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* '''Four new EiCs (Sep 2024)''': Michael White, Xiaodan Zhu, Sarvnaz Karimi, and Margot Mieskes
* '''Four new EiCs (Sep 2024)''': Michael White, Xiaodan Zhu, Sarvnaz Karimi, and Margot Mieskes


* '''Tech Team''': Sudipta Kar (co-CTO)Freda Shi (co-CTO)Jonathan Kummerfeld (outgoing CTO)
* '''Tech Team''': Sudipta Kar (co-CTO), Freda Shi (co-CTO), Jonathan Kummerfeld (outgoing CTO)


* With the support from ACL, two new support members hired: Editorial assistant (Sonakshi Chauhan) and Workflow manager (Holy Lovenia)
* '''New support members''': With the support from ACL, two new support members hired: Editorial assistant (Sonakshi Chauhan) and Workflow manager (Holy Lovenia)


* '''Recruitment''': An advertisement has been posted to recruit the 2025 batch of new EiCs, who are expected to start in September/October 2025. We hope to recruit more editors to represent India and China, as these locations have a large volume of submissions.
* '''Recruitment''': An advertisement has been posted to recruit the 2025 batch of new EiCs, who are expected to start in September/October 2025. We hope to recruit more editors to represent India and China, as these locations have a large volume of submissions.
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= Changes Made in the Past 6 Months =
= Changes Made in the Past 6 Months =


Starting May 2025, ARR adopted a new 10-week cycle schedule.
* Starting May 2025, ARR adopted a new 10-week cycle schedule.


'''Background''': From Oct 2022 to Feb 2025, ARR used 8-week cycles with submission deadlines on the 15th of every second month. After community feedback, the ACL Peer Review Committee recommended a change to 10-week cycles. (See committee report in the adminwiki.)
**Background: From Oct 2022 to Feb 2025, ARR used 8-week cycles with submission deadlines on the 15th of every second month. After community feedback, the ACL Peer Review Committee recommended a change to 10-week cycles. (See committee report in the adminwiki.)


'''Changes to Cope with Submission Volume''':
* '''Changes to Cope with Submission Volume''':


* '''May 2025 (EMNLP Cycle)''':
'''May 2025 (EMNLP Cycle)''':
** Updating area keywords (Leads: Anna, Mike, EMNLP’25 PCs)
** Updating area keywords (Leads: Anna, Mike, EMNLP’25 PCs)
** Migration to 10-week schedule (Lead: Anna)
** Migration to 10-week schedule (Lead: Anna)
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** Updated OpenReview forms and documentation (Leads: Anna, Sarv)
** Updated OpenReview forms and documentation (Leads: Anna, Sarv)


* '''Feb 2025 (ACL Cycle)''':
'''Feb 2025 (ACL Cycle)''':
** Optimized AC assignments to reduce SAC load (Leads: Freda, Harold)
** Optimized AC assignments to reduce SAC load (Leads: Freda, Harold)
** Created workflow for ethics violation reports (Leads: Leon, Kokil, Aoife)
** Created workflow for ethics violation reports (Leads: Leon, Kokil, Aoife)
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** Participated in ACL peer review committee's incentive discussions
** Participated in ACL peer review committee's incentive discussions


More updates: [https://aclrollingreview.org/changelog ARR Changelog]
* More changes in the past cycles can be found at the ARR change log:
 
[https://aclrollingreview.org/changelog ARR Changelog]


= Open Issues =
= Open Issues =

Revision as of 00:05, 5 July 2025

ARR Team Update

Current Team: ARR Organization Page

  • Active Editors-in-Chief (EiCs): Vincent Ng, Anna Rogers, Jing Jiang, Michael White, Xiaodan Zhu, Sarvnaz Karimi, and Margot Mieskes
  • Outgoing EiCs: Jun Suziki, Viviane Moreira (Thank you Jun and Viviane!)
  • EiCs stepped down in the past 6 months: Tharmar Solorio, Lilja Øvrelid, Mausam
  • Four new EiCs (Sep 2024): Michael White, Xiaodan Zhu, Sarvnaz Karimi, and Margot Mieskes
  • Tech Team: Sudipta Kar (co-CTO), Freda Shi (co-CTO), Jonathan Kummerfeld (outgoing CTO)
  • New support members: With the support from ACL, two new support members hired: Editorial assistant (Sonakshi Chauhan) and Workflow manager (Holy Lovenia)
  • Recruitment: An advertisement has been posted to recruit the 2025 batch of new EiCs, who are expected to start in September/October 2025. We hope to recruit more editors to represent India and China, as these locations have a large volume of submissions.

Summary of Recent Submission Cycles

More information can be found at: ARR Statistics

Changes Made in the Past 6 Months

  • Starting May 2025, ARR adopted a new 10-week cycle schedule.
    • Background: From Oct 2022 to Feb 2025, ARR used 8-week cycles with submission deadlines on the 15th of every second month. After community feedback, the ACL Peer Review Committee recommended a change to 10-week cycles. (See committee report in the adminwiki.)
  • Changes to Cope with Submission Volume:

May 2025 (EMNLP Cycle):

    • Updating area keywords (Leads: Anna, Mike, EMNLP’25 PCs)
    • Migration to 10-week schedule (Lead: Anna)
    • New workload model inspired by CVPR 2025 — all qualified authors must review (Leads: Jonathan, Anna, Mike)
    • Updating reviewer sign-up forms (Lead: Jonathan)
    • Contributed to development of incentive policy in peer review
    • Updated OpenReview forms and documentation (Leads: Anna, Sarv)

Feb 2025 (ACL Cycle):

    • Optimized AC assignments to reduce SAC load (Leads: Freda, Harold)
    • Created workflow for ethics violation reports (Leads: Leon, Kokil, Aoife)
    • Improved submission/review forms (Leads: Anna, ACL’25 and EMNLP’25 PCs)
    • Revised workload requirements with ACL’25 PCs (Leads: Jing, Xiaodan)
    • Updated guidelines and email templates (Lead: Anna)
    • Developed timeline for 10-week cycle (Lead: Anna)
    • Proposal for a development server (Lead: Sudipta)
    • Participated in ACL peer review committee's incentive discussions
  • More changes in the past cycles can be found at the ARR change log:
ARR Changelog

Open Issues

  • AI-generated papers
  • AI-generated reviews
  • Fake researcher profiles