Reviewer Information

Contents: How Do I Volunteer to Review? How Do I Review SIGCSE Submissions?

Important Dates for Paper Reviewers Paper Submission Deadline: September 10, 2010 Papers to Reviewers: September 13, 2010 Reviews Due: September 29, 2010

All SIGCSE members are encouraged to participate in the reviewing process.

• For New Reviewers Review signup will be posted at later date.
  If you are interested in reviewing papers for SIGCSE 2011, you are invited to complete the Reviewer Information Form. Please limit yourself to areas in which you feel somewhat expert. The system will automatically ask you to consider the areas carefully if you choose more than four.
   
• For Those Who Have Previously Reviewed
  All people currently listed in the reviewer database will receive an e-mail message during August with their current recorded information.
  • If you would like to update the information in the database, go to the Reviewer Information Form by September 10, 2010. Please select your areas of reviewing carefully, limiting yourself to areas in which you have expertise.
  • If for some reason you do not want to continue as a reviewer, please send e-mail to sigcse@cs.grinnell.edu using "Remove Reviewer from SIGCSE Database" as the message subject, and include your name, reviewer number, and password in the message body.

Submissions are reviewed according to categories indicated by the authors. Reviewers will be assigned no more than three papers or six submissions of another type, based on their indicated subject areas of expertise. At least four reviewers are assigned to each. Papers are only available in electronic PDF format. Reviewers must use a Web browser and software capable of displaying PDF documents (For example: Adobe Reader). Reviewers of videos must have a Web browser with the Adobe Flash plugin, capable of viewing videos published on YouTube (YouTube.com).

The reviewing process has 3 simple steps:

1. When reviews are assigned, you will be sent the reference numbers for each submission you are reviewing along with a reminder of your reviewer ID and password.
2. Read through the collections of example review text for the types of submissions you are reviewing. Included are examples of comments for good, useful reviews.
   • Guidelines for Reviewers of Paper Submissions
   • Guidelines for Reviewers of Panel Submissions
   • Guidelines for Reviewers of Special Session Submissions
   • Guidelines for Reviewers of Workshop Submissions
   • Guidelines for Reviewers Birds of a Feathers (BOFs) Submissions
   • Guidelines for Reviewers of Poster Submissions
3. After reviewing, complete a report for each submission. Submit Reviews at http://db.grinnell.edu/sigcse/sigcse2011/Reviewers/reviewerViewing.asp.

Note: All reviews will be distributed anonymously to both the author(s) and reviewers of that submission. This will give the author feedback and provide information to reviewers as well. It is hoped that, over time, this feedback will help make the review process more consistent as reviewers can compare their responses to those of others.

Please contact SIGCSE 2011 Program Chairs:

Laurie Smith King College of the Holy Cross

Dave Musicant Carleton College