roles and ... RE: NIPS & double blind reviewing

[Li Zhaoping]

I support Barak's point of view. Once we clearly separate the roles of
the reviewers, editors, and program committees, such that reviewers do
not try to assume the jobs of the editors and the program committees,
the only cost of blind reviewing is the cost of implementing it, which
the editors and program committees can decide whether it is very easy or
too difficult to implement. The authors and the reviewers can both
influence the degree of benefit of the blind reviewing, by making the
author identity apparent or not apparent.

Li Zhaoping

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