ICLR 2024 Outstanding Paper Awards
Awards Committee: Eunsol Choi, Katja Hofmann, Ming-Yu Liu, Nan Jiang, Stephan Günnemann, Suvrit Sra, Thomas Kipf, Volkan Cevher
The ICLR 2024 Outstanding Paper Committee went through the following selection process to identify a collection of outstanding papers and honorable mentions that showcase excellent research presented at this conference.
The committee began with an initial pool of 44 papers provided by the program chairs. During phase 1, each member of the committee ranked these papers based on how comfortable they would be reviewing the papers based on their expertise, while avoiding conflicts of interest. Then, each paper was assigned two committee members, and each in turn received about a dozen papers to review. Then, each member was encouraged to submit up to three nominations in their batch through an anonymous form. This process generated ~20 shortlisted papers. During Phase 2, all members of the committee familiarized themselves with those papers. The second reviewer (who did not submit a nomination for the paper) was also encouraged to share their thoughts. During the final phase, the committee discussed the nominated papers together and decided on outstanding paper / honorable mentions. The committee also aimed to highlight a wide range of research contributions, from theoretical insights, practical impacts, exceptional writing, and experimental rigor. Throughout the process, the committee reached out to external experts when appropriate and would like to thank all those who contributed to this process.
In total there are 5 Outstanding Paper winners, and 11 Honorable Mentions. Congratulations to all the authors for their exceptional contributions to ICLR!
