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A detailed model of the ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC) research manuscript review process. This guide explains the double-blind, TPC-driven, and single-shot nature of the evaluation, emphasizing the critical balance between genuine novelty and measured Quality-of-Results (QoR). It outlines the high standards for evidence fairness, benchmark credibility, and ablation studies required for acceptance, differentiating DAC's approach from architecture and software venues.

This guide provides comprehensive standards for designing, executing, and reporting systems experiments for top-tier academic venues (like ICDE). It emphasizes methodological rigor, including mandatory ablation studies, reporting variance and tail latency (p99), demonstrating scaling trends (curves over points), disclosing cost trade-offs, and ensuring full hardware and software reproducibility to withstand adversarial review.

A comprehensive methodology guide for designing and auditing empirical studies in software engineering, specifically focused on maintenance, evolution, and change impact. It outlines best practices for ensuring evidence is proportional to the claim, managing data provenance (SHAs, criteria), handling statistical confounds (survivorship, effect sizes), and integrating rigorous LLM evaluation protocols.