This year I submitted a paper to ICML for the first time. I have also experienced the review process at TMLR and ICLR. From my observation, given these venues take up close to (or less than) 4 months until the final decision, I think the quality of reviews at TMLR was so much on point when compared with that at ICML right now. Many ICML reviews I am seeing (be it my own paper or the papers received for reviewing), feel rushed, low confidence or sometimes overly hostile without providing constructive feedback. All this makes me realise the quality that TMLR reviews offered. The reviewers there are more aware of the topic, ask reasonable questions and show concerns where it's apt. It’s making me wonder if the big conferences (ICML/NeurIPS/ICLR) are even worth it?
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