Best Practices collected from different conferences regarding running a Program Committee.
List of features I'd like the PC/review process to have:
- Early Rejects. Papers rejected in round one of a multi-round review process should be notified early. Examples: ISCA 18, SP 2016, PLDI 2015.
- Higher Standard for papers authored by PC. Papers authored by the PC should be held to a higher standard. We should avoid having a majority of the papers being authored by the PC. Some conferences even have a separate external committee to review PC-authored papers.
- No papers by the PC Chairs. PC Chairs should not be allowed to submit papers, as it is hard to review their papers in an impartial and unbiased manner.