So make sure that the abstract indicates what type of paper the reviewer may expect. Reviews with less confidence are a concern because, to be accepted, a paper often needs someone on the program committee to argue strongly for acceptance. If none of the paper's reviewers are confident of their reviews, they are less likely to argue strenuously in favor. One long-time program committee member suggests writing your abstract to be be of interest to the committee members you believe are best qualified to review your paper. Avoid Needless Buzzwords .
Every year seems to have a new buzzword or hot term.
Sometimes authors think that having the hot buzzwords in their paper increases the chance of acceptance. In this section, I give some guidance to authors of certain popular types of papers. TCP Performance Papers TCP performance is a well-trod ground and so the standards for getting a TCP paper accepted are now quite high. For instance, any changes to TCP flow control should be tested over heavily loaded multi-hop topologies with cross traffic. Furthermore, the analysis should show not only that the enhanced TCP performs better, but also show the effects of the enhanced TCP on non-enhanced traffic.