MICRO Conference Review Guide
Guides researchers through the IEEE/ACM MICRO peer-review lifecycle, reviewer evaluation criteria, and author rebuttal strategies.
MICRO Conference Review Guide is a specialized skill designed to help computer architecture researchers navigate the rigorous peer-review pipeline for the IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO). It maps the HotCRP timeline milestones, double-blind compliance rules, and core evaluation criteria—including mechanism novelty, methodology forensics, and cost accounting. The skill equips authors to objectively self-score submissions, dissect reviewer feedback, prepare compliant and impactful rebuttal arguments, and plan resubmission strategies across top-tier architecture venues like ISCA, HPCA, and ASPLOS.