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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) | * '''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.) | |||
'''Changes to Cope with Submission Volume''': | * '''Changes to Cope with Submission Volume''': | ||
'''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)''': | |||
** 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 | * 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