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The NeurIPS 2026 April Newsletter is now available on our blog: https://lnkd.in/gVKUhyPB If you would like to receive these newsletters directly by email, please subscribe to the newsletter mailing list under your profile: https://lnkd.in/guV9aq3A

Following positive feedback from other venues, like STOC and ICML, NeurIPS is pleased to announce a new initiative in partnership with Google: for NeurIPS 2026, authors will have access to Google's Paper Assistant Tool (PAT) to help improve their submissions.  This program offers authors the opportunity to receive free, automated, and actionable feedback on their manuscripts before the final deadline, private to the authors. It is a completely optional service that is kept strictly private to the authors and will not be used in the review process. Read more in our blog post: https://lnkd.in/gkzxA76F

A reminder to all authors planning to send a manuscript to NeurIPS that all submissions MUST have a valid OpenReview profile when submitting. Please be aware that OpenReview has a moderation policy for newly created profiles: while new profiles created with an institutional email will be activated automatically, those created without an institutional email will go through a moderation process that can take UP TO TWO WEEKS: please plan accordingly. We will be unable to make any exception for submissions from accounts initiated less than two weeks prior to the deadline. If you have any questions about the use of OpenReview, please refer to its FAQ: https://openreview.net/faq Read more on submission guidelines in our handbook: https://lnkd.in/gMMUu59p

NeurIPS 2026 is soliciting competition proposals on topics of interest to the NeurIPS community. Read the call for competitions for more information https://lnkd.in/gXdr-Fhg

NeurIPS encourages and benefits from a diversity of papers and ideas, which can be developed in many different ways. This year, Main Track submissions can select a Contribution Type, including General, Theory, Use-Inspired, Concept & Feasibility, and Negative Results. 

 More info at https://lnkd.in/gYyxmw-D and read some concrete examples in the companion blog post: https://lnkd.in/gMArHwQ4

The NeurIPS’26 Position Paper Track is soliciting self-nominations as Area Chair from community members for the 2026 Position Paper Track. Read more in our blog post: https://lnkd.in/gtAJ-D54 And if you think you would be a good fit, apply here: https://lnkd.in/gjQCnmfE

The NeurIPS 2026 submission site opening has been moved to April 15th. Note that all tracks (Main Submission, Evaluations & Datasets, and Position Papers) share the same dates. The final submission deadlines remain unchanged: • Paper Abstracts: May 4th (AOE) • Full Papers: May 6th (AOE)

The Position Paper Track is back at NeurIPS 2026 for the second year, with an expanded scope, and better alignment with the main and Evaluation and Dataset tracks! Head to the Call for Paper at https://lnkd.in/g7g7WYka for all the important dates and information and read our accompanying blog post at https://lnkd.in/gApcBYpU to learn more about the changes we are making this year and how we adapted the process based on the feedback we got from the community! The submission deadline is the same as for the main and ED track: May 6, 2026 AoE. We are looking forward to read your papers and any feedback you may have!

We want to speak directly to the concern many of you have expressed, and we owe you a clear explanation of what happened, why it happened, and where we stand now. We understand this situation caused genuine alarm and we take that seriously. In preparing the NeurIPS 2026 handbook, we included a link to a US government sanctions tool that covers a significantly broader set of restrictions than those NeurIPS is actually required to follow. This error was due to miscommunication between the NeurIPS Foundation and our legal team; there was never an intention to restrict participation beyond our mandatory compliance obligations. The responsibility for that error is ours as an organization, and we deeply apologize for the alarm and impact this miscommunication had on our community. We have updated the link and clarified the text of our policy, which is consistent with that of ACM and IEEE, as well as other international conferences and NeurIPS in the past. As in previous years, NeurIPS welcomes submissions from all compliant institutions and individuals. We want to reiterate that NeurIPS is a community-driven event, created by and for the community, and strives to be inclusive. The NeurIPS 2026 organizing committee was particularly saddened to learn of this institutional miscommunication. The organizing committee has taken on the responsibility of running the conference this year with the goal of fostering open communication, knowledge sharing, and global scientific discourse. We thank the community for bringing this issue to our attention and working with us through this situation.

NeurIPS is aware of the community's concerns regarding the list of sanctions. NeurIPS is an inclusive community focused on free scientific discourse. We deeply value the research that comes from everyone in our community. The present concerns are not about science or academic freedom. They are about legal requirements that apply to the NeurIPS Foundation, which is responsible for complying with sanctions. We are actively consulting legal counsel to fully understand the legal constraints and we will update the NeurIPS community as soon as we have reliable guidance from our lawyers.