wacv-author-response
BusinessUse when responding to WACV reviews, covering the optional one-page Round 1 rebuttal and, separately, the Revise-and-Resubmit change summary that carries a revised paper into the no-rebuttal Round 2, including how to triage three reviews for the area chair, what a rebuttal can and cannot claim, and keeping every response double-blind.
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WACV Author Response
WACV gives you two different response instruments, and confusing them wastes the one that matters. Use this after Round 1 reviews arrive. Facts are the WACV 2026/2027 cycles as read on 2026-07-09; reopen the current Author Guidelines for the rebuttal template and rules before drafting.
Know which instrument you are writing
| Situation | Instrument | Constraint |
|---|---|---|
| R1 reviews arrived, decision not yet set | One-page rebuttal (optional) | Single-page PDF, author-kit template, no external links, no new unrequested contributions |
| R1 decision = Revise and Resubmit | Revised paper + change summary | The revision is the argument; there is no R2 rebuttal |
| New Round 2 submission | (none) | Round 2 has no author-response step |
The strategic point: at WACV the change summary that accompanies a Revise-and-Resubmit carries more weight than any rebuttal, because Round 2 has no rebuttal to fall back on. If you must choose where to spend effort, spend it on executing and documenting the revision.
The one-page Round 1 rebuttal
Treat it as a single skimmable page written for the area chair, who must reconcile three reviews. Order it by decision impact, not by reviewer number:
- Factual corrections first. If a reviewer's objection rests on a misread ("no ablation of component X" when Table 3 is exactly that), correct it in one line with the pointer. Factual kills move a recommendation fastest.
- The single biggest shared concern next, answered with a mini-result the page can hold — one small table or one number, not a promise.
- Calibrated concessions. Concede what is true and scope the claim; a rebuttal that disputes everything reads as defensive to the AC.
A rebuttal cannot add a new contribution, link to external material, or exceed the page. It can correct errors, clarify scope, and present a small confirmatory result that already exists.
[AC summary line] The core objection (R2/R3): "X under condition C" — addressed in point 1.
1. FACTUAL: R2 says no matched-baseline comparison. See Tab. 3 (same budget). Not missing.
2. CORE: R1/R3 doubt robustness under C. New small table: metric held within m over 3 seeds.
3. CONCEDE: R3 is right that claim was too broad; we scope it to setting S (one sentence).
The Revise-and-Resubmit change summary
This is where WACV papers are actually won. Read the R1 reviews as a revision specification, then:
- Enumerate each reviewer-requested change and map it to a concrete edit (new experiment, rewritten claim, added baseline, clarified assumption).
- Make exactly those changes in the paper, and keep the artifact and supplement in sync
with the revised claims (see
wacv-artifact-evaluation,wacv-supplementary). - Write a short, itemized summary of what changed and where, in the reviewers' own terms, so the Round 2 reviewers can verify the gap is closed without re-deriving it.
Anonymity holds throughout
Both instruments are double-blind. Do not de-anonymize in the rebuttal or the change summary, do not link to author-identifying pages, and do not name your institution or prior work in first person. A response that leaks identity can undo the review it was meant to win.
Reverify each cycle
- The Round 1 rebuttal length and template, and that Round 2 still has no rebuttal.
- Whether a structured change summary / response field is required for revised R2 papers.
- Any word or format limit and the no-external-links rule.
Output format
[Instrument] one-page R1 rebuttal / R&R change summary / none (new R2)
[AC-facing summary] <one line naming the decisive objection>
[Factual corrections] <list with pointers>
[Core concern + existing evidence] <mini-table or number>
[Concessions/scoping] <what you concede>
[If R&R] each requested change → edit made: <mapping>
[Anonymity] clean: yes/no