AISTATS Author Response
Use this after AISTATS reviews are released. Reopen the current OpenReview instructions and author-discussion policy before drafting because response mechanics are cycle-specific.
Triage
- Answer concerns that affect correctness, novelty, statistical validity, clarity, reproducibility, or fit for AISTATS.
- Use existing submitted evidence: paper sections, appendices, supplementary material, theorem statements, experiments, checklist entries, and code/data descriptions.
- Keep the reply anonymous. Do not reveal institution, authorship, grants, private URLs, or repository ownership.
- Treat discussion as clarification, not revision. Do not depend on uploading a revised paper or new supplement unless current instructions explicitly allow it.
- If current rules prohibit links, do not use URLs in the discussion. AISTATS 2026 author-reviewer discussion was text-only and links were not allowed.
- Correct factual errors first, then address requests for missing comparisons, uncertainty estimates, proofs, or hyperparameters.
Drafting pattern
- State the decision-critical correction or concession.
- Point to exact submitted evidence.
- Explain the statistical or theoretical consequence.
- Promise a camera-ready wording fix only if it does not add unsupported new claims.
Output format
text[Priority issue] <reviewer concern> [Decision dimension] correctness / novelty / statistical validity / clarity / reproducibility [Draft response] <AISTATS-ready anonymous text> [Evidence anchor] <paper/appendix/supplement item> [Forbidden content removed] <links, identity leaks, new unsupported claims>


