AISTATS Camera Ready
Use this after acceptance. Reopen the current AISTATS camera-ready instructions, PMLR author
kit, registration page, presentation policy, and OpenReview decision email before advising
authors.
Camera-ready audit
- Convert the anonymous submission to the public proceedings version: names, affiliations,
acknowledgements, funding, code/data links, and author metadata.
- Apply the current final-page limit. AISTATS 2026 allowed a 9-page camera-ready body,
excluding references and supplementary material.
- Check PMLR formatting, title/abstract metadata, author order, bibliography, appendix
placement, and any required release or copyright forms.
- Resolve reviewer and meta-review concerns without changing the accepted contribution beyond
normal camera-ready clarification.
- Prepare public artifacts: repository, data, model checkpoints, environment files, and
archival links after anonymity no longer matters.
- Confirm registration and presentation obligations. AISTATS 2026 required in-person
attendance by at least one author for each accepted paper, with no remote presentation.
PMLR two-column reflow
- AISTATS proceedings use a two-column PMLR layout; switching the style file from anonymous
to accepted mode changes spacing, so recheck every page break, figure placement, and table
width after the flip.
- Wide theorem environments, long display equations, and multi-panel rate plots often need
full-width spans; verify nothing is clipped at column boundaries.
- Material that fit the submission body can overflow once the author block, acknowledgements,
and funding lines are added; the extra camera-ready page usually absorbs this, but confirm
rather than assume.
- Keep theorem, assumption, and equation numbering identical to the reviewed version so the
meta-review and discussion record remain traceable to the final text.
De-anonymization sweep
- Restore the author block, acknowledgements, grants, and any contribution statements the
anonymous version stripped.
- Rewrite self-citations into natural first-person form where it improves clarity.
- Replace anonymized repository placeholders with the public, licensed, citable archive and
test every link from a logged-out browser.
Worked example: integrating a reviewer fix
The meta-review asked that a bounded-noise assumption move from the appendix into the main
text. Camera-ready move: add the assumption to the theorem statement, one justification
sentence, and a pointer to the appendix discussion — without strengthening the result into
something the reviewers never evaluated.
Hedged logistics
- Registration pricing, copyright-form mechanics, and exact camera-ready dates change every
cycle; confirm against the decision email and the current proceedings instructions.
Output format
[Camera-ready status] Ready / Needs fixes / Blocked
[Final package] <PDF/source/bib/metadata/PMLR forms/artifacts>
[Policy checks] <page/authors/presentation/registration/artifact release>
[Reviewer-change map] <concern -> final edit>
[Remaining owner] <person -> task>
1---2name: aistats-camera-ready3description: Use when preparing accepted AISTATS papers for PMLR camera-ready submission, covering the 9-page final body, two-column layout reflow, author de-anonymization, proceedings forms, metadata, final appendix handling, registration, in-person presentation obligations, and public artifact release.4---56# AISTATS Camera Ready78Use this after acceptance. Reopen the current AISTATS camera-ready instructions, PMLR author9kit, registration page, presentation policy, and OpenReview decision email before advising10authors.1112## Camera-ready audit1314- Convert the anonymous submission to the public proceedings version: names, affiliations,15 acknowledgements, funding, code/data links, and author metadata.16- Apply the current final-page limit. AISTATS 2026 allowed a 9-page camera-ready body,17 excluding references and supplementary material.18- Check PMLR formatting, title/abstract metadata, author order, bibliography, appendix19 placement, and any required release or copyright forms.20- Resolve reviewer and meta-review concerns without changing the accepted contribution beyond21 normal camera-ready clarification.22- Prepare public artifacts: repository, data, model checkpoints, environment files, and23 archival links after anonymity no longer matters.24- Confirm registration and presentation obligations. AISTATS 2026 required in-person25 attendance by at least one author for each accepted paper, with no remote presentation.2627## PMLR two-column reflow2829- AISTATS proceedings use a two-column PMLR layout; switching the style file from anonymous30 to accepted mode changes spacing, so recheck every page break, figure placement, and table31 width after the flip.32- Wide theorem environments, long display equations, and multi-panel rate plots often need33 full-width spans; verify nothing is clipped at column boundaries.34- Material that fit the submission body can overflow once the author block, acknowledgements,35 and funding lines are added; the extra camera-ready page usually absorbs this, but confirm36 rather than assume.37- Keep theorem, assumption, and equation numbering identical to the reviewed version so the38 meta-review and discussion record remain traceable to the final text.3940## De-anonymization sweep4142- Restore the author block, acknowledgements, grants, and any contribution statements the43 anonymous version stripped.44- Rewrite self-citations into natural first-person form where it improves clarity.45- Replace anonymized repository placeholders with the public, licensed, citable archive and46 test every link from a logged-out browser.4748## Worked example: integrating a reviewer fix4950The meta-review asked that a bounded-noise assumption move from the appendix into the main51text. Camera-ready move: add the assumption to the theorem statement, one justification52sentence, and a pointer to the appendix discussion — without strengthening the result into53something the reviewers never evaluated.5455## Hedged logistics5657- Registration pricing, copyright-form mechanics, and exact camera-ready dates change every58 cycle; confirm against the decision email and the current proceedings instructions.5960## Output format6162```text63[Camera-ready status] Ready / Needs fixes / Blocked64[Final package] <PDF/source/bib/metadata/PMLR forms/artifacts>65[Policy checks] <page/authors/presentation/registration/artifact release>66[Reviewer-change map] <concern -> final edit>67[Remaining owner] <person -> task>68```
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