Goal
The goal is to express, as concisely as possible, the main idea of the paper and your comments about the paper. Focus on clarity of thought. The better you understood the idea, the more concisely you will be able to express it.
Length
Strive for brevity, but without sacrificing clarity. We do not welcome overly lengthy reviews: excessive length does not show that you worked hard, it shows that you did not manage to distill the most important point of the paper. The longest summary of the paper is just a copy of the paper itself - stay away from this! We will applaude the shortest reviews that captured the essence of the paper.
As a somewhat arbitrary guideline, aim for 300 to 350 words.
Content
Short summary of the paper with your own opinions, including
- What are the major contributions of this paper? (in your own words, 3 - 5 sentences)
- Describe 2/3 major weaknesses of this paper.
- Give at least two suggestions either to improve the solution (protocol/ algorithm/methodology...), or to take a different (and possibly better) approach to the problem(s) addressed in this paper.
Here is an example paper review template:
CNT5412: Network Security
Paper Review Form
Reviewer:
Paper Title:
Date(MM/DD/YY):
- What are the major contributions of this paper? (in your own words, 3 - 5 sentences)
- Describe two/three major weaknesses of this paper.
- Give at least two suggestions either to improve the solution (protocol/algorithm/methodology...), or to take a different (and possibly better) approach to the problem(s) addressed in this paper.
Note: undergraudate students please put "CNT4406: Network Security" in the title. The review will be graded accrodingly.
Acknowledgement: thanks to Dr. Xuxian Jiang for providing this form.