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In article <1993Jan9.113916.27542@fuug.fi>, an3329@anon.penet.fi writes:
|> I'm a graduate student and I have a bit of a problem
|> with my advisor.  He gave me some papers to referee,
|> and these papers were submitted to a conference to
|> which I have also submitted a paper. The problem is
|> that these papers are very similar to the paper which
|> I submitted, and so they will be competing directly 
|> against my paper. I told him that I could not act as 
|> an impartial reviewer, and I asked to have someone else
|> review the papers, but he refused.  (He is also the
|> conference co-chairman).  He said that it was perfectly
|> acceptable for me to review the papers, but I don't believe 
|> him.  What do I do?  I was thinking of refusing to review
|> the papers by not submitting a report, and just let the
|> deadline slip.  Please respond by posting because this 
|> site does not have secure e-mail. 

The proper thing to do is ask the conference chairman. If he says it is OK
then it is OK. The responsibility for guaranteeing an impartial reviewing
system rests with the conference chairmen. It is their responsibility to
consider your bias (after you bring it to their attention.). If you made
your advisor aware of the conflict of interest and he said that you should
still review the papers, do so. It is likely that were your review out of
line with those of the other referees, your bias would be taken into account.

Jason W. Solinsky