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NeurIPS 2026 Concept & Feasibility track faces review process concerns

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The NeurIPS 2026 Concept & Feasibility track is facing scrutiny regarding its review process and adherence to stated policies. Authors are reporting that reviewers are not aligning with the track's guidelines, which permit ideas that may not be fully validated within a single paper. Despite praise for originality, submissions are reportedly being penalized for the scope of experiments, with limited reviewer engagement post-rebuttal. AI

IMPACT Potential impact on the evaluation and acceptance of novel AI research concepts.

RANK_REASON Discussion of a specific track within a major AI research conference. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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NeurIPS 2026 Concept & Feasibility track faces review process concerns

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  1. r/MachineLearning TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/MakingComputersSmart ·

    NeurIPS 2026 Concept & Feasibility Track [D]

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I could not find any discussion threads for the C&amp;F track. Have people actually submitted to this track? If so, what are your reviews and scores looking like, along with post rebuttal engagement? In our case, they received reviews not in line…

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