC tcon

Mar 22: Assignment to ACs Mar 17 Paper submission Mar 22 Assignment to ACs • Assignments will be based on TPMS and relevance information Mar 23-30 Reviewer Selection • Check assignments and flag any problems to PC Apr 2-7 Reviewers Bidding • Format violations • Not in area of expertise Apr 9-22 Review period • Conflict of Interest Apr 23-May 12 ACs meta-review May 18-25 Rebuttal phase May 26-Jun 8 ACs meta-review Jun 16 PC tcon

Mar 23-30 Reviewer Selection Mar 17 Paper submission Mar 22 Assignment to ACs • Each paper will need 3 reviewers BUT need to suggest at least 9-15 reviewers per paper to achieve this Mar 23-30 Reviewer Selection • Each reviewer will be asked to review 6 papers so try not to Apr 2-7 overload favorite reviewers Reviewers Bidding Apr 9-22 Review period Apr 23-May 12 ACs meta-review May 18-25 Rebuttal phase May 26-Jun 8 ACs meta-review Jun 16 PC tcon

Mar 23-30 Reviewer Selection Mar 17 Paper submission Mar 22 Assignment to ACs • Each paper will need 3 reviewers BUT need to suggest at least 6 reviewers per paper to achieve this Mar 23-30 Reviewer Selection • Each reviewer will be asked to review 6 papers so try not to Apr 2-7 overload favorite reviewers Reviewers Bidding Apr 9-22 Review period Apr 23-May 12 ACs meta-review May 18-25 Rebuttal phase May 26-Jun 8 ACs meta-review Jun 16 PC tcon

Mar 17 Paper submission Mar 22 Assignment to ACs Mar 23-30 Reviewer Selection Apr 2-7 Reviewers Bidding Apr 9-22 Review period Apr 23-May 12 ACs meta-review May 18-25 Rebuttal phase May 26-Jun 8 ACs meta-review Jun 16 PC tcon

Mar 23-30 Reviewer Selection Mar 17 Paper submission Mar 22 Assignment to ACs Mar 23-30 Reviewer Selection Apr 2-7 Reviewers Bidding Apr 9-22 Review period Apr 23-May 12 ACs meta-review May 18-25 Rebuttal phase May 26-Jun 8 ACs meta-review Jun 16 PC tcon

Mar 17 Paper submission Mar 22 Assignment to ACs Mar 23-30 Reviewer Selection Apr 2-7 Reviewers Bidding Apr 9-22 Review period Apr 23-May 12 ACs meta-review May 18-25 Rebuttal phase May 26-Jun 8 ACs meta-review Jun 16 PC tcon

Apr 9-22: Review period Mar 17 Paper submission Mar 22 Assignment to ACs • Once the bidding process is over and the reviewers have been assigned your role is to check the quality of reviews as they Mar 23-30 Reviewer Selection are submitted and to communicate with the reviewers if the Apr 2-7 review quality is low or the reviews are inappropriate. Reviewers Bidding • Reviewers can be emailed from the CMT Apr 9-22 Review period • Don’t forget that the reviewer you are emailing will need to Apr 23-May 12 know which paper you are referring to as they may also be ACs meta-review providing reviews to other ACs! May 18-25 Rebuttal phase • E-mails to remind reviewers about the deadlines will be sent May 26-Jun 8 by the program committee centrally ACs meta-review Jun 16 PC tcon

Apr 23-May 12: ACs meta-review Mar 17 Paper submission Mar 22 Assignment to ACs • Once all of the reviews are in, you will need to provide meta- reviews Mar 23-30 Reviewer Selection • Summarize key strengths and weaknesses identified by Apr 2-7 reviewers Reviewers Bidding • Select provisional accept/ reject or rebuttal Apr 9-22 Review period • Identify any questions/points that need to be specifically Apr 23-May 12 ACs meta-review addressed in rebuttal May 18-25 • Identify any outstanding reviews Rebuttal phase May 26-Jun 8 ACs meta-review Jun 16 PC tcon

May 26-Jun 8: ACs meta-review Mar 17 Paper submission Mar 22 Assignment to ACs • ACs will be assigned an additional 20 papers to assess in addition to their original assignments Mar 23-30 Reviewer Selection • You will be able to access the newly assigned papers and Apr 2-7 reviews before the end of the rebuttal phase but do not score Reviewers Bidding the paper until the rebuttal phase is over Apr 9-22 Review period • You are not required to write a meta-review unless your score Apr 23-May 12 diverges from the majority of the reviewers ACs meta-review • You should also revisit your initial papers and change the May 18-25 Rebuttal phase rebuttal recommendation to accept or reject. Please modify May 26-Jun 8 the meta-review if necessary in light of the rebuttal ACs meta-review Jun 16 PC tcon

June 16 th (tentative date) Mar 17 Paper submission Mar 22 Assignment to ACs Final teleconference to Mar 23-30 • Address any remaining issues Reviewer Selection • Discuss the oral program Apr 2-7 Reviewers Bidding • Gather feedback and suggestions for next years’ review Apr 9-22 process Review period Apr 23-May 12 ACs meta-review May 18-25 Rebuttal phase May 26-Jun 8 ACs meta-review Jun 16 PC tcon