Each student will be assigned 4-6 papers to review over the course of the term. There is a plain text review form which should be used for all reviews.
When completing your review, pay particular attention to the section that asks you to summarize the paper's contributions and to justify your rating of the paper. State what you consider to be the main contributions of the paper, and summarize your rationale for your ratings. Keep the whole thing short: two short paragraphs is the upper limit. Think of this section as an "executive summary" of both the paper and your review of the paper. Any additional detail belongs in the final section of the review, which can be as long and as detailed as necessary.
Reviews are due by 10:00am on the day in which the corresponding paper is being discussed in class. Submit your reviews by e-mailing the completed review to the instructor. Send your review as an attached plain-text file. Don't cut-and-paste or otherwise in-line your review into the body of your message. Chose a meaningful subject for your message. Something like "CS848 review of paper foba06" would be good.
Reviews will be posted anonymously on the course web page, so do not include any identifying information (e.g., your name) in your review. Do include your name in the body of the e-mail message to which your review is attached.