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SIGMOD Record
Review
Paper and proposal reviews: Is the process flawed?
Abstract
At the 2008 Computing Research Association Conference at Snowbird, the authors participated in a panel addressing the issue of paper and proposal reviews. This short paper summarizes the panelists' presentations and audience commentary. It concludes with some observations and suggestions on how we might address this issue in the near-term future.