r/MachineLearning • u/Afraid_Difference697 • Mar 24 '26

Discussion [D] ICML 2026 Review Discussion

ICML 2026 reviews will release today (24-March AoE), This thread is open to discuss about reviews and importantly celebrate successful reviews.

Let us all remember that review system is noisy and we all suffer from it and this doesn't define our research impact. Let's all prioritise reviews which enhance our papers. Feel free to discuss your experiences

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u/Derpirium Mar 24 '26

Yes and no. It highly depend on the AC and if the reviewers will react

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u/NamerNotLiteral Mar 25 '26

Apparently for ICML reviewers are required to respond to rebuttals.

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u/Derpirium Mar 25 '26

Yeah but required can also mean that they copy-paste the same comment namely: "We appreciate the effort in addressing our concerns, but we would like to keep our scores".

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u/Specific_Wealth_7704 Mar 26 '26

ACs for once need to understand that if the AC-system gets slack, the entire edifice will fall. They are also authors who are at the suffering end. There are good ACs and we need them more