Length and style files
2025-style files often allowed 10 main pages; some later years use 9 at submit and 10 in discussion/camera-ready. Over-length is desk-rejected. References are usually unlimited.
Ethics, reproducibility, and acknowledgments typically sit outside the body cap. Confirm on that year’s Author Guide.
OpenReview and double-blind
Reviews discuss openly on OpenReview, but the PDF must stay anonymous. arXiv is fine—cite it in the third person, not as “our preprint”.
Abstract often precedes the full paper; author lists usually freeze after the abstract deadline. Identity in text or supplement is a reject.
Acceptance forms
Accepted papers are typically poster or oral. Keep the official two-column layout—do not resize the text block.
Preview page one here, then re-check the live CFP before submit.
FAQ
- ICLR vs NeurIPS?
- Representation learning and generative models often fit ICLR; general ML theory/systems also land at NeurIPS. Never dual-submit.
- Add authors after the abstract deadline?
- Usually no—freeze the list before that deadline.
- Does the ethics statement count toward pages?
- Typically outside the body cap—confirm the year’s Author Guide.