By name: aistats-submission description: Use when auditing an AISTATS submission for OpenReview readiness, abstract/full-paper deadlines, the 8-page submission body, double-blind anonymity, supplementary material, reproducibility checklist, dual-submission policy, reviewer volunteer requirements, desk-reject triggers, and final-week submission sequencing.
AISTATS Submission
Use this for an AISTATS paper submission audit. Reopen the current Call for Papers, OpenReview group, style files, FAQ, and proceedings instructions before giving deadline-ready advice.
Submission audit
- Confirm the target is the main AISTATS conference, not a workshop or tutorial.
- Verify OpenReview profiles, conflicts, subject areas, title, abstract, author list, and reviewer-volunteer obligations before the abstract and full-paper deadlines.
- Apply the current style file without spacing, margin, font, or bibliography hacks. AISTATS 2026 used 8 pages of main text for submission, excluding references and appendices.
- Submit supplementary material by the current supplement deadline. In 2026 this was a separate deadline after the main paper deadline, and supplementary uploads were optional but had to remain anonymous.
- Include or complete the reproducibility checklist if the current cycle requires it.
- Enforce double-blind anonymity in paper text, appendix, supplement, code/data, file names, metadata, repository links, acknowledgements, grants, and self-citations.
- Check concurrent-submission rules and prior-publication status. Do not put the same work under review at another archival venue when AISTATS forbids it.
Blocking risks
- Late abstract or full-paper upload.
- Overlength main text or modified style.
- Non-anonymized supplement, metadata, repository, or appendix.
- Missing reproducibility checklist or required OpenReview fields.
- Dual submission to another archival venue.
- Unclear statistical evidence, weak baselines, or missing uncertainty analysis.
Desk-reject and triage table
| Trigger | Severity at AISTATS | Repair window |
|---|---|---|
| Overlength main text | Desk reject | None after the deadline |
| Style-file tampering | Desk reject or chair flag | None |
| Identity leak in PDF or supplement | Desk reject | None |
| Checklist contradicting the paper | Review-stage damage | Only before the deadline |
| Theorem assumptions absent from the body | Review-stage damage | Fixable in the writing pass |
Final-week sequence for a theory-plus-experiments paper
- Freeze theorem statements and renumber assumptions; reviewers cross-reference labels.
- Regenerate every figure from seeded scripts so supplement and PDF cannot diverge.
- Fill the checklist against what the paper actually contains, not what is planned.
- Strip PDF metadata, notebook authorship fields, and repository owner strings.
- Confirm the OpenReview abstract matches the PDF abstract word for word.
Format anchors
- AISTATS uses a two-column PMLR-style layout; display equations and algorithm blocks that fit a one-column draft routinely overflow, so compress math early rather than on deadline night.
- The page counts cited above describe the 2026 cycle; treat every number as provisional and recheck the current Call for Papers before relying on it.
Output format
[AISTATS readiness] Ready / Needs fixes / Not ready
[Blocking checks] <OpenReview/page/anonymity/supplement/reproducibility/dual-submission>
[Statistical-evidence risk] <one issue>
[Desk-reject risk] <one issue>
[Fix order] <ordered fixes before submission>