AC/Paper assignment by SAC

[jmp84]

It is currently not possible to make AC/Paper assignments for SAC. Only PCs can do that. It would be great for SACs to be able to do AC/Paper assignments.

[melisabok]

Thanks for providing feedback. Our supported workflow works like this:

1. ACs are assigned to SACs based on their affinity
2. Papers are assigned to ACs based on their affinity and no conflict between the AC and the paper and the SAC and the paper.
3. Papers are assigned to SACs from their assigned ACs.

If we want to let SACs edit AC assignments, they would need to assign another AC from their pool of assigned ACs. Otherwise that paper needs to be reassigned to the SAC associated with the new AC.

Let me know if this is the expected behavior or you have other ideas.

We are happy to discuss it and help with the implementation.

Thanks,

Melisa

[jmp84]

@melisabok Hi Melisa

If we want to let SACs edit AC assignments, they would need to assign another AC from their pool of assigned ACs. Otherwise that paper needs to be reassigned to the SAC associated with the new AC.

In our case (emnlp 2023), here is how this would work:

• all ACs within a track are assigned to all SACs for that track
• any SAC for a track can make a reassignment from their pool of assigned ACs (which should also be the pool of ACs for that track according to previous bullet)
• any SAC for a track could also invite a new AC (e.g. if a current AC is unable to complete their duties) and reassign papers to a new AC
• if a paper is in the wrong track (i.e. is assigned to the wrong set of SACs), then that paper needs to be reassigned to the new set of SACs for the correct track (this can be done by PCs) and then the new set of SACs can decide the AC/paper assignment within their pool of ACs.

Please lmk if I can clarify anything.

Best,

Juan

[melisabok]

Ohhh I see, EMNLP did this differently and it was something new so we need to iterate over this. Given the papers were directly assigned to SACs based on their track, we should be able to give permission to the SAC to edit the AC assignment using AC from the same track. We can support this for the next EMNLP.

[jmp84]

@melisabok actually i was describing the exact setup for emnlp but i think it applies in general:

• an SAC can make reassignment within their pool
• an SAC can add a new AC to their pool and make reassignments
• an SAC can ask PCs to reassign a paper to another SAC and the new SAC can make assignments within their pool