ICLR 2024 paper reviews are visible on OpenReview. I thought to create a discussion thread for us to discuss any issue/complain/celebration or anything else.
There is so much noise in the reviews every year. Some good work that the authors are proud of might get a low score because of the noisy system, given that ICLR is growing so large these years. We should keep in mind that the work is still valuable no matter what the score is.
How is spotlight/oral decided? From results in previous years, I found it unpredictable as some works with an average score of 6.25 can get spotlight while others with higher scores cannot.
Well, the reviewers are not exactly reliable, are they? For a good paper they are disinterested in or do not understand - they might just give 6s.
Does that mean AC will read the paper?
Depends on the AC.
I think a paper with 6.25 is actually close to the top 15%. These ratings are a bit weird.