DAC Author Response

Handle reviews with DAC's process in mind. The single most important fact: DAC's Research-Manuscript review has historically been TPC-driven without an author rebuttal period, and whether the current cycle runs one is 待核实 (resources/official-source-map.md). So this skill covers two situations, and the second is the common one.

Situation A — the cycle runs a response period (verify first)

If — and only if — the live DAC cycle offers an author response, treat it as a short, factual correction channel, not a debate. EDA reviewers reject mostly on baseline fairness, benchmark credibility, and scalability; a response moves a borderline paper when it supplies a number or corrects a factual misreading, and moves nothing when it argues taste.

Priorities for a tight EDA rebuttal (assume a strict word budget):