📢 ICML Call for Papers is out!
Excited to serve as a program chair this year along with Maryam Fazel, @djhsu, and @SimonLacosteJ.
See 🧵below for links & a summary of changes this year:
Virginia Smith
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Virginia Smith
@gingsmith
ML Professor @ CMU
🦋 gingsmith
Joined December 2011
- There are a few updates to the review process at #ICML2025. These updates are all described on the ICML website, but we also released a blog post explaining our decisions (links & summary 🧵below):
- Are you a junior researcher interested in federated and collaborative learning? Consider applying to the Simons Institute Research Fellowship (due April 1) to participate in the Spring 2026 FL/CL Program at the Simons Institute at UC Berkeley! details below 👇
- Replying to @gingsmith#4: Reviewing takes a lot of work and reviews themselves contain highly valuable information. In line with NeurIPS & ICLR, which have made accepted papers’ reviews public for years, reviews and discussions of all *accepted* ICML papers will be made public after the conference.
- Replying to @gingsmith#3: Review process: Discussion period will be pared down (limited to review --> rebuttal --> optional reviewer reply --> optional author reply). All reviewers must check a box acknowledging they read the rebuttal and will be prompted to optionally reply/update their score.
- Replying to @gingsmith#2: Reviewers tend to focus on novelty over correctness. We've updated the review form to emphasize soundness in addition to significance/novelty, and have asked reviewers to provide evidence for their stance on novelty. See the updated review form here: icml.cc/Conferences/20…
- Replying to @gingsmith#1: The discussion period will be simplified (to review→author response→optional reviewer reply→optional author reply). Discussion periods have intensified in recent years, increasing workloads of authors & reviewers alike despite limited evidence that this improves outcomes.
- Replying to @gingsmith#4: Lay Summaries: Authors of accepted papers will be required to submit a short “lay summary” (non-technical description) of their work with their camera-ready with the aim of improving communication of ML research to the public.
- Replying to @gingsmith#2: Reciprocal Review Requirement: Similar to ICLR, we'll have a reciprocal review requirement for ICML. All submissions must have at least one author register to review, and any author with 4+ submissions must register to review.
- Replying to @gingsmithCall for Papers: icml.cc/Conferences/20… Blog post discussing updates this year: medium.com/@icml2025pc/we…; also briefly summarized below
- Replying to @gingsmith#3: The use of GenAI tools for reviewing is prohibited, for two key reasons. First, allowing AI generated reviews can damage the credibility of reviewing. Second, submissions and reviews may contain privileged information that should not be inputted into such tools.
- Replying to @gingsmithNew or semi-new updates #1: Based on the success of the track in 2024, we'll be running a Position Paper track again this year: icml.cc/Conferences/20…
- Replying to @gingsmith🔗 Learn more about the program here: simons.berkeley.edu/programs/feder… 🔗 Apply here (deadline April 1, 2025): simons.berkeley.edu/research-fello…
- Replying to @gingsmith🔗 Blog post on reviewing updates: medium.com/@icml2025pc/re… 🔗 ICML author instructions: icml.cc/Conferences/20… 🔗 ICML reviewer instructions: icml.cc/Conferences/20… 🔗 ICML peer review FAQ: icml.cc/Conferences/20…
