Reviewer Console
A map of the Reviewer Console, showing how its tabs carry you from bidding through your assignments, discussion, and the final decisions, with tabs appearing as the program moves between phases.
The Reviewer Console is your workspace for the papers you review in a program. It opens at /console/reviewer. A PC Member uses the same console under its own name, the PC Member Console, which lists the programs where they are a PC Member.
The console first shows one card per conference you review for, even if there is only one; each says how many programs you review there and shows an amber pending badge when reviews are still to write. Click a conference to see its programs.
The program list keeps the order of the conference's Programs list in the Conference Leadership Console: main programs under Main Programs, then one section per Multi-Program (for example Workshops) with its sub-programs. On each program card the header shows the conference's full name and dates; right under it come the program's acronym, full name and its own dates when it has them, then the review mode, an amber pending badge when reviews are still to write, and the program's current phase. Your reviewer number (R#) sits in the header. Your assigned and completed counts appear once you open the program. The back arrow returns to the conferences.
On a conference's program list, Sign Up Reviewer shows that conference's reviewer sign up page, with how many programs you review there and how many you signed up for and wait for a chair's approval. Sign up for more programs opens it.
Programs where you are a Program Chair appear here too, since a Program Chair can review papers. A Multi-Program itself does not appear: its proposals are decided in the Multi-Program Chair Console.
Switch between cards and a compact list with the buttons at the top right (the same toggle as All Conferences); the choice is remembered in this browser. Each list row starts with a colored circle that matches its card's header.
Above the conference cards, search by name, acronym or program, and sort by date, name or acronym, ascending or descending (the sort is remembered). The program list has the same bar: search finds programs and sub-programs in every section, the sort orders the programs inside each section (programs on the same dates are ordered by name, so Asc and Desc always flip the order), and the card or list view applies there too. The filters are Upcoming, Live and Past. They compare the conference's dates with today in its timezone, so each conference is in exactly one of them and the last day counts as Live until it ends there.
Once a program is open, a tab bar runs across the top, and a header shows the program's acronym and full name, then the conference (for a sub-program, its Multi-Program first, such as WS • ICML 2026), your reviewer number, the current phase, and how many papers you've been assigned and completed. The back arrow returns to the conference's program list.
Purpose
Give a reviewer one place to handle everything across the review lifecycle: signal which papers you'd like through bidding, work through your assigned papers, take part in author discussion, and see the final accept/reject decisions for the papers you reviewed.
When you use it
- To bid on the papers you would prefer (or prefer not) to review.
- To see your assigned papers, download them, and open each one to write a review.
- To read author responses and discuss papers after you submit your reviews.
- To check the decisions that have been released for the papers you handled.
The tabs
The console shows tabs based on the program's phase and your assignment status, so you will not always see all five at once. This is the full set, in display order:
- 1
Dashboard: always shown. Your at-a-glance counts (assigned, submitted, in progress, not started, progress %), an Action Required list of papers still needing a review, and your Upcoming Deadlines.
- 2
My Assignments: shown once you have at least one assigned paper. Lists your papers with status, lets you download each PDF, and links into the review form. A badge shows how many reviews are still not started.
- 3
Bidding: shown during the setup and bidding phases. Rate how keen you are to review each paper so the matching algorithm can place papers with you.
- 4
Discussion: shown during the discussion phase (or whenever you have unread responses). Read author responses to your submitted reviews and take part in the discussion. A badge shows unread responses.
- 5
Decisions: shown during the discussion and decision phases. See the accept/reject decisions that have been released for the papers you reviewed.
Tips
Don't worry if a tab disappears; the console hides tabs that aren't relevant yet. As the program moves from setup to bidding, review, discussion, and decision, the right tabs appear. The phase badge in the header tells you where the program is.
If you're a reviewer on more than one program, the selection grid lets you switch between them; use the Back to programs button in the header to return to it. The counts and phase shown on each card are specific to that program.
The actual review form lives outside the console, on each paper. For guidance on writing a strong review, see Writing a review.