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---+ Writing a CHI rebuttal

Here are some useful resources on writing a CHI rebuttal.
---++ Examples

Examples of the reviews, the reviewers' ratings (initial and post-rebuttal), and the rebuttals:

---+++ Accepted papers

| *Conference* | *R1* | *R2*  | *R3*  | *AC*  | *R1 post-rebuttal*  | *R2 post-rebuttal*  | *R3 post-rebuttal*  | *AC post-rebuttal*  | reviews  | rebuttal |
| CHI2010 | 4 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | [[%ATTACHURL%/reviews-230.rtf][reviews-230.rtf]] | [[%ATTACHURL%/rebuttal-230.rtf][rebuttal-230.rtf]] |
| CHI2012 | 3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4 | | | | | [[%ATTACHURL%/review-121.doc][review-121.doc]] | [[%ATTACHURL%/rebuttal-121.txt][rebuttal-121.txt]] |
| CHI2013 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | | | | | [[%ATTACHURL%/review-806.txt][review-806.txt]] | [[%ATTACHURL%/rebuttal-806.rtf][rebuttal-806.rtf]] |

---+++ Non-CHI papers
| *Conference* | *R1* | *R2*  | *R3*  | *AC*  | *R1 post-rebuttal*  | *R2 post-rebuttal*  | *R3 post-rebuttal*  | *AC post-rebuttal*  | rebuttal file | comments |
| HRI2013 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | [[%ATTACHURL%/review-135.docx][review-135.docx]] | [[%ATTACHURL%/rebuttal.1.3.docx][rebuttal.1.3.docx]] |

---+++ Rejected papers
| *Conference* | *R1* | *R2*  | *R3*  | *AC*  | *R1 post-rebuttal*  | *R2 post-rebuttal*  | *R3 post-rebuttal*  | *AC post-rebuttal*  | rebuttal file | comments |
| CHI2012 | 2.5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | [[%ATTACHURL%/review-434.txt][review-434.txt]] | [[%ATTACHURL%/rebuttal-434.pdf][rebuttal-434.pdf]] |

---++ General Tips
---+++ Forming a rebuttal plan
   * start with listing all the concerns that the reviewers have raised
   * prioritize the concerns based on their importance
   * brief summary of how you can address each concern
---+++ Writing the rebuttal

Karon's version: 
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Keep it short, professional, succinct and very readable (e.g. use clear headings to structure), whether or not you have a tight or generous space allowance. Your English must be perfect. Remember that your meta reviewer has a huge caseload and is sick unto death of reading reviews and completely out of time.

1) Thank the reviewers for their time, and state your appreciation that the reviewers found value in X,Y,Z (this should include the things we ourselves feel are most important about this paper which the reviewers recognized).

2) List the top ~3 (or less, as needed) issues that the reviewers had important negatives or suggestions about, then address each of them in turn. Rephrase the question, explain why we did it as we did, and state how we will fix the problem in the scope of a revision, given the limits of space and time before a final submission is due.

3) In closing, you can very briefly deal with anything else - just say that the reviewers also made very helpful suggestions about x,y,z and we will be handling those within the page limits of the paper.

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4) If room: thank the reviewers for any suggestions made about additional work, but do not imply that they will be addressed in this revision (in general is not a possibility). 

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---++ Files
   * [[%ATTACHURL%/review-434.txt][review-434.txt]]: Review for a paper rejected to CHI12

   * [[%ATTACHURL%/rebuttal-434.pdf][rebuttal-434.pdf]]: Rebuttal for CHI12#434 submission--rejected

   * [[%ATTACHURL%/reviews-230.rtf][reviews-230.rtf]]: Review for an accepted CHI 2010 paper

   * [[%ATTACHURL%/rebuttal-230.rtf][rebuttal-230.rtf]]: Rebuttal for CHI 2010 #230 submission -- accepted

   * [[%ATTACHURL%/review-121.doc][review-121.doc]]: Review for an accepted CHI 2012 paper

   * [[%ATTACHURL%/rebuttal-121.txt][rebuttal-121.txt]]: Rebuttal for CHI 2012 #121 submission -- accepted

   * [[%ATTACHURL%/review-806.txt][review-806.txt]]: Review for an accepted CHI 2013 paper

   * [[%ATTACHURL%/rebuttal-806.rtf][rebuttal-806.rtf]]: Rebuttal for CHI 2013 #806 submission -- accepted

   * [[%ATTACHURL%/review-135.docx][review-135.docx]]: Review for a paper accepted to HRI2013

   * [[%ATTACHURL%/rebuttal.1.3.docx][rebuttal.1.3.docx]]: Rebuttal to HRI2013 paper

Attachments

Topic attachments
I	Attachment	History	Action	Size	Date	Who	Comment
txt	rebuttal-121.txt	r1	manage	6.0 K	2012-12-24 - 01:15	DianeTam	Rebuttal for CHI 2012 #121 submission -- accepted
rtf	rebuttal-230.rtf	r1	manage	5.2 K	2012-12-23 - 23:47	DianeTam	Rebuttal for CHI 2010 #230 submission -- accepted
txt	rebuttal-230.txt	r1	manage	4.9 K	2012-12-23 - 23:40	DianeTam	Rebuttal for CHI 2010 #230 submission -- accepted
pdf	rebuttal-434.pdf	r1	manage	51.6 K	2012-01-30 - 19:45	MonaHaraty	Rebuttal for CHI12#434 submission--rejected
rtf	rebuttal-434.rtf	r1	manage	5.1 K	2012-01-30 - 19:38	MonaHaraty	Rebuttal for 434 submission--rejected
txt	rebuttal-434.txt	r1	manage	5.1 K	2012-01-30 - 19:41	MonaHaraty	Rebuttal for CHI12#434 submission--rejected
rtf	rebuttal-806.rtf	r1	manage	5.3 K	2012-12-24 - 01:39	DianeTam	Rebuttal for CHI 2013 #806 submission -- accepted
docx	rebuttal.1.3.docx	r1	manage	17.8 K	2013-11-15 - 17:43	BrianGleeson	Rebuttal to HRI2013 paper
doc	review-121.doc	r1	manage	70.0 K	2012-12-24 - 01:14	DianeTam	Review for an accepted CHI 2012 paper
docx	review-135.docx	r1	manage	21.4 K	2013-11-15 - 17:41	BrianGleeson	Review for a paper accepted to HRI2013
txt	review-434.txt	r1	manage	16.1 K	2012-01-30 - 19:35	MonaHaraty	Review for a paper rejected to CHI12
txt	review-806.txt	r1	manage	23.2 K	2012-12-24 - 01:38	DianeTam	Review for an accepted CHI 2013 paper
rtf	reviews-230.rtf	r1	manage	29.6 K	2012-12-23 - 23:38	DianeTam	Review for an accepted CHI 2010 paper

Topic revision: r5 - 2016-11-18 - KaronMacLean