Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

All submissions must be written in English. Papers should be submitted electronically, in PDF format, through the EasyChair submission system, by selecting the “Full and Short Papers” track.

The abstract submission is a mandatory registration of the paper and must include the paper title, abstract, and complete author list.

Authors should therefore ensure that the complete and correct author list is entered in the submission system before the abstract submission deadline. Submissions that do not comply with this requirement may be rejected without review or at a later stage of the review process.

We encourage two types of submissions, in the ACM two-column format. Reviewers will be asked to comment on whether the length is appropriate for the contribution.

We recommend that supplementary material is linked to an external source using an anonymized link.

Submissions must be anonymous, as ACM UMAP uses a double-blind review process. Authors must omit their names and affiliations from submissions and avoid obvious identifying statements. Citations to the authors’ prior work should be written in the third person. Failure to anonymize a submission may result in desk rejection.

It is acceptable to explicitly refer in the paper to companies or organizations that provided datasets, hosted experiments, or deployed solutions, provided that this does not imply that the authors are currently affiliated with the organization. To release code or additional materials while preserving anonymity, authors should use an anonymous repository such as https://anonymous.4open.science.

Preprints. Authors may post and update non-peer-reviewed preprints on preprint servers such as arXiv, personal websites, or institutional repositories before submission and throughout the review period. These versions may include authors’ names and affiliations. Such posting is not considered prior archival publication or dual submission. The prohibition on simultaneous submission to another publication venue remains in force.

The manuscript submitted to UMAP and all supplementary materials and author-provided resources supplied for review must comply with the anonymity requirements above. Review materials must not link to a non-anonymous preprint of the submitted work. Posting a preprint does not require changing the submission’s title or abstract.

Reviewers must not actively seek the authors’ identities. Awareness of a preprint is not, by itself, grounds for rejecting a submission; any resulting conflict of interest must be reported to the Program Chairs. Evaluation will be based on the submitted version and material provided through the official review process, not on subsequent updates to public preprints.

Following the ACM Publication Workflow, all authors must submit manuscripts for review in the ACM double-column format. Instructions for authors are given below:

Plagiarized papers will not be accepted. Our committees will be checking the plagiarism level of all submitted papers to ensure content originality using an automated tool. If you reuse non-novel text from a prior publication (e.g., the description of an algorithm or dataset), please be sure to cite the prior publication as the source of that text. If you have questions about the reuse of text or simultaneous submission, please contact the program chairs at least one week prior to the submission deadline. Please refer to the ACM Publishing License Agreement and Authorship Policy for further details.

Authors must comply with the ACM Policy on Authorship and the ACM policy on the use of AI.

When AI tools were used as part of the research process, for example, in research design or methodology, data creation or selection, experiment design, data generation or collection, coding, model implementation, simulations, data analysis, testing, validation, deployment, or the creation of research artifacts such as code, datasets, figures, or charts, the specific use of these tools must be described in the methods section of the paper, in accordance with ACM policy.

The use of AI tools solely to assist with writing or editing the manuscript does not require disclosure.

Authors remain fully responsible and accountable for all content in their submission, including inaccuracies, plagiarism, misrepresentation, fabricated material, or other integrity violations, regardless of whether AI tools were used.

Submissions that are primarily generated by AI tools without substantial intellectual contributions from the human authors are prohibited and will be considered spam. Only humans may be listed as authors of submitted papers.

For further details, authors should consult the ACM Policy on Authorship and the ACM Frequently Asked Questions concerning the use of generative AI software tools.

Papers violating these requirements, or any other ACM policy concerning academic integrity, are subject to rejection without review. Cases may also be referred to the ACM Publications Ethics and Plagiarism Committee where warranted.

Authors are strongly encouraged to provide “alt text” (alternative text) for floats (images, tables, etc.) in their content so that readers with disabilities can be given descriptive information for these floats that are important to the work. The descriptive text will be displayed in place of a float if the float cannot be loaded. This benefits the author and it broadens the reader base for the author’s work. Moreover, the alt text provides in-depth float descriptions to search engine crawlers, which helps to properly index these floats. Additionally, authors should follow the ACM Accessibility Recommendations for Publishing in Color and SIG ACCESS guidelines on describing figures.

All submissions and reviews will be handled electronically. ACM UMAP has a no dual submission policy, which is why submitted manuscripts should not be currently under review at another publication venue. Particularly, please consider the following ACM’s publication policies:

ACM UMAP uses a double-blind review process. Authors must omit their names and affiliations from their submissions; they should also avoid obvious identifying statements. Submissions not abiding by anonymity requirements will be desk rejected. Reviewers will evaluate papers based on their significance, originality, rigor, and contribution to the field. Papers that are out of scope, incomplete, or lack sufficient evidence to support the basic claims, may be rejected without full review. Furthermore, reviewers will be asked to comment on whether the length is appropriate for the contribution. In addition, a rebuttal stage will allow authors to respond to the reviews and clarify factual errors or misunderstandings before final decisions are made.

The ACM Code of Ethics gives the UMAP program committee the right to (desk-)reject papers that perpetuate harmful stereotypes, employ unethical research practices, or uncritically present outcomes/implications that clearly disadvantage minoritized communities. Reviewers will be asked to consider whether the research was conducted in compliance with professional ethical standards and applicable regulatory guidelines.

ACM UMAP expects papers to include a discussion of the ethical considerations, as well as the impact of the presented work and/or its intended application, where appropriate. ACM UMAP further expects all authors to comply with ethical standards and regulatory guidelines associated with human subjects research, including research involving human participants and research using personally identifiable data. Papers reporting on such human subjects research must include a statement identifying any regulatory review the research is subject to (and identifying the form of approval provided), or explaining the lack of required review.

Accepted papers are published by ACM and available via the ACM Digital Library. The official publication date is when the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks before the first day of the conference. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work.

Accepted papers will be subject to further revision to meet the requirements of the camera-ready format required by ACM. We strongly recommend the usage of LaTeX/Overleaf for the camera-ready papers to minimize the extent of reformatting. Users of the Word template must use either the version for Microsoft Word for Windows, Macintosh Office 2011, or Macintosh Office 2016 (other formats, such as Open Office, etc., are not admitted) for the camera-ready submission to avoid incompatibility issues.

Instructions for preparing the camera-ready versions of accepted papers will be provided after acceptance. This might include instructions to prepare a video of the accepted contribution. Camera-ready versions of accepted papers will be later submitted using ACM’s new production platform, where authors will be able to review PDF and HTML output formats before publication.

Since January 1, 2026, ACM has fully transitioned to Open Access. All ACM publications, including those from ACM-sponsored conferences, are 100% Open Access. Authors have two primary options for publishing Open Access articles with ACM: the ACM Open institutional model or by paying Article Processing Charges (APCs). With over 2,600 institutions already part of ACM Open, the majority of ACM-sponsored conference papers will not require APCs from authors or conferences (currently, around 76%).

Authors from institutions not participating in ACM Open need to pay an APC to publish their papers, unless they qualify for a financial waiver. To find out whether an APC applies to your article, please consult the list of participating institutions in ACM Open and review the ACM policy on discretionary Open Access APC waivers. Keep in mind that waivers are rare and are granted based on specific criteria set by ACM.

For more information about the APC fees and policies, please refer to the policy page.