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class="single-title">FAQ</h1> <div data-elementor-type="wp-page" data-elementor-id="831" class="elementor elementor-831"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-19d88bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="19d88bf" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53a11b9" data-id="53a11b9" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b26a0d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="3b26a0d" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 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Please check back regularly. <span style="font-weight: 400;">If you do not find an answer to your question here, you are welcome to contact the IJCAI-22 workflow or program chair at <a href="mailto:workflow@ijcai-22.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">workflow@ijcai-22.org</a> or <a href="mailto:pcchair@ijcai-22.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pcchair@ijcai-22.org</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, but please make sure that you have read IJCAI-ECAI 2022 CFP and the current FAQ first.</span></p><p>Please do watch our videos on “Reviewing” and on the “Review process explained” before starting to review. The <a href="../wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Review-form-IJCAI-ECAI-2022-2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>REVIEW form</strong></a>, the guidelines for reproducibility, and the ethics policy are also important. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c254466 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="c254466" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-623912c" data-id="623912c" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-a9542c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="a9542c7" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 style="color: #0e101a; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong>Tech FAQ<br /></strong></span></h2><div> </div><div style="color: #0e101a; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong>Posters</strong>: Your poster gets a poster session number and stand number assigned. You find the number along the list of accepted papers on your track (e.g., </span><a style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: #4a6ee0;" href="../main-track-accepted-papers/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ijcai-22.org/main-track-accepted-papers/&source=gmail&ust=1657867957873000&usg=AOvVaw36wIQwv2ewUThGWUFBjpIz"><span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">https://ijcai-22.org/<wbr />main-track-accepted-papers/</span></a><span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">). Hang your poster on the wall according to the number during the coffee break or right before the session. Your poster will stay there until the next session (two days later). If you want to keep the poster, we suggest you remove it in time. </span></div><div style="color: #0e101a; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong>Recommended Poster Size</strong>: EU-size A1: 841 x 594 mm (23.4 x 33.1 in) or US-size (24 x 36 in) in portrait orientation;</div><div style="color: #0e101a; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> </div><div style="color: #0e101a; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong>Presentations:</strong> projectors will have an HDMI connector. Equipment depends on the room size.</span></div><ul><li style="color: #0e101a; background-color: transparent;"><span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><em>Rooms StraussX, LeharX, StolzX</em>: fixed Laptop connected to audio. Please use the laptop for your presentation and plan accordingly (prefer PDF format). The presentation schedule is tight, we have no time to switch between laptops. Contact the session chair and on-site volunteer in the morning or latest during the break before your talk. The volunteer will have a pendrive (USB-c/USB-3.0) available to transfer presentations.</span></li><li style="color: #0e101a; background-color: transparent;"><span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><em>Rooms SchubertX:</em> projector and audio equipment. We expect a regular headphone jack (3.5mm) connector but cannot guarantee it. Please plan accordingly.</span></li><li style="color: #0e101a; background-color: transparent;"><span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><em>Rooms GalerieX</em>: equipped with a projector only. Play audio from your laptop or bring your speaker.</span></li></ul><div style="color: #0e101a; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong>Audio/Video during Presentations:</strong> Rooms StraussX, LeharX, StolzX have tested audio equipment. Rooms SchubertX have an audio system, but are not tested (headphone jack). Rooms Galerie have no audio equipment.</span></div><div style="color: #0e101a; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> </div><div style="color: #0e101a; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong>Internet</strong>: wifi internet is available, NO guarantee for sufficiently STABLE INTERNET connection. Please REFRAIN FROM using Youtube/Zoom etc.</span></div><div style="color: #0e101a; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> </span></div><div style="color: #0e101a; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong>Emergencies:</strong> Contact volunteers on-site/registration desk. Staff is instructed with emergency phone numbers, including technical contacts (Sa-Fr) and a paramedic on site (Tue-Fri).</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0ccb82a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="0ccb82a" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b35841b" data-id="b35841b" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f822074 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="f822074" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-62c3bef" data-id="62c3bef" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-cf8454f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="cf8454f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2><span style="color: var(--global-palette2); font-family: var(--global-heading-font-family); font-size: 28px;">Attendance</span></h2><p> </p><div>For large fragments of the IJCAI community physical travel is now possible, and the pandemic-associated risks – greatly reduced by vaccination – have ceased to generally outweigh the advantages of the in-person interaction. Therefore, the conference committee choose to make IJCAI-ECAI an in-person conference. However, not everyone is able to attend. Therefore, IJCAI-ECAI-2022 has a limited virtual component to enable the participation of major sponsors and of delegates who cannot travel pursuant to the Covid-19 regulations of their country of residence.</div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e90dd24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle" data-id="e90dd24" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="toggle.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-toggle"> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2441" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="1" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2441" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">How does the in-person track work ? </a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-2441" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="1" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-2441"><div>The in-person component of IJCAI-ECAI 2022 will operate as follows:</div><ul><li>it will consist of in-person presentations; talks at IJCAI-ECAI 2022 will not be live streamed because the quality of the live-streaming cannot be guaranteed and because hybrid sessions are rarely a good experience;</li><li>the papers accepted to the main tracks of IJCAI, AI for Good, AI – Arts & Creativity, Survey, Demo, Journal, and Sister Best Paper tracks can be divided into two subsets depending on whether they will be presented in person in Vienna, or not;</li><li>for the papers in these tracks to be presented in person in Vienna, there is both a talk and a poster;</li><li>the duration of the talks in Vienna is the same as in the video recorded for SlidesLive (6, 12 or 15 min) and there will be no Q&A at the end of these talks as there is an accompanying poster for these papers where discussions can take place;</li><li>the talks scheduled on Tuesday or Wednesday have posters on Tuesday, those scheduled on Thursday or Friday will have posters on Thursday; we recommend EU-size A1: 841 x 594 mm (23.4 x 33.1 in) or US-size (24 x 36 in) in portrait orientation for posters;</li><li>the papers in the Early Career Track are handled in the same way as the other main tracks, except that there is no associated poster;</li><li>the schedule for all in person talks is available at <a href="https://www.ijcai-22.org/ijcai-2022-schedule/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.ijcai-22.org/ijcai-2022-schedule/&source=gmail&ust=1656615135248000&usg=AOvVaw3mxx72KkQ83OB_ZQUOriPp">https://www.ijcai-22.org/<wbr />ijcai-2022-schedule/</a></li></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2442" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="2" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2442" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">How does the virtual track work ? </a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-2442" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="2" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-2442"><div><div>The virtual component of IJCAI-ECAI 2022 will operate as follows:</div><ul><li>it will operate through the Whova app and will be available to all registered participants;</li><li>there will be access to all pre-recorded video’s for the presentations in the main tracks of IJCAI, AI for Good, AI – Arts & Creativity, Survey, Demo, Journal, Early Career and Sister Best Paper track;</li><li>there will be neither online poster sessions nor online presentations;</li><li>the papers that are not presented in the in-person conference will be clustered into thematic topics; for each topic, there will be a suggested meeting time where registered authors and other registered persons can discuss the papers and interact with the authors; the suggested meetings will be scheduled at 10 am, resp. 11 am (CET, Vienna), which corresponds to 4 pm, resp. 5 pm in (CST, Beijing); the schedule for these meetings will become available in the next week;</li><li>as there will be no online presentations attendees are assumed to watch the video’s of interest by themselves;</li><li>Whova provides for each thematic topic also a Q&A forum, where authors and participants can interact via messages, and new thematic topics and meetings can be created by participants.</li></ul></div></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2443" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="3" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2443" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">How do the workshops work ? 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In case (registered) authors are unable to present, it is at the sole discretion of the event organisers to give them the opportunity to pre-record a short video and to project it during their event. 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In all other case, we should go for (at least) four reviews.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1472" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="2" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1472" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">What I am supposed to do in the discussion phase ?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1472" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="2" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1472"><p>Please start by reading the other reviews, and the author rebuttal and resubmission files (if available).<br />On the basis of this information, you may consider revising your opinion and review. You may also disagree with<br />the other reviewers. In both cases, please discuss with your colleagues in order to arrive at a consensus decision.<br />At the end of the process, please revise your review to reflect possible new insights and answer the last question.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1473" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="3" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1473" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">The rebuttal includes new results (experiments or theorems). What should I do?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1473" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="3" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1473"><p>According to the instructions, the reviewers should not have asked new results and the authors should not have provided them.<br />It is the current version of the paper that is under review, not possible future versions.<br />New results should in any case be ignored. Furthermore, if no reviewer asked for new results in the “pressing question” section, the whole rebuttal should be ignored.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1474" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="4" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1474" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">The authors deleted the box “IMPORTANT NOTE (DO NOT DELETE)” to gain space. What should I do ?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1474" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="4" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1474"><p>Please take into account only 3/4 of the rebuttal, and ignore the last 1/4.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1475" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="5" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1475" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">The rebuttal is not in the right format. Should I take it into account ?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1475" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="5" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1475"><p>If the rebuttal is very short (that is, it is obvious that the rebuttal would occupy less than 1 column in the right template),<br />you may take it into account. Otherwise, please ignore it.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1476" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="6" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1476" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Where do I find the resubmission file ?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1476" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="6" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1476"><p>You can find that by clicking on the paper ID and looking for the resubmission file.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1477" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="7" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1477" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">A paper that I see in the discussion has the label REJECT. What does it mean ?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1477" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="7" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1477"><p>It most likely means that the paper has been withdrawn by the authors since the rebuttal. In any case, no further action is needed on such papers.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1478" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="8" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1478" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">How do SPCs send their ranked list of papers to the Area Chair ?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1478" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="8" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1478"><p>They can send the email via the “Email Senior meta-reviewer” button on any of their assigned papers. Area Chairs are assigned SPCs so the papers of an SPC all have the same Area Chair and it does not matter via which paper the SPC contacts them for the ranked list.<span class="c-message__edited_label" dir="ltr" data-sk="tooltip_parent"> </span></p></div> </div> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How many reviews should we have to make a decision ?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the paper is a resubmission, we should have three reviews and take into account the resubmission file (containing the reviews of the previous submission and a list of changes made). 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In any case, no further action is needed on such papers.<\/p>"}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How do SPCs send their ranked list of papers to the Area Chair ?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p>They can send the email via the \u201cEmail Senior meta-reviewer\u201d button on any of their assigned papers. Area Chairs are assigned SPCs so the papers of an SPC all have the same Area Chair and it does not matter via which paper the SPC contacts them for the ranked list.<span class=\"c-message__edited_label\" dir=\"ltr\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>"}}]}</script> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f29444f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="f29444f" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8365a3" data-id="a8365a3" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2f7da42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="2f7da42" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2><span style="color: var(--global-palette2); font-family: var(--global-heading-font-family); font-size: 28px;">Rebuttal</span></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6df31c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle" data-id="6df31c3" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="toggle.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-toggle"> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1151" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="1" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1151" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">What is the purpose of the author response ?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1151" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="1" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1151"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The author response is intended to provide answers to pressing questions by the reviewers, to point out factual errors in the reviews, and to appeal to unethical reviews. The author rebuttal is not intended to start a dialogue between the authors and the reviewers.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1152" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="2" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1152" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">When can I write a response?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1152" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="2" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1152"><p>Please do not respond just to say that you don’t like something in the reviews. The cases where you can respond are the following:</p><p>1- A reviewer explicitly asks “pressing questions” in part 4 of his review. Typical questions include requests to clarify or justify particular issues, or about important relationships to other works.</p><p>2- You have detected a factual error that could be used to recommend rejection. </p><p>3 – In case of unethical reviews, you can enter a confidential message, which will only be visible to the Senior PC Members, Area Chairs, and (Associate) PC Chairs.</p><p>Before investing a lot of time in the rebuttal, please ask yourself also the question whether your answers have a chance to tip the balance. For instance, if there are four reviews that all recommend some form of reject, it is unlikely that the rebuttal will turn this paper into an accept.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1153" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="3" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1153" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">What should I write in my response ?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1153" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="3" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1153"><p>If you are in one of the cases described in the last question FAQ.{When can I write a response?}, then you can write a response. For case (1), please provide the information that the reviewer requested, and nothing else. For case (2), you have to clearly describe what is erroneous in the review and why. Your response to (1) and (2) is limited to 1-page, using the template provided by IJCAI-ECAI 2022 at <a href="http://www.ijcai.org/sites/default/files/Guidelines/ijcai22-authors-response.zip">www.ijcai.org/sites/default/files/Guidelines/ijcai22-authors-response.zip</a>.</p><p>Your response to (3) can be entered in the separate confidential box. </p><p>Please notice that less is more, and that shorter and more crisp responses have a higher chance of convincing the reviewers.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1154" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="4" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1154" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Who can see the response?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1154" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="4" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1154"><p>The PC members, Senior PC Member, Area and Program Chairs involved in judging your paper can see the pdf file, i.e. your reply with regard to factual errors and responses to questions of the reviewers. Your confidential remarks are only visible to the Senior PC Member, Area Chairs and (Associate) PC Chairs, not to the PC members. </p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1155" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="5" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1155" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Is the author response compulsory?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1155" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="5" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1155"><p>No. Before investing a lot of time in the rebuttal, please ask yourself also the question whether your answers have a chance to tip the balance. For instance, if there are four reviews that all recommend some form of reject, it is unlikely that the rebuttal will turn this paper into an accept.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1156" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="6" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1156" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">How many reviews should I see?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1156" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="6" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1156"><p>Every paper will get at least three reviews. For the vast majority of papers, there will be four or more at the end of the reviewing process. For some resubmissions, we target three reviews. At the time the rebuttal opens, some reviews were late, but please observe that they can still come in during the rebuttal phase, and also that during the discussion phase further reviews may be added. </p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1157" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="7" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1157" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Can reviews be added during the response phase?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1157" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="7" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1157"><p>Yes they can. Despite our best effort to get all reviews in time, some reviewers are late, and we are really sorry about that.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1158" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="8" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1158" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">What should I do if I find a review unacceptable or unethical?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1158" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="8" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1158"><p>You may view a review as unacceptable when it is overly thin and uninformative. Senior PC members and Area Chairs are monitoring and also rating the reviews. In case reviews are overly thin and uninformative (as judged by the SPCs and ACs), they will either be expanded, or not be taken into account. Other reviews may be added in such cases.</p><p>You may view a review as unacceptable because it is unethical. These are the two cases where you can use the confidential box in the rebuttal.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1159" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="9" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1159" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Who can submit the response? Can the response be updated?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1159" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="9" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1159"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All authors can submit or update the response. It can be updated as many times as you want before the response deadline.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-11510" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="10" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-11510" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">How to post my response in CMT?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-11510" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="10" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-11510"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Go to the column “Action” in your author’s page, click on “Post Author Feedback” and follow the guidelines.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-11511" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="11" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-11511" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">A reviewer asked for my code. Can I provide a link or upload my code?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-11511" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="11" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-11511"><p>No, you cannot. This is providing extra results or materials w.r.t. your original submission.<br />At the same time, you can point out that — as sketched in our reproducibility guidelines — submitting code is not a requirement. Please point the reviewer to these guidelines</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-11512" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="12" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-11512" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">A reviewer asked for results on new experiments. Can I include these in the rebuttal ?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-11512" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="12" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-11512"><p>No, you cannot. New experiments are new results, they cannot be included.<br />Furthermore, reviewers should not ask for this as is clear from question 4 in our review form.<br />There it is explicitly stated that questions should not ask for new results.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-11513" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="13" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-11513" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">A reviewer asked for us to sketch an explanation in a figure or on an example. Can I include such a figure or an example in the rebuttal ?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-11513" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="13" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-11513"><p>Yes, you can, as this is not a new result, it is an explanation and clarification of what is in the paper.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-11514" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="14" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-11514" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">The template for the author response includes a box titled “IMPORTANT NOTE (DO NOT DELETE)” at the beginning. Can we remove the box or part of it for more space ?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-11514" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="14" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-11514"><p>No, you cannot. The reason is that we want these guidelines to be clear to both authors and PC members as to avoid misunderstandings.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-11515" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="15" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-11515" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Can I withdraw my paper?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-11515" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="15" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-11515"><p>You can withdraw you paper before February 15. If you withdraw your paper after that date, it will automatically be a rejected paper (which you may have to declare when submitting to further conferences). If you want to do this, please contact <a class="c-link" href="mailto:workflow@ijcai-22.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="mailto:workflow@ijcai-22.org" data-sk="tooltip_parent" aria-haspopup="menu" aria-expanded="false">workflow@ijcai-22.org</a>.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-11516" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="16" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-11516" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Not all reviews for my paper have been received at the time of the rebuttal. What can I do?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-11516" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="16" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-11516"><p>Not much. IJCAI-ECAI 2022 has done major efforts and sent numerous reminders to reviewers to remind of the deadlines. While the vast majority of reviews has been received and further ones are coming in, some reviews will not arrive in time for the rebuttal. Further reviews have been or will be solicited and at the decision time, there should be enough information available to make an informed decision. At this stage, we can only ask all reviewers with still open reviews to complete them as soon as possible.</p></div> </div> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is the purpose of the author response ?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The author response is intended to provide answers to pressing questions by the reviewers, to point out factual errors in the reviews, and to appeal to unethical reviews. The author rebuttal is not intended to start a dialogue between the authors and the reviewers.<\/span><\/p>"}},{"@type":"Question","name":"When can I write a response?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p>Please do not respond just to say that you don\u2019t like something in the reviews. 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Your response to (1) and (2) is limited to 1-page, using the template provided by IJCAI-ECAI 2022 at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ijcai.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Guidelines\/ijcai22-authors-response.zip\">www.ijcai.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Guidelines\/ijcai22-authors-response.zip<\/a>.<\/p><p>Your response to (3) can be entered in the separate confidential box.\u00a0<\/p><p>Please notice that less is more, and that shorter and more crisp responses have a higher chance of convincing the reviewers.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>"}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Who can see the response?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p>The PC members, Senior PC Member, Area and Program Chairs involved in judging your paper can see the pdf file, i.e. your reply with regard to factual errors and responses to questions of the reviewers. 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At this stage,\u00a0 we can only ask all reviewers with still open reviews to complete them as soon as possible.<\/p>"}}]}</script> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-589b965 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="589b965" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-61dae07" data-id="61dae07" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-1b5b3c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="1b5b3c3" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p> </p><h2><span style="color: var(--global-palette2); font-family: var(--global-heading-font-family); font-size: 28px;">Reviewing</span></h2><p>Please do watch our videos on “Reviewing” and on the “Review process explained” before starting to review. The review form, the guidelines for reproducibility, and the ethics policy are also important.</p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-740542d elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle" data-id="740542d" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="toggle.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-toggle"> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1211" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="1" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1211" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">What is the summary reject phase?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1211" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="1" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1211"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The reviewing process consists of two phases. In Phase 1, every paper will be reviewed by two reviewers and if a paper receives two reviews that are not sufficiently positive, it will be rejected without any opportunity to submit an author response. By submitting a paper, authors acknowledge that they are aware of the possibility of receiving a summary rejection notification.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1212" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="2" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1212" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">What feedback to be expected for authors of summary rejected papers?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1212" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="2" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1212"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Authors of summary rejected papers will receive two reviews.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1213" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="3" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1213" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">What level of quality is expected from an IJCAI-ECAI paper?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1213" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="3" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1213"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The IJCAI series of conferences started in 1969, and since then IJCAI has remained the premier conference bringing together the international AI community. In classic AI areas, with a long tradition at IJCAI, people submit their </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">best</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> papers to IJCAI. For areas that have grown a lot in the last few years (NLP, vision, machine learning), a rule of thumb to decide whether a paper is good enough for IJCAI, is to ask whether it is good enough for conferences such as ACL / ICCV / ICML.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1214" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="4" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1214" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Can I ask questions to the authors that they should answer during the response phase?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1214" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="4" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1214"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The purpose of the rebuttal is to ask questions about specific issues that 1) could directly influence your evaluation of the paper, and 2) do not require providing new results. Typical questions include requests to clarify or justify particular issues, or about important relationships to other works.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The purpose of the rebuttal phase is </span><b>not</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to enter a discussion about the ways the authors could extend or revise their paper by, for instance, asking for extra experiments or theoretical results. You must judge the current and not the possible future versions of the paper. </span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1215" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="5" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1215" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Who will see the rebuttal?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1215" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="5" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1215"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The rebuttal will be visible to all members of the program committee involved in the paper (reviewers, meta-reviewers, senior meta reviewers, (associate) pc chairs).</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There is also the option to enter confidential comments that will not be visible to the reviewers, but will be accessible to the meta-reviewers, senior meta reviewers, and (associate) pc chairs.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1216" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="6" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1216" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">What happens to papers that are non-anonymous or overlength or misformatted?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1216" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="6" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1216"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All papers violating the rules specified in the CFP must be rejected. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Most papers that obviously violated these requirements have been desk rejected before the reviewing phases. However, in case you find an obvious violation, please inform the workflow chairs (at </span><a href="mailto:workflow@ijcai-22.org"><span style="font-weight: 400;">workflow@ijcai-22.org</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) immediately. You can also mention it in your review, though you must not take it into account in your judgement as decisions about violations are made by the PC-chair directly in order to ensure consistency and fairness.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Please refrain from using search engines such as Google to try to identify the authors. This is not good practice. </span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1217" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="7" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1217" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">I am relatively new to reviewing. Where can I find more information about writing high quality reviews? </a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1217" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="7" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1217"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Please start by watching our video </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “Reviewing” and looking into our review form.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The program chair highly recommends reading </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mistakes reviewers make</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (by professor Niklas Elmqvist), see </span><a href="https://sites.umiacs.umd.edu/elm/2016/02/01/mistakes-reviewers-make/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://sites.umiacs.umd.edu/elm/2016/02/01/mistakes-reviewers-make/</span></a></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It provides a very balanced view on reviewing that applies to AI and its subfields. (One little detail: when Elmqvist writes about user study (coming from an HCI perspective), you might want to think of experiment (in AI or ML).)</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The program chair also highly recommends going through the slides that Hendrik Blockeel and Jesse Davis used for a tutorial on reviewing, and that they have kindly adapted for IJCAI-ECAI 2022.</span></p><p><a href="https://dtai.cs.kuleuven.be/introduction-to-reviewing-for-ijcai.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://dtai.cs.kuleuven.be/introduction-to-reviewing-for-ijcai.pdf</span></a></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1218" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="8" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1218" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">I was assigned a paper which is outside my area of expertise. Why? And what should I do?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1218" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="8" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1218"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The assignment algorithm considers your bids, the subject areas, TPMS, as well as the reviewer workload, etc. It aims at optimizing the global assignment. If you did not bid, or entered positive bids for too few papers, or mainly on very popular papers, the algorithm may not have found the best papers for you. Still there are many other papers that need to be reviewed, and we rely on your expertise to provide an opinion.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Warning: If you see that a paper does not at all match the subject areas entered for that paper, please inform </span><a href="mailto:workflow@ijcai-22.org"><span style="font-weight: 400;">workflow@ijcai-22.org</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and put it in your review, as this is considered bad practice. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If a paper is somewhat outside your core area of expertise, your evaluation of the work as an informed outsider can still be useful. Nevertheless, in exceptional cases where you believe you are unable to provide any well-informed review, please inform </span><a href="mailto:workflow@ijcai-22.org"><span style="font-weight: 400;">workflow@ijcai-22.org</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as soon as possible. We will then try to assign it to someone else. Obviously, the longer you wait, the more difficult it is to reassign. (The same holds if you discover a conflict of interest, or if you cannot review a paper for any other reason.)</span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-1219" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="9" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-1219" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Can I delegate a review to a subreviewer?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-1219" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="9" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-1219"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In principle, the answer is NO, unless there is really no other option because of unforeseen circumstances (like illness). The reason is that for large conferences like IJCAI, it is extremely hard to control the conflicts of interest if subreviewers are allowed. In any case it is always the PC member / reviewer that remains responsible for the review.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-12110" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="10" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-12110" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">I have reviewed a (re)submission for a previous conference, shall I avoid to review it for IJCAI-ECAI 2022?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-12110" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="10" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-12110"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Please continue to review it. We don’t regard this situation as a COI. Reviewers for previous versions of the submission are in an ideal position to judge whether the current submission has been really improved. Note that submissions that have been rejected at any peer-reviewed conference within the past 6 months must declare the resubmission and attach the previous review as well as an explanation about how authors have improved the work. The resubmission file will be visible only after the rebuttal during the discussion period.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-12111" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="11" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-12111" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">The paper is mainly about an application. When should we accept it?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-12111" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="11" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-12111"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As mentioned in the call for papers, IJCAI-ECAI 2022 welcomes p</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">apers on AI techniques for novel application domains. Keep in mind though</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that IJCAI is the place to publish research papers. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Therefore, if the use of AI, or the AI technique used, is novel for this kind of application, it can be considered, provided that the application is formalized in such a manner that the formalization can be applied to solve other applications in an innovative manner as well.”</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> If the paper doesn’t completely satisfy the previous criterion but it clearly explains why the used technique works well, again it can be considered. In those cases, acceptance depends on how important the application is, how significant the improvement is, and to which extent it can be generalized to other problems. If the paper doesn’t satisfy the previous criteria but the AI technique used has a major impact in the application domain and in industry or society, it may be considered for publication at IJCAI-ECAI 2022.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the other hand, simply applying a standard AI or ML technique (like neural nets or decision trees) on standard datasets from an application domain clearly does not constitute a valid contribution for IJCAI-ECAI 2022.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-12112" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="12" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-12112" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">A preliminary version of the paper has already appeared at arXiv, or been presented at a workshop or a conference without formal proceedings? </a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-12112" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="12" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-12112"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That is not a problem as long as the papers are presented in non-archival venues (that is, as long as there are not formally published proceedings with a publisher, in general with a DOI, ISBN, or ISSN ). ArXiv submissions are also ok. </span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-12113" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="13" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-12113" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">A short paper/extended abstract of the paper is already published. Should I recommend rejection?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-12113" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="13" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-12113"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No, if the short paper is not longer than a two-column two-page paper. If the ‘short’ paper is longer than that, but no longer than half of the IJCAI paper, then the extension must be significant enough.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The call for papers mentions: </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“For anonymity of the IJCAI-ECAI 22 submission, in the citation please hide the authors’ names, and hide the place where the abstract got published. However, you need to mention that this is an extension of a published abstract, and submit the published abstract as supplementary materials (with authors’ names/affiliations and publication venue removed). For example, you should mention:</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This submission is an extension of a published extended 2-page abstract [AAA].</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ref-AAA: XXX. Short paper title. YYY, 2020. [see: supplementary file]”</span></p></div> </div> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is the summary reject phase?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reviewing process consists of two phases. In Phase 1, every paper will be reviewed by two reviewers and if a paper receives two reviews that are not sufficiently positive, it will be rejected without any opportunity to submit an author response.\u00a0 By submitting a paper, authors acknowledge that they are aware of the possibility of receiving a summary rejection notification.<\/span><\/p>"}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What feedback to be expected for authors of summary rejected papers?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Authors of summary rejected papers will receive two reviews.<\/span><\/p>"}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What level of quality is expected from an IJCAI-ECAI paper?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The IJCAI series of conferences started in 1969, and since then IJCAI has remained the premier conference bringing together the international AI community. In classic AI areas, with a long tradition at IJCAI, people submit their <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">best<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> papers to IJCAI.\u00a0 For areas that have grown a lot in the last few years (NLP, vision, machine learning), a rule of thumb to decide whether a paper is good enough for IJCAI, is to ask whether it is good enough for conferences such as ACL \/ ICCV \/ ICML.<\/span><\/p>"}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I ask questions to the authors that they should answer during the response phase?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The purpose of the rebuttal is to ask questions about specific issues that 1) could directly influence your evaluation of the paper, and 2) do not require providing new results. Typical questions include requests to clarify or justify particular issues, or about important relationships to other works.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The purpose of the rebuttal phase is <\/span><b>not<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to enter a discussion about the ways the authors could extend or revise their paper by, for instance, asking for extra experiments or theoretical results. You must judge the current and not the possible future versions of the paper.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>"}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Who will see the rebuttal?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rebuttal will be visible to all members of the program committee involved in the paper (reviewers, meta-reviewers, senior meta reviewers, (associate) pc chairs).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is also the option to enter confidential comments that will not be visible to the reviewers, but will be accessible to the meta-reviewers, senior meta reviewers, and (associate) pc chairs.<\/span><\/p>"}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What happens to papers that are non-anonymous or overlength or misformatted?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All papers violating the rules specified in the CFP must be rejected. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most papers that obviously violated these requirements have been desk rejected before the reviewing phases. However, in case you find an obvious violation, please inform the workflow chairs (at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:workflow@ijcai-22.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">workflow@ijcai-22.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) immediately. You can also mention it in your review, though you must not take it into account in your judgement as decisions about violations are made by the PC-chair directly in order to ensure consistency and fairness.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please refrain from using search engines such as Google to try to identify the authors.\u00a0 This is not good practice. <\/span><\/p>"}},{"@type":"Question","name":"I am relatively new to reviewing. Where can I find more information about writing high quality reviews?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please start by watching our video <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cReviewing\u201d and looking into our review form.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program chair highly recommends reading <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mistakes reviewers make<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (by professor Niklas Elmqvist), see <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.umiacs.umd.edu\/elm\/2016\/02\/01\/mistakes-reviewers-make\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/sites.umiacs.umd.edu\/elm\/2016\/02\/01\/mistakes-reviewers-make\/<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides a very balanced view on reviewing that applies to AI and its subfields. (One little detail: when Elmqvist writes about user study (coming from an HCI perspective), you might want to think of experiment (in AI or ML).)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program chair also highly recommends going through the slides that Hendrik Blockeel and Jesse Davis used for a tutorial on reviewing, and that they have kindly adapted \u00a0 for IJCAI-ECAI 2022.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/dtai.cs.kuleuven.be\/introduction-to-reviewing-for-ijcai.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/dtai.cs.kuleuven.be\/introduction-to-reviewing-for-ijcai.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>"}},{"@type":"Question","name":"I was assigned a paper which is outside my area of expertise. Why? And what should I do?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The assignment algorithm considers your bids, the subject areas, TPMS, as well as the reviewer workload, etc. It aims at optimizing the global assignment. If you did not bid, or entered positive bids for too few papers, or mainly on very popular papers, the algorithm may not have found the best papers for you. Still there are many other papers that need to be reviewed, and we rely on your expertise to provide an opinion.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warning: If you see that a paper does not at all match the subject areas entered for that paper, please inform\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"mailto:workflow@ijcai-22.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">workflow@ijcai-22.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and put it in your review, as this is considered bad practice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If a paper is somewhat outside your core area of expertise, your evaluation of the work as an informed outsider can still be useful. Nevertheless, in exceptional cases where you believe you are unable to provide any well-informed review, please inform <\/span><a href=\"mailto:workflow@ijcai-22.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">workflow@ijcai-22.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as soon as possible. We will then try to assign it to someone else. Obviously, the longer you wait, the more difficult it is to reassign. (The same holds if you discover a conflict of interest, or if you cannot review a paper for any other reason.)<\/span><\/p>"}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I delegate a review to a subreviewer?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In principle, the answer is NO, unless there is really no other option because of unforeseen circumstances (like illness). The reason is that for large conferences like IJCAI, it is extremely hard to control the conflicts of interest if subreviewers are allowed. In any case it is always the PC member \/ reviewer\u00a0 that remains responsible for the review.<\/span><\/p>"}},{"@type":"Question","name":"I have reviewed a (re)submission for a previous conference, shall I avoid to review it for IJCAI-ECAI 2022?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please continue to review it. We don\u2019t regard this situation as a COI. Reviewers for previous versions of the submission are in an ideal position to judge whether the current submission has been really improved. Note that submissions that have been rejected at any peer-reviewed conference within the past 6 months must declare the resubmission and attach the previous review as well as an explanation about how authors have improved the work. The resubmission file will be visible only after the rebuttal during the discussion period.<\/span><\/p>"}},{"@type":"Question","name":"The paper is mainly about an application. 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[see: supplementary file]”<\/span><\/p>"}}]}</script> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e4fc563 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="e4fc563" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f7dceca" data-id="f7dceca" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4915be2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="4915be2" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ab4c36" data-id="4ab4c36" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-51959fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="51959fa" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p><span style="color: var(--global-palette2); font-family: var(--global-heading-font-family); font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold;">Submissions</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-19f726a elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle" data-id="19f726a" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="toggle.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-toggle"> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2721" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="1" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2721" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">The CMT site for some special tracks is not open yet? How can I submit?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-2721" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="1" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-2721"><p>7-10-14 January are the deadlines for the MAIN track. The special tracks such as tutorials, surveys, AI for Good, AI, Arts and Creativity, have later deadline. For many of these, the submission is not yet open.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2722" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="2" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2722" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">A preliminary version of my paper has already been presented at a workshop or a conference without formal proceedings. Is it ok to submit it to IJCAI?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-2722" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="2" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-2722"><p>Yes. This applies more generally to papers presented in any non-archival venue (that is, as long as there are no formally published proceedings with a publisher, in general with a DOI, ISBN, or ISSN ). </p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2723" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="3" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2723" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Can I submit a paper to IJCAI if it is already on arXiv?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-2723" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="3" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-2723"><p>Yes, you can. </p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2724" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="4" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2724" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">How strict is the author anonymity requirement in the submissions?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-2724" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="4" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-2724"><p>IJCAI requires that all submissions be anonymized. To facilitate this, we require that the authors follow both the letter and spirit of the normal anonymization guidelines. Please ensure also that the PDF meta-data does not reveal the authors’ identities. Any paper that obviously violates this requirement will be rejected without review.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2725" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="5" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2725" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Can I submit the title and abstract of a paper which is under review for a conference whose notification date is between January 7 and January 14?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-2725" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="5" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-2725"><p>Yes, you can but only if you 1) retract your paper in case it is accepted, and 2) include the necessary information (reviews and response letter) in case it was rejected. This must be done by the full paper submission deadline (January 14).</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2726" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="6" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2726" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">My paper has been rejected from a peer-reviewed conference within the past 6 months. Do I have to attach the reviews and the response letter?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-2726" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="6" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-2726"><p>Yes. Resubmissions from any peer-reviewed conference within the past 6 months have to follow the “Resubmissions” terms in the call for papers, otherwise the paper may be rejected without further review.</p><p> </p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2727" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="7" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2727" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">My paper has been rejected from more than one peer-reviewed conference within the past 6 months. Do I have to attach all the reviews and the response letter?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-2727" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="7" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-2727"><p>Only the reviews/response of the last conference are required.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2728" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="8" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2728" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">For a resubmission paper, how can I submit the previous reviews and the response letter?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-2728" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="8" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-2728"><p>Please make sure you have read the “Resubmission” part of CFP to know the details about the resubmission.</p><p>To submit a resubmission file PDF, first upload your submission. You will then be able to upload the resubmission file from the author console as a supplementary file. There are two entries for supplementary files: one is “TechnicalAppendix”, which is the normal supplementary file for the main paper; and the other one is “ResubmissionFile”, to which you should upload the resubmission file. Note that the maximal size of the resubmission PDF is 10M.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2729" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="9" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2729" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Are there separate deadlines for the supplementary file and/or resubmission file?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-2729" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="9" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-2729"><p>No file can be submitted after the full-paper submission deadline.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-27210" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="10" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-27210" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">When can reviewers read my resubmission information?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-27210" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="10" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-27210"><p>Your resubmission information will be visible only to reviewers after they enter their review, and after the rebuttal. </p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-27211" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="11" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-27211" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">When does a paper qualify as a student paper?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-27211" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="11" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-27211"><p>A paper is considered a ‘student paper’, and thus a potential winner of the ‘Best Student Paper Award’, when the first author is a student who, at the time of submission, has not obtained any PhD degree yet. When submitting a paper, this should be indicated by marking the appropriate checkbox.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-27212" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="12" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-27212" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Can I submit a paper consisting of an extension of a previously published short paper / extended abstract?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-27212" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="12" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-27212"><p>Yes. If, for instance, the short paper is a two-column two-page paper. If the ‘short’ paper is longer than that, but no longer than half of the IJCAI paper, then the extension should be significant enough. Significance will be assessed by reviewers. In any case, the short version has to be cited and it must be clear that the IJCAI submission is an extension.</p><p>For anonymity of the IJCAI-ECAI 22 submission, in the citation please hide the authors’ names, and hide the place where the abstract got published. However, you need to mention that this is an extension of a published abstract, and submit the published abstract as supplementary file (with authors’ names/affiliations and publication venue removed). For example, you should mention:</p><p>This submission is an extension of a published extended 2-page abstract [AAA].</p><p>Ref-AAA: XXX. Short paper title. YYY, 2020. [see: supplementary file]</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-27213" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="13" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-27213" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Is there a maximal length for titles and abstracts to be submitted on the website?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-27213" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="13" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-27213"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Title: It is highly recommended not to go above two lines in the IJCAI format. Three lines is a strict maximum.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abstract: There is no word limit for abstracts. However, 200 words is a nice upper limit that authors should always apply.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-27214" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="14" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-27214" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">What does ‘abstract submission’ mean? Do I have to submit an abstract if I intend to submit a full paper? Can I submit an abstract only?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-27214" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="14" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-27214"><p>By ‘abstract submission’ we mean that you should register your paper by giving a title and a short abstract. This abstract is intended for helping program committee members get papers that match their expertise. There are neither abstract-only submissions, nor any paper-only submissions: in all cases, you must submit an abstract, and then you must submit a full paper. (See abstract submission and paper submission deadlines on the web site).</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-27215" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="15" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-27215" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">When submitting a paper I have to agree with the IJCAI-ECAI 2022 submission policy, which says that no additional author will be allowed after the Author Information deadline has passed. Will I be allowed to change the author order if the paper is accepted?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-27215" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="15" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-27215"><p>Yes.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-27216" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="16" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-27216" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Can I have more than 1-page reference?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-27216" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="16" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-27216"><p>You can always include references in the six main body pages, in addition to the last reference page.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-27217" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="17" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-27217" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Can we use \small command to make the font size of tables/references smaller?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-27217" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="17" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-27217"><p>For references and tables, \small is OK, but no smaller than \small, otherwise, the submission may be rejected without review.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-27218" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="18" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-27218" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">What must my co-authors do if I submit to IJCAI-ECAI 2022? </a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-27218" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="18" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-27218"><p>Please ask your co-authors to log in to the submission system and fill in author information. Please make sure that you use the email address they prefer to use in CMT. As an author or co-author, once you log in, you can see all papers under your name or account (if you have multiple accounts/email addresses, you should check all your accounts). If an author finds any submission, for which they did not give their consent to submit, they should report to the program chair immediately.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-27219" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="19" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-27219" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">All authors are required to add their DBLP page or personal webpage. As a new student who does not have these pages, what can I do?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-27219" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="19" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-27219"><p>Please use GoogleScholar page or ResearchGate page. If you do not have any publications yet, you can leave this information empty. </p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-27220" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="20" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-27220" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Can I submit my paper elsewhere during the IJCAI-ECAI 2022 reviewing process? </a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-27220" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="20" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-27220"><p>Authors are also required not to submit their papers to venues with formally published proceedings during the IJCAI-ECAI 22 review period. These restrictions do not apply to workshops and similar specialized presentations with a limited audience and without published proceedings.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-27221" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="21" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-27221" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Can I withdraw my paper?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-27221" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="21" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-27221"><p>You can withdraw you paper before February 15. If you withdraw you paper after that date, it will automatically be a rejected paper<br />(which you may have to declare when submitting to further conferences).</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-27222" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="22" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-27222" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">What is the difference between IJCAI and ECAI? </a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-27222" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="22" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-27222"><p>Every so many years, IJCAI is organised together with either PRICAI or ECAI, and then the conference becomes a joint IJCAI-ECAI or IJCAI-PRICAI.<br />The conference is then organised under the rules of IJCAI. There is only one submission site, one proceedings, and one conference then.</p></div> </div> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"The CMT site for some special tracks is not open yet? How can I submit?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p>7-10-14 January are the deadlines for the MAIN track. The special tracks such as tutorials, surveys, AI for Good,\u00a0 AI, Arts and Creativity, have later deadline. For many of these, the submission is not yet open.<\/p>"}},{"@type":"Question","name":"A preliminary version of my paper has already been presented at a workshop or a conference without formal proceedings. Is it ok to submit it to IJCAI?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p>Yes. 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There is only one submission site, one proceedings, and one conference then.<\/p>"}}]}</script> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6de63a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="6de63a1" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h6><strong><span style="color: var(--global-palette2); font-family: var(--global-heading-font-family); font-size: 28px;">Other Tracks</span></strong></h6> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-41e97bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle" data-id="41e97bd" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="toggle.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-toggle"> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-6911" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="1" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-6911" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">What are the deadlines and the submission dates for the Special Tracks?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-6911" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="1" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-6911"><p>The deadlines for the different special tracks differ, and also all special tracks have separate submission sites. Some of them like the AI for Good, and the AI, the Arts and Creativity track also accept different types of submissions. Please check the details of the respective calls.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-6912" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="2" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-6912" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Will papers submitted to the special tracks appear in the IJCAI proceedings?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-6912" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="2" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-6912"><p>This depends again on the track and the kind of submission. Papers accepted to the following tracks will appear in the main IJCAI proceedings: Survey, AI for Good, Demo and AI, Arts & Creativity.</p></div> </div> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What are the deadlines and the submission dates for the Special Tracks?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p>The deadlines for the different special tracks differ, and also all special tracks have separate submission sites. Some of them like the AI for Good, and the AI, the Arts and Creativity track also accept different types of submissions. Please check the details of the respective calls.<\/p>"}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Will papers submitted to the special tracks appear in the IJCAI proceedings?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p>This depends again on the track and the kind of submission. Papers accepted to the following tracks will appear in the main IJCAI proceedings: Survey, AI for Good, Demo and AI, Arts & Creativity.<\/p>"}}]}</script> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-98f0f96 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="98f0f96" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0dcf8f" data-id="b0dcf8f" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea2cbd8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="ea2cbd8" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5d9bf5" data-id="f5d9bf5" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-717802d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="717802d" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2><span style="color: var(--global-palette2); font-family: var(--global-heading-font-family); font-size: 28px;">Program Committee</span></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e4ba94c elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle" data-id="e4ba94c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="toggle.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-toggle"> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2391" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="1" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2391" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">What are the different roles of the program committee?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-2391" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="1" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-2391"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Program Committee for IJCAI-ECAI 22 consists of:</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Area Chairs, who overview the activities of the Senior PC members and resolve borderline cases;</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Senior PC members, who draft the meta-reviews, and guide the discussion amongst the PC members;</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">– PC members, who write reviews and participate in the discussion phase.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Notice that there is one layer less than for IJCAI 21.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2392" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="2" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2392" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">What is the difference between an IJCAI-ECAI 2022 reviewer and an IJCAI-ECAI 2022 PC-member?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-2392" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="2" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-2392"><p>IJCAI-ECAI 2022 reviewers produce a small number of reviews (typically 2),<br />where IJCAI-ECAI 2022 PC-members are expected to typically review 4-6 papers.</p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2393" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="3" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2393" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">May I join the program committee?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-2393" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="3" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-2393"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Please check the call for reviewers <a href="../calls-reviewer/index.html">https://ijcai-22.org/calls-reviewer/</a></span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2394" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="4" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2394" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">Who sees whom?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-2394" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="4" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-2394"><p><b>Triple blind reviewing</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: From the perspective of the Senior Program Committee members (SPC) and Program Committee members (PC), the reviewing process will be triple blind, i.e., SPC/PCs cannot see the identities of authors and other SPC/PCs, and vice versa. Author identities are also invisible to Area Chairs (ACs) and vice versa.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2395" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="5" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2395" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">How can I find my External Profile IDs (Google Scholar/Semantic Scholar/DBLP IDs)?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-2395" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="5" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-2395"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Detailed instructions are given at the CMT official website: <a href="https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/docs/help/general/external-profile.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/docs/help/general/external-profile.html</a>.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2396" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="6" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2396" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">What is the summary reject phase?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-2396" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="6" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-2396"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The reviewing process proceeds in two phases. In Phase 1, every paper will be reviewed by two reviewers and if a paper receives two reviews that are not sufficiently positive in Phase 1, it will be rejected without any opportunity to submit an author response. By submitting a paper, authors acknowledge that they are aware of the possibility of receiving a summary rejection notification.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2397" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="7" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2397" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">What feedback to be expected for authors of summary rejected papers?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-2397" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="7" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-2397"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Authors of summary rejected papers will receive two reviews.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2398" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="8" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2398" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">What level of quality expected is from an IJCAI-ECAI paper?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-2398" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="8" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-2398"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The IJCAI series of conferences started in 1969, and since then IJCAI has remained the premier conference bringing together the international AI community. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">In classic AI areas, with a long tradition at IJCAI, people submit their </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">best</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> papers to IJCAI. For areas that have grown a lot in the last few years (NLP, vision, machine learning), a rule of thumb to decide whether a paper is good enough for IJCAI, is to ask whether it is good enough for conferences such as ACL / ICCV / ICML.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="elementor-toggle-item"> <div id="elementor-tab-title-2399" class="elementor-tab-title" data-tab="9" role="button" aria-controls="elementor-tab-content-2399" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-closed"><i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></span> <span class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened"><i class="elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up"></i></span> </span> <a class="elementor-toggle-title" tabindex="0">What happens to papers that are non-anonymous or overlength or misformatted?</a> </div> <div id="elementor-tab-content-2399" class="elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix" data-tab="9" role="region" aria-labelledby="elementor-tab-title-2399"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All papers violating the rules specified in the CFP must be rejected.</span></p></div> </div> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What are the different roles of the program committee?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Program Committee for IJCAI-ECAI 22 consists of:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">– Area Chairs, who overview the activities of the Senior PC members and resolve borderline cases;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">– Senior PC members, who draft the meta-reviews, and guide the discussion amongst the PC members;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">– PC members, who write reviews and participate in the discussion phase.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notice that there is one layer less than for IJCAI 21.<\/span><\/p>"}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What is the difference between an IJCAI-ECAI 2022 reviewer and an IJCAI-ECAI 2022 PC-member?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p>IJCAI-ECAI 2022 reviewers produce a small number of reviews (typically 2),<br \/>where IJCAI-ECAI 2022 PC-members are expected to typically review 4-6 papers.<\/p>"}},{"@type":"Question","name":"May I join the program committee?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please check the call for reviewers <a href=\"https:\/\/ijcai-22.org\/calls-reviewer\/\">https:\/\/ijcai-22.org\/calls-reviewer\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>"}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Who sees whom?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p><b>Triple blind reviewing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: From the perspective of the Senior Program Committee members (SPC) and Program Committee members (PC),\u00a0 the reviewing process will be triple blind, i.e., SPC\/PCs cannot see the identities of authors and other SPC\/PCs, and vice versa. 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Please check back regularly. If you do not find an answer to your question here, you are welcome to contact the IJCAI-22 program chair at <a style="background-color: #f7fafc;" href="mailto:pcchair@ijcai-22.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pcchair@ijcai-22.org</a>, but please make sure that you have read IJCAI-22 CFP and the current FAQ first.<span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Please do watch our videos on “Reviewing” and on the “Review process explained” before starting to review. The </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="../wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Review-form-IJCAI-ECAI-2022-2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">review form</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">guidelines for reproducibilit</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">y, and the</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">ethics policy </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">are also important. </span></p><h2><span style="color: var(--global-palette2); font-family: var(--global-heading-font-family); font-size: 28px;">Rebuttal</span></h2><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you do not find an answer to your question here, you are welcome to contact the IJCAI-22 workflow or program chair at workflow@ijcai-22.org or pcchair@ijcai-22.org</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, but please make sure that you have read IJCAI-ECAI 2022 CFP and the current FAQ first. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br 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