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focs-author-response

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Use when managing author-side communication around a FOCS (IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science) submission, where no rebuttal round exists — discharging objections inside the paper before submission, handling rare chair-mediated queries, and converting a rejection into a disciplined autumn resubmission.

When to use

• pre-emptive rebuttal before submission
• handling chair-mediated queries during review
• converting rejection into autumn resubmission
• triaging reviewer comments on acceptance
• writing resubmission memos
• deciding between autumn venue options

When not to use

• nudging reviewers
• sending supplementary clarification emails
• sending improved bounds during review
• contacting suspected reviewers
• appealing decisions

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