The text below would replace bullet 1 in the current review process. Because the process is extended and to give it a more positive spin, we prefer quick reject over desk reject. A quick reject should be in everyone's interest; there's zero chance the paper will be accepted, so we save both authors and reviewers time.
- Desk Review: Vice chairs assist with flagging candidate papers. The desk-review chair and program co-chairs review all papers in parallel with PC bidding. All quick-reject decisions are unanimous. Reasons for quick rejection:
- Inadequate anonymization, such as visible author names/affiliations, funding acknowledgements, references to author/affiliation in code/repositories/surveys/websites, or omitting references to one's own work in the third person.
- Submission template violations, formatting, and content hacks that give an unfair advantage with page count, ex