[R] How to apply for a reviewer role at NeurIPS ‘26?

Reddit r/MachineLearning / 3/26/2026

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Key Points

  • The post discusses a Reddit user’s confusion about receiving an offer to review for NeurIPS '26 despite limited prior NeurIPS/ICML/ICLR publications.
  • The author asks whether there is a formal place or process to apply to be considered for a NeurIPS reviewer role.
  • The context implies that reviewer selection may not be obvious to early-career researchers and could depend on an invitation or undisclosed criteria.
  • The question is primarily about the workflow for becoming a reviewer rather than any technical AI content.

I just heard from a PhD student at my uni that they got an offer to be a NeurIPS reviewer. This was strange to me since they’ve never published at NeurIPS/ICML/ICLR and have only submitted to journals (not JMLR) so far.

My question — since I ever got an invite email to be a reviewer, is there somewhere I can formally apply to be considered?

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