Rebuttal Process in Academic Conferences

This lecture covers the process of submitting research papers to academic conferences, focusing on the rebuttal phase. Authors submit papers, undergo peer review, write rebuttals, and receive final decisions. The instructor discusses the importance of data analysis in understanding the acceptance process. Students learn to preprocess data, train machine learning models, and conduct observational studies. The lecture also delves into statistical tests for hypothesis refutation and the impact of rebuttals on paper acceptance.