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When a reviewer logs in and visits the 'submission' page they have the option to 'review' a paper. Under the default setting the page only displays the papers that the reviewer should review. Papers that have been assigned to the reviewer show the 'review' link in red. A reviewer can review any paper, also the ones they were he was not assigned to review.
A special case is for papers that the reviewer is a tiebreaker off. These papers will In case a particular paper needs a tiebreak review it will only show to a reviewer if:
- he is responsible for this tiebreak;
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- They are a tiebreaker of the paper
- An extra review for that paper is required.
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A reviewer can filter the submission list by using the filter bar at the top of the page. This also allows them him to download papers they should assigned to him for review.
Review tab
For a reviewer the review tab will display the papers they he should review and the ones they he already have has reviewed. If you are not a reviewer nor an admin, this tab will not be displayed.
When a reviewer is assigned nominated to act as a 'tiebreaker' for a paper and the this paper ultimately does not require a tiebreak, the paper will show is greyed out in the review tab. If a tiebreak is required, the link will become active and the text 'new' will be appended to the paper.
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Upon successful paper submission, the conference admin gets is notified by email. You can disable this notification by changing the value of application.ini/core.observer.submit to 0.
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Reviewers
Assign reviewers to papers by clicking on 'reviewers' next to the respective paper. Select a user from the select box to link them to the paper or remove a linked user by clicking the 'x' next to their name. To toggle tiebreaker status, use the 'tiebreaker' button next to the 'x'.
tiebreakers
Tiebreakers
This process is to To streamline the review process and to prevent overloading reviewers since 0.9.2 the tiebreaker concept was added. When a user is a tiebreaker for a paper they he will only be asked to review this when the other reviewers cannot agreeoverall reviews are conflicting. This means that initially the list of papers a reviewer should review is shorter (short but can may become longer over time when there are in case more tiebreaks required).
When If a tiebreak becomes necessary is required the tiebreaker automatically receives an email asking their review for requesting he reviews the particular paper. You can configure this behaviour by changing the value of application.ini/core.observer.tiebreaker.notify to 0.
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LOD = Level Of Difference and . This is calculated with using the formula below , and has a value between zero and one. LOD is higher if two people of equal experience disagree than if two people of disparate experience disagree. For fixed values of experience, LOD increases as the disagreement in ratings increases.
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