Desk Rejection Policy

Conditions under which submissions are rejected without full review.

This policy is part of the Submission Guidelines. Submissions that meet any of the conditions below are rejected without full review during the initial checks of the review process.

Conditions for Desk Rejection

Scope and Format

  • Out of scope: No connection to any of the conference’s Cross-AI Topics.
  • Formatting violations: Exceeding the page limit for the submission type, or not using the required template.
  • Incomplete submissions: Missing required materials, such as the e-poster for Poster-Only submissions, or the demo video for Demo Papers and Demo-Only submissions.
  • Late submissions: Submission after the stated deadline.

Authors and Submission Limits

  • Anonymity violations: Author names, affiliations, or other identifying information in Full and Short Paper submissions, which are reviewed double-blind; see Review Type and Anonymity.
  • Missing author accounts: Authors without an account on the conference management system, or not added to the submission with the email address of that account.
  • Submission limit exceeded: Exceeding any Submission Limit. All related submissions are desk-rejected.
  • Missing or invalid reviewer nomination: Paper submissions without a required or valid reviewer nomination.

AI Usage Policy Violations

Submissions that violate the AI Usage Policy are desk-rejected, including undisclosed substantive AI use, substantial unverified AI-generated content, and AI-generated fabricated or falsified content. See Unacceptable Practices in the AI Usage Policy for their definitions.

Research Integrity Violations

Submissions that violate the Research Integrity Policy are desk-rejected, including plagiarism, simultaneous or prior submission, and fabricated or falsified content. See General Violations in that policy for their definitions.

Technical Issues

  • Serious technical issues: Issues found during the initial checks, such as unsupported claims, inconsistent results, or flawed derivations.

Decisions and Finality

All flagged issues are confirmed by the Program Chairs before any desk rejection. Desk-rejected submissions do not undergo full peer review. Desk-rejection decisions are final with respect to the submission concerned.

Research Integrity Cases

A case involving an alleged serious research integrity violation that may warrant additional sanctions, including a submission ban, is handled separately under the Research Integrity Policy. Any such sanction is imposed only after the violation has been substantiated through the procedures in that policy, including an appropriate opportunity for the authors concerned to respond.

The finality of a desk-rejection decision does not preclude a separate research integrity investigation or sanctions under that policy.