Submissions

Submission Deadlines are due 11:59 p.m. Anywhere on Earth (AoE)

You are invited to contribute a presentation for this conference in one of the formats listed below, under “Submission Formats.”

Abstract and Paper Submission Instructions

Paper Submission Instructions

Important Dates

Abstract Submission Deadline: April 10, 2026, 11:59 p.m. Anywhere on Earth (AoE) (abstract required to submit a full paper)

Full Paper Submission Deadline: April 17, 2026, 11:59 p.m. Anywhere on Earth (AoE)

Decision Notification: Early July 2026

Dual Submission Policy

Submissions that are identical (or substantially similar) to versions that have been previously published, or accepted for publication, or that have been submitted in parallel to this or other conferences or journals, are not allowed and violate our dual submission policy. Papers that have been submitted to archival repositories such as arXiv may be submitted to SDM 2026.

Paper Format

All research papers should have a maximum length of eight (8) pages, including all text and figures. References and appendices are unlimited and may not be reviewed. Authors should use U.S. Letter (8.5" x 11") paper size.

Papers must be prepared in LaTeX2e, and formatted using SIAM’s double column macro. The macro is available here. Make sure you use the SIAM macro; papers prepared using other macros will not be accepted.

Review will be triple blind: submissions must be anonymized. Violations of the blind policy will result in rejection without review. Having papers on arXiv is allowed per the dual submission policy outlined below.

Conflict of Interest Guidelines for Submissions

As part of the submission procedure authors are asked to mark conflicts of interest with Program Committee members.

A paper author has a conflict of interest with a Program Committee member if any of the following hold:

1. The Program Committee member is an advisee or adviser of any one of the authors. This applies to current and former advisees and advisers.
2. The Program Committee member is a collaborator or co-author within the last two years of one of the authors. Collaborations include joint papers published or in submission as well as joint projects either in progress or within the last two years.
3. The Program Committee member is a relative or close personal friend of one of the authors.
4. The Program Committee member is part of the same organization or has been a part of the same organization as one of the authors within the last two years.

Inaccurate representation of conflicts of interest can result in the paper being rejected without review at the discretion of the program chairs.

Authorial Integrity in Scientific Publication

SIAM Policies and Procedures on Authorial Integrity

Policy on Large Language Models like ChatGPT

Authors are not prohibited from using large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT to edit or polish the authors’ written text. However, the authors are responsible for ensuring the originality and correctness of the entire content of the paper. If the proposed research method involves the use of LLMs or comparison against existing LLMs, the paper needs to provide sufficient details on the methodology and implementation to ensure transparency and reproducibility (e.g., adding a paragraph on “use of large language model”). Authors will be required to disclose the use of LLMs in the paper submission form.

Submission Instructions

Visit SDM26 OpenReview submission site to register your abstract and upload your manuscript.

Submission Deadlines

Abstract Submission Deadline: April 10, 2026, 11:59 p.m. Anywhere on Earth (AoE)

Paper Submission Deadline: April 17, 2026, 11:59 p.m. Anywhere on Earth (AoE)

All questions regarding paper submissions must be sent via email to the Program Co-Chairs: Anuj Karpatne ([email protected]) and Joyce Ho ([email protected])