1. The discussion leader (a Ph'D student) chooses a paper to be reviewed. Papers are typically drawn from ICSE, FSE, OOPSLA, ECOOP, or AOSD. The paper needs to be approved by a faculty member (typically the student's supervisor). Depending on the seniority of the student they may not need to have a faculty member approve the paper.
2. The discussion leader posts a link to the paper on the SPLuRGe wiki under the appropriate month. This must be done no later than two days before the meeting.
3. The discussion leader and his/her co-reviewers (typically Master's students) prepare their reviews (see below for review format).
4. Reviewers post their reviews on the SPLuRGe wiki under the appropriate month.
5. During the SPLuRGe meeting, each reviewer presents their review starting with the discussion leader. No other questions or comments are made until all the reviewers have presented their review.
6. The paper is then opened to discussion.

Review Format

Paper reviews contain four sections:

1. Problem The problem addressed by the paper.
2. Contributions The key contributions put forth by the paper.
3. Weaknesses The key weaknesses of the paper.
4. Questions Things the reviewer did not understand, or ideas that should be discussued further.