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Well, we always joked that NIPS reviews were like a lottery, now it's official. Not blaming the organizers, though. It's simply difficult.
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There have been many discussions over the year, eg to make NIPS multitrack so that there are more paper slots.
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As it is, there aren't enough slots to make the cut off at a sensible point in the review distribution.
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Concerning review variability, review load is pretty high, you get around 6-8 highly technical, densely formatted papers for 3-4 weeks.
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What's concerning me is that increasingly the workshops are where the music seems to be playing.
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At workshops, discussions are much more focused, all the relevant people of a field come together, actual discussions, etc.
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Still, workshops don't really count as publications, so another area of misfit between what makes sense scientifically and metrics.