MobiSys Submission
Use this for a MobiSys paper submission audit. Reopen the current Call for Papers, the
mobisys<yy>.hotcrp.com/deadlines page, and the ACM template before giving deadline-ready
advice.
Submission audit
- Confirm the target is the MobiSys main conference, not a workshop, poster, or demo track.
- Complete paper registration (title, abstract, authors, conflicts) before the
registration cutoff that precedes the paper deadline — missing it forfeits the upload.
- Apply the current ACM double-column template without margin, font, or spacing hacks. MobiSys
2026 capped the body at 12 single-spaced numbered pages including figures and tables;
references and appendices sit outside the cap.
- Enforce double-blind anonymity in the paper, appendix, supplement, demo media, code, file
names, and metadata — including device serial numbers, account handles in screenshots,
internal codenames, and repository owners in trace paths.
- Confirm concurrent-submission and prior-publication status; do not have the same work under
review at another archival venue when the CFP forbids it.
- Verify the submission is on the correct per-edition HotCRP site and that the upload matches
the registered abstract.
Blocking risks
- Missing paper registration, or a late upload against the single December UTC cutoff.
- Overlength body, or figures/tables that push past 12 pages (they count).
- Identity leak in the PDF, supplement, demo media, screenshots, or trace paths.
- Simulation-only evidence where on-device measurement is expected (
mobisys-experiments).
- Dual submission to another archival venue.
Desk-reject and triage table
| Trigger |
Severity at MobiSys |
Repair window |
| Overlength body (figures counted) |
Desk reject |
None after the deadline |
| Template tampering |
Desk reject or chair flag |
None |
| Identity leak in PDF, media, or trace paths |
Desk reject |
None |
| Missing paper registration |
Cannot submit |
Only before the registration cutoff |
| Undefined energy boundary / single-device result |
Review-stage damage |
Fixable only before the deadline |
Final-week sequence for an on-device systems paper
- Freeze the system and regenerate every figure from logged device runs so the PDF and
artifact cannot diverge.
- Run the anonymity sweep including screenshots, demo media, and trace-path device strings.
- Confirm the 12-page body still holds after figure placement; move overflow to the appendix.
- Strip PDF metadata, notebook authorship fields, and repository owner strings.
- Confirm the HotCRP abstract matches the PDF abstract, then upload before the UTC cutoff —
there is no second deadline this cycle.
Format anchors
- MobiSys uses a two-column ACM layout; wide device tables and multi-panel latency/energy
plots that fit a one-column draft routinely overflow, so compress early rather than on
deadline night.
- The page count and rules above describe the 2026 cycle; treat every number as provisional and
recheck the current CFP before relying on it.
Output format
[MobiSys readiness] Ready / Needs fixes / Not ready
[Blocking checks] <registration/deadline/page/anonymity/evidence/dual-submission>
[On-device-evidence risk] <one issue>
[Desk-reject risk] <one issue>
[Fix order] <ordered fixes before submission>
