<p>Today I had to read 7 abstracts and then the respective papers.</p><p>Can the authors please say in the first sentence what the paper is doing? Don't start by giving background, or saying why (you think) the problem is important.</p><p>Just please say right away what you have done. Then, if you feel it is really important, go on to give background justification of importance. Don't let me have to "compute" in order to determine what you have done by reading the abstract.</p><p>For all seven abstracts, I've written a one- or, in some cases, two-sentence description of what they do and why we care.</p><p>An abstract where the main result/contribution is hidden in the middle of the second paragraph or three paragraphs is not an abstract!</p><p>(And don't start by saying, "in this paper". Of course it is in this paper.)</p><p>1/</p>
