Functionality
Typical functions and workflows supported by conference management systems include:
- Receiving paper submissions (PDF upload, collection of bibliographic metadata)
- Anonymizing submissions
- Collecting reviewers' topic preferences
- Collecting conflicts of interest
- Assigning reviewers to papers
- Disseminating submissions to reviewers
- Collecting reviews
- Monitoring review coverage
- Sharing reviews among the program committee
- Ensuring independence of reviews
(reviewers cannot see other reviews for a submission before they have submitted their own) - Providing a per-submission discussion forum for the reviewers
- Ranking reviews and setting acceptance threshold
- Anonymizing reviews
- Reporting reviewers' comments and program committee decision to authors
- Collecting final accepted versions
Some systems offer additional functions that go beyond supporting only the peer-review process:
- Creating a conference website and program
- Registering attendees
- Publishing proceedings
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