-------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY. Please summarize what this paper is about in one sentence. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- APPROPRIATENESS. Is this paper appropriate for ICML? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOALS/MOTIVATION. Does the submission state the goals of the research, including the criteria by which readers should evaluate the results? Does it specify clearly the performance and learning tasks under study? How could the authors improve the paper along these lines? Is the learning problem well-motivated? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION. If the paper describes a system, does it specify the knowledge representation, performance element, and learning algorithm in enough detail to let readers replicate them? How might the authors describe their framework more effectively? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLAIMS/EVIDENCE. Do the authors make explicit claims or draw clear conclusions, and do they present reasonable evidence to support their position? If the claims are theoretical, are the proofs correct? If the claims are empirical, are the experiments appropriate, and do the results reveal the underlying reasons or causes for phenomena? How might the authors strengthen their claims, evidence, or reasoning? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTRIBUTION: What contribution is made by this paper? Assess the novelty of the contribution. Assess the generality of the contribution. How significant is the contribution from a theoretical perspective? If empirical, from an experimental perspective? Will this paper stimulate future research? Does the submission place the paper in the context of previous work and explain its contribution to the literature? Do the authors note their approach's limitations and suggest directions for future work? How could they do better on these dimensions? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRESENTATION. Is the paper well organized and well written? Does it use standard terminology? Has the author provided sufficient background? For papers with experimental results, are they presented clearly, uncluttered with excessive detail? Does the abstract adequately reflect the contents? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL COMMENTS: Does this paper make an original, significant, and technically sound contribution? Does anything need to be added or deleted? Feel free to give additional comments. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECOMMENDATION. Should the paper be accepted in its current form, above, marginally accepted, marginally rejected or rejected entirely? In all cases please provide a sentence or two explaning your recommendation (see below for more complete guidelines for each category). (A) Accept [ ] (B) Weak Accept [ ] (C) Weak Reject [ ] (D) Reject [] Accept: great paper, no presentation/methodological flaws. Weak Accept: Paper has good ideas and is of fairly high quality. The changes suggested in this review can be made in a few weeks. Weak Reject: Paper is of reasonable quality but has some flaws. The flaws suggested in this review cannot be fixed in a few weeks. Reject: Paper has too many flaws to be accepted this year. --------------------------------------------------------------------------