Ethics of the SIGGRAPH Paper Review Process

Thank you for agreeing to review a paper for SIGGRAPH. The quality of your review has a direct and important impact on the quality of the most important conference in computer graphics.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR. Look for whatÆs good or stimulating in the paper. Minor flaws can be corrected and shouldnÆt be a reason to reject a paper, but bad or boring ideas should be. Please familiarize yourself with the information in the Call for Participation located at:

ETHICS & PROFESSIONALISM. Please read the ethics guidelines. It is extremely important that we uphold our reputation for treating ideas confidentially and professionally.

BLIND REVIEWS. We are using blind reviewing again this year. Authors were asked to take reasonable efforts to hide their identities, including not listing their names or affiliations and omitting acknowledgments. This information will of course be included in the published version.

BE SPECIFIC. Please be specific and detailed in your reviews. The "Explanation" section is easily the most important of the review. Your discussion, sometimes more than your score, will help the Papers Committee decide which papers to accept, so please be thorough. Your reviews will be returned to the authors, so you should include any specific feedback on ways the authors should improve the paper.

You will receive a customized email review form for each paper that you have been assigned.

If you have any questions or problems with the online review system, please contact

ACM DIGITAL LIBRARY

ACM has generously provided full access to the ACM Digital Library for SIGGRAPH 2001 paper reviewer usage, effective 12 January through 1 March 2001. You are encouraged to make full use of this resource, located at:

When you attempt to access the full text of an article, you will be prompted for a username and a password. Please use "siggraph" for the username and "reviewer" for the password. (Both username and password are all lower-case letters.)

REVIEWS ARE DUE FRIDAY 23 FEBRUARY. The Papers Committee has a lot of work to do after the reviews are in. Adhering to this deadline is extremely important.

WHEN YOU'RE DONE. When you have finished with your review, you should destroy the manuscript and any supporting material (such as videotapes) as described in the ethics guidelines. If you have written notes directly on the manuscript that you want to return to the author, send the marked-up paper back to the senior reviewer. Be sure that the marked-up paper is received by the senior reviewer prior to the deadline.