Respond to Reviews

When a conference enables author responses, each review on your reviews page carries its own Responses thread — reply to a specific review right under it, clarify misunderstandings, answer that reviewer's questions, and describe changes you've made. Reviewers and chairs can reply in the thread, and reviewers may update their reviews based on your response.

Respond to a Review

1. Go to Submissions in the sidebar and open your submission
2. Click "View Reviews" — every released review card ends with a Responses section showing your deadline
3. Write your response in the review's "Respond to this review…" box and click "Post Response"

Each review has its own thread, so respond to Review #1 and Review #2 separately — the right reviewer sees the right response. You can post more than once while the window is open, for example a follow-up when a reviewer asks a question.

Respond to the AI Review

If the chairs shared an AI review of your submission, it appears as its own card with its own Responses thread — react to the points it raises the same way:

A Discussion section at the bottom of the page remains for conversation that isn't about one specific review.

Edit or Delete a Response

While the response window is open, use the pencil icon on your own response to edit it, or the trash icon to delete it:

• An edited response shows an "Edited" marker next to its timestamp — click it to see your earlier versions. The committee can also see the edit history, so edit to clarify, not to rewrite the record.
• A deleted response isn't silently removed: the thread keeps a short note showing a comment was deleted, so replies to it still make sense.

Who Sees Your Response

A response to a review is visible to everyone who can see that review — the chairs, the editors, and (for their own review) the reviewer it answers. On blind-review tracks, reviewers appear as "Reviewer #1", "Reviewer #2", and so on — matching the numbering of the review cards — and your responses may appear to reviewers as "Authors" rather than your name.

Tips for a Good Response

• Respond under the right review — each thread goes to that review's reviewer, so keep point-by-point answers where they belong
• Be specific: point to the exact concern in the review and state what you changed or why you disagree
• Stay professional — chairs read the whole exchange when making decisions
• Watch the deadline: after it passes, the threads become read-only for you