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Conference Research by nanoagentteam

Name: Conference Research
Author: nanoagentteam

Conference Research

Academic venue paper discovery — activate when you need to find papers accepted at specific conferences or journals (ACL, EMNLP, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, MLSys, etc.), analyze venue acceptance preferences, or look up CFP requirements.

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[SKILL: CONFERENCE RESEARCH PROTOCOL]

When researching papers from specific academic venues, standard arxiv_search with venue names WILL FAIL — conference names never appear in arXiv paper titles. Use the source-specific strategies below instead.

Source Priority (try in order)

1. NLP Venues: ACL / EMNLP / NAACL / EACL / COLING

ACL Anthology is the authoritative proceedings database for all ACL-family venues.

web_search: site:aclanthology.org "{topic}" {year}
web_search: site:aclanthology.org "{year}.{venue-code}-main"

Venue codes: acl-long, acl-short, emnlp-main, naacl-main, eacl-main

Examples:

EMNLP 2024 long-document papers → site:aclanthology.org "long document" 2024.emnlp-main
ACL 2023 RAG papers → site:aclanthology.org "retrieval augmented" 2023.acl-long

2. ML Venues: NeurIPS / ICLR / ICML

All three now use OpenReview. Do NOT use site:proceedings.mlr.press — it is not well-indexed by web search. Do NOT quote the topic phrase; use bare keywords:

web_search: site:openreview.net {topic keywords} NeurIPS 2024
web_search: site:openreview.net {topic keywords} ICLR 2024
web_search: site:openreview.net {topic keywords} ICML 2024

Examples:

NeurIPS 2024 long context papers → site:openreview.net long context NeurIPS 2024
ICLR 2025 RAG papers → site:openreview.net retrieval augmented generation ICLR 2025

3. Systems Venues: MLSys / OSDI / SOSP / EuroSys

Use DBLP:

web_search: site:dblp.org {venue-abbrev} {year} {topic keywords}

If DBLP returns no results, fall back to a plain web search:

web_search: {venue} {year} {topic keywords} accepted papers

4. Cross-Venue Search via Semantic Scholar

web_search: site:semanticscholar.org "{topic}" venue:"{Conference Full Name}"

5. CFP and Acceptance Criteria

To find Call for Papers, review criteria, or scope descriptions:

web_search: "{Conference} {year} call for papers"
web_search: "{Conference} {year} submission guidelines"
web_search: "{Conference} {year} review criteria"
web_search: "{Conference} {year} acceptance rate topics"

Critical Anti-Patterns (NEVER do these)

❌ arxiv_search with ti:"ACL" or ti:"EMNLP" — conference names are not in arXiv paper titles
❌ Using arxiv_search alone to find venue-specific accepted papers
❌ Asserting conference preferences based on openalex metadata alone without cross-checking content
❌ Treating ACL Findings / Workshop as equivalent to Main Conference acceptance

Analysis Workflow (after collecting papers)

Note each paper's track (Main / Findings / Workshop) — do not conflate them
Group papers by methodological approach, not just topic keyword
Extract style signals from abstracts and method sections (theoretical vs empirical, task breadth vs depth)
Require ≥ 3 papers as evidence before stating a venue preference pattern
Cross-validate CFP scope text against the collected paper sample

---name: conference-researchdescription: Academic venue paper discovery — activate when you need to find papers accepted at specific conferences or journals (ACL, EMNLP, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, MLSys, etc.), analyze venue acceptance preferences, or look up CFP requirements.---[SKILL: CONFERENCE RESEARCH PROTOCOL]When researching papers from specific academic venues, standard `arxiv_search` with venue names WILL FAIL — conference names never appear in arXiv paper titles. Use the source-specific strategies below instead.## Source Priority (try in order)### 1. NLP Venues: ACL / EMNLP / NAACL / EACL / COLINGACL Anthology is the authoritative proceedings database for all ACL-family venues.```web_search: site:aclanthology.org "{topic}" {year}web_search: site:aclanthology.org "{year}.{venue-code}-main"```Venue codes: `acl-long`, `acl-short`, `emnlp-main`, `naacl-main`, `eacl-main`Examples:- EMNLP 2024 long-document papers → `site:aclanthology.org "long document" 2024.emnlp-main`- ACL 2023 RAG papers → `site:aclanthology.org "retrieval augmented" 2023.acl-long`### 2. ML Venues: NeurIPS / ICLR / ICMLAll three now use OpenReview. Do NOT use `site:proceedings.mlr.press` — it is not well-indexed by web search.Do NOT quote the topic phrase; use bare keywords:```web_search: site:openreview.net {topic keywords} NeurIPS 2024web_search: site:openreview.net {topic keywords} ICLR 2024web_search: site:openreview.net {topic keywords} ICML 2024```Examples:- NeurIPS 2024 long context papers → `site:openreview.net long context NeurIPS 2024`- ICLR 2025 RAG papers → `site:openreview.net retrieval augmented generation ICLR 2025`### 3. Systems Venues: MLSys / OSDI / SOSP / EuroSysUse DBLP:```web_search: site:dblp.org {venue-abbrev} {year} {topic keywords}```If DBLP returns no results, fall back to a plain web search:```web_search: {venue} {year} {topic keywords} accepted papers```### 4. Cross-Venue Search via Semantic Scholar```web_search: site:semanticscholar.org "{topic}" venue:"{Conference Full Name}"```### 5. CFP and Acceptance CriteriaTo find Call for Papers, review criteria, or scope descriptions:```web_search: "{Conference} {year} call for papers"web_search: "{Conference} {year} submission guidelines"web_search: "{Conference} {year} review criteria"web_search: "{Conference} {year} acceptance rate topics"```## Critical Anti-Patterns (NEVER do these)- ❌ `arxiv_search` with `ti:"ACL"` or `ti:"EMNLP"` — conference names are not in arXiv paper titles- ❌ Using `arxiv_search` alone to find venue-specific accepted papers- ❌ Asserting conference preferences based on openalex metadata alone without cross-checking content- ❌ Treating ACL Findings / Workshop as equivalent to Main Conference acceptance## Analysis Workflow (after collecting papers)1. Note each paper's track (Main / Findings / Workshop) — do not conflate them2. Group papers by methodological approach, not just topic keyword3. Extract style signals from abstracts and method sections (theoretical vs empirical, task breadth vs depth)4. Require ≥ 3 papers as evidence before stating a venue preference pattern5. Cross-validate CFP scope text against the collected paper sample

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