We will begin accepting submissions for PEARC25 in January 2025 through EasyChair. Manuscripts must be submitted by the deadline for each submission type [Important Dates]. All submissions will be peer-reviewed for quality and relevance to the ACM PEARC community. Authors should submit to the track that best fits their subject, but submissions may be re-assigned by the Technical Program Committee (TPC) based on track relevance. We expect that the proceedings will be published when the conference opens.
Paper Templates (Full Papers, Short Papers, Posters & Visualization)
Authors should prepare their Full Papers, Short Papers, and extended abstracts for Posters & Visualization using the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) templates below. Papers not adhering to the submission requirements (e.g., exceeding the page limit) will be returned without review.
Please read the ACM Author Representation Policy. Note that at least one author of an accepted Full or Short paper must attend the conference to present the work.
Templates are available as follows:
As a Microsoft Word template.
As a template in Overleaf.
ACM has partnered with Overleaf, a free cloud-based collaborative authoring tool, to provide an ACM LaTeX template. LaTeX is a markup language used for typesetting documents, popular for producing technical documents, and handling equations and bibliographies. Overleaf can import .bib bibliography files (e.g., from EndNote); see this article for details.
As a LaTeX template (outside of Overleaf).
Note whether using Overleaf or another LaTeX editor, regardless of default document class settings in the template, please set the documentclass to \documentclass[manuscript]{acmart}
For more information on how to prepare your article with LaTeX and Microsoft Word and other publication production information, please visit the ACM Publication workflow page.
A helpful tip for Figures: If you have several figures in your paper, inserting figures in pairs may be beneficial to conserve space while complying with the submission format guidelines. That is, combine two figures into one single image and insert that into your paper.
Full Papers
Full Papers (up to 12 pages as laid out in the single-column submission format, including the references section) are expected to represent significant, novel work relevant to the ACM PEARC conference community. Full Paper submissions that are not judged by reviewers to meet the threshold for acceptance can be resubmitted as Short Papers (the deadline for short papers is intentionally later than for Full Papers for this reason). Papers re-submitted as Short Papers are still subject to the standard review process for Short Papers.
Short Papers
Short Papers (up to 6 pages as laid out in the single-column submission format, including the references section) describe work in progress or less substantial results (e.g., lacking full implementation or evaluation, etc.). Note that full papers previously rejected and modified for resubmission as short papers are reviewed independently of the original submission.
Posters & Visualization
Poster and Visualization proposals should be submitted as extended abstracts (up to 4 pages as laid out in the single-column submission format, including the references section) describing the work to be presented. Authors should use one of the ACM templates provided above.
Submissions not adhering to the submission guidelines will be returned without review. For example, papers exceeding the submission page limit. All page lengths are inclusive of references, images, and tables.
ACM Publications Policies (Full Papers, Short Papers, Posters & Visualization)
By submitting your article to an ACM Publication, you are hereby acknowledging that you and your co-authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies, including ACM’s new Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects. Alleged violations of this policy or any ACM Publications Policy will be investigated by ACM and may result in a full retraction of your paper, in addition to other potential penalties, as per ACM Publications Policy. https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/research-involving-human-participants-and-subjects
Please ensure that you and your co-authors obtain an ORCID ID, so you can complete the publishing process for your accepted paper. ACM has been involved in ORCID from the start and we have recently made a commitment to collect ORCID IDs from all of our published authors. The collection process has started and will roll out as a requirement throughout 2022. We are committed to improve author discoverability, ensure proper attribution and contribute to ongoing community efforts around name normalization; your ORCID ID will help in these efforts.
Paper Novelty (Full Papers, Short Papers, Posters & Visualization)
Paper Novelty (applies only to Full Papers, Short Papers and Posters & Visualization submissions): ACM PEARC will review all papers in accordance with the published ACM Plagiarism Policy. Under no circumstances should authors submit previously published work, submit the same work simultaneously to multiple venues, or submit papers that plagiarize the work of other authors. These rules also apply to self-plagiarization without proper attribution. Like other conferences and journals, ACM PEARC prohibits these practices and may take action against authors who engage in them. In some cases, the program committee may share information about submitted papers with other conference chairs and journal editors to ensure the integrity of the papers under consideration. If the Technical Program Committee discovers a violation of these principles, sanctions may include but are not limited to, contacting the authors’ institutions and publicizing the details of the case.
The ACM policy on simultaneous submissions does not consider technical reports to be concurrent publication.
Generative AI Policy (All Tracks)
The use of generative AI tools to prepare the manuscript is permitted, and it is the authors’ responsibility to ensure that this does not result in plagiarized or false content. Additionally, authors must disclose the use of generative AI in the acknowledgments or appendix section. Please review the ACM Policy on Authorship and the Frequently Asked Questions section for policies for using generative AI, authorship criteria, and unacceptable authorship practices.
Student Submissions (Full Papers, Short Papers, Posters & Visualization)
To qualify as a student submission (either Student Full Paper or Student Short Paper or Student Poster), the following conditions must be satisfied:
- The first author must be a student, and there can be other student collaborators. Additional staff and faculty collaborators are allowed.
- The first author must be responsible for the majority of the work.
- The first author must be enrolled as a full-time student when the work is done.
- The first author must provide the contact information of their faculty advisor. (Track chair may contact the advisor for student status verification.)
- At least one of the student authors of an accepted paper must attend the conference to present the work.
Submissions with primary student authors will be reviewed along with the rest of the submissions without any special consideration. However, student submissions will be evaluated for Awards in their own category.
Layout Guidelines (Tutorials & Workshops, Panels & BoFs, Presentation-only Abstracts)
No ACM template is required for any submissions other than Full Papers, Short Papers, and extended abstracts for Posters and Visualization Showcase.
For all other submission types, authors should use standard letter-sized pages (8.5 by 11 inches), at least a 10-point font, no more than 6 lines per inch, and at least 1-inch margins on all sides. The required number of pages for each submission type can be found in the CFP for each respective submission type.