AISTATS 2024 paper reviews are supposed to be out today. I thought to create a discussion thread for us to discuss any issue/complain/celebration or anything else.
There is so much noise in the reviews every year. Some good work that the authors are proud of might get a low score because of the noisy system, given that AISTATS is growing large these years. We should keep in mind that the work is still valuable no matter what the score is.
Where is the space for rebuttal? I can only see the reviews but there’s no box to submit an answer.
You submit a 1 page PDF as the “author response” by Dec 5 AoE. The template for it is on the website on the FAQ page (also in the email). That’s it. There is no point-by-point response and as far as I understand, no “discussion” with the reviewers. Just an opportunity to clear any misunderstandings or a short experiment or two that fits into that 1 page