From Theory to Practice: Introducing Architectural Prisms, an Experiment in AI-First Academic Dialogue

Editor’s notes: This article is cross-referenced from the SIGARCH Blog. The problem described in the article also applies to the SIGOPS community. Certainly, whether to ask AI for help in the paper review systems should be a community decision and must be done in the right way. A little while ago, I published a post … Read more

Ethical and Moral Fraying due to Intellectual Conflicts in Paper Reviews

Editor’s note: This article is cross-posted from SIGARCH. We believe that the article is of importance to SIGOPS conferences and thus republish as a SIGOPS blog post to disseminate the message further. In computer architecture conferences, “expert”/”knowledgeable” reviewers often are conflicted intellectually with at least some of the submissions they review (e.g., the submissions directly … Read more

The role of LLMs in academic reviewing

The past few years have witnessed a staggering acceleration in the capabilities of large language models (LLMs). What began as an intriguing toy for autocomplete has evolved into sophisticated tools capable of summarizing research papers, drafting technical arguments, and even simulating expert‑level discussion. As these models continue to improve at an astonishing rate, the question … Read more

The Academic Pipeline Stall: Why Industry Must Stand for Academia

The Research Pipeline is Stalling The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) froze all outgoing funding, including new awards and scheduled payments on active grants. Over 1,000 NSF research projects were abruptly canceled in a few days, resulting in roughly $739 million in halted research funding. The directive, issued with little explanation, has created chaos across the academic research … Read more