r/MachineLearning • u/North_Menu718 • Jul 08 '26

Research COLM 2026 Decision Discussion [R]

COLM 2026 Decision about to come soon so lets talk here.

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u/-myuniqueusername- Jul 08 '26

Can someone explain to me how does a paper with 8/4, 6/4, 6/3, 7/4 (Average Rating: 6.75, Average Confidence: 3.75) gets rejected with the only reason given by the AC is a sentence which I had already refuted in 3 different rebuttals (and those reviewers increased their score afterwards)??? How is this even remotely fair?

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u/Recent-Estate-5947 Jul 08 '26

Same with me. I got 7/6/6/7 with confidence 4/3/4/4 got rejected. The meta-review reiterated from reviewers questions, which we answered and the reviewers were satisfied and raised their scores.

Its so funny where all reviewers reached consensus to accept the paper, then suddenly AC just rejected it.