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>
