Tags: * make ARR review load predictable
Before ARR I often reviewed papers also for conferences to which I did not submit a paper myself. I
was approached by an area chair who specified what time the submissions would arrive, what the deadline
for the reviews would be, and how many papers I should expect to review. Such a commitment was acceptable,
although I had to decide long before the actual review period. But when ARR was launched and I first
looked at it, it seemed that I would have to commit to be available every month for who-knows-how-many
papers to review. That sounded too dangerous, so I did not subscribe and I only reviewed for non-ARR
events since then. I do not know whether the commitment is now formulated differently (or I misunderstood
it even then).