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002 Submission and Formatting Instructions for
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Authors must provide their manuscripts in PDF format. Fur- 0.1. Submitting Final Camera-Ready Copy
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thermore, please make sure that files contain only embedded
012 The final versions of papers accepted for publication should
Type-1 fonts (e.g., using the program pdffonts in linux
013 follow the same format and naming convention as initial
or using File/DocumentProperties/Fonts in Acrobat). Other
014 submissions, except that author information (names and af-
fonts (like Type-3) might come from graphics files imported
015 filiations) should be given. See Section 1.3.2 for formatting
into the document.
016 instructions.
017 Authors using Word must convert their document to PDF.
018 The footnote, “Preliminary work. Under review by the
Most of the latest versions of Word have the facility to do
019 International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML).
this automatically. Submissions will not be accepted in
020 Do not distribute.” must be modified to “Proceedings of
Word format or any format other than PDF. Really. We’re
021 the 38 th International Conference on Machine Learning,
not joking. Don’t send Word.
022 Online, PMLR 139, 2021. Copyright 2021 by the author(s).”
Those who use LATEX should avoid including Type-3 fonts.
023 For those using the LATEX style file, this change (and
Those using latex and dvips may need the following
024 others) is handled automatically by simply changing
two commands:
025 \usepackage{icml2021} to
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027 \usepackage[accepted]{icml2021}
028 dvips -Ppdf -tletter -G0 -o paper.ps paper.dvi Authors using Word must edit the footnote on the first page
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of the document themselves.
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031 Camera-ready copies should have the title of the paper as
032 It is a zero following the “-G”, which tells dvips to use the running head on each page except the first one. The running
033 config.pdf file. Newer TEX distributions don’t always need title consists of a single line centered above a horizontal rule
034 this option. which is 1 point thick. The running head should be centered,
035 bold and in 9 point type. The rule should be 10 points
036 Using pdflatex rather than latex, often gives better above the main text. For those using the LATEX style file, the
037 results. This program avoids the Type-3 font problem, and original title is automatically set as running head using the
038 supports more advanced features in the microtype pack- fancyhdr package which is included in the ICML 2021
039 age. style file package. In case that the original title exceeds the
040 Graphics files should be a reasonable size, and included size restrictions, a shorter form can be supplied by using
041 from an appropriate format. Use vector formats (.eps/.pdf) \icmltitlerunning{...}
042 for plots, lossless bitmap formats (.png) for raster graphics
043 with sharp lines, and jpeg for photo-like images. just before \begin{document}. Authors using Word must
044 edit the header of the document themselves.
045 The style file uses the hyperref package to make click-
able links in documents. If this causes problems for you,
046 1. Format of the Paper
047 add nohyperref as one of the options to the icml2021
048 usepackage statement. All submissions must follow the specified format.
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050 Anonymous Country. Correspondence to: Anonymous Author 1.1. Dimensions
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The text of the paper should be formatted in two columns,
052 with an overall width of 6.75 inches, height of 9.0 inches,
Preliminary work. Under review by the International Conference
053 on Machine Learning (ICML). Do not distribute. and 0.25 inches between the columns. The left margin
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055 should be 0.75 inches and the top margin 1.0 inch (2.54 cm). affiliations.
056 The right and bottom margins will depend on whether you
Affiliations should be numbered in the order of appearance.
057 print on US letter or A4 paper, but all final versions must be
A single footnote block of text should be used to list all
058 produced for US letter size.
the affiliations. (Academic affiliations should list Depart-
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The paper body should be set in 10 point type with a vertical ment, University, City, State/Region, Country. Similarly for
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spacing of 11 points. Please use Times typeface throughout industrial affiliations.)
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the text.
062 Each distinct affiliations should be listed once. If an author
063 has multiple affiliations, multiple superscripts should be
064 1.2. Title placed after the name, separated by thin spaces. If the au-
065 The paper title should be set in 14 point bold type and thors would like to highlight equal contribution by multiple
066 centered between two horizontal rules that are 1 point thick, first authors, those authors should have an asterisk placed
067 with 1.0 inch between the top rule and the top edge of the after their name in superscript, and the term “* Equal contri-
068 page. Capitalize the first letter of content words and put the bution” should be placed in the footnote block ahead of the
069 rest of the title in lower case. list of affiliations. A list of corresponding authors and their
070 emails (in the format Full Name <email@domain.com>)
071 1.3. Author Information for Submission can follow the list of affiliations. Ideally only one or two
072 names should be listed.
073 ICML uses double-blind review, so author information
must not appear. If you are using LATEX and the A sample file with author names is included in the
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icml2021.sty file, use \icmlauthor{...} to spec- ICML2021 style file package. Turn on the [accepted]
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affiliations. (Read the TeX code used to produce this doc- guidelines above are implemented by the LATEX style file.
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079 not be printed unless accepted is passed as an argument 1.4. Abstract
080 to the style file. Submissions that include the author infor- The paper abstract should begin in the left column,
081 mation will not be reviewed. 0.4 inches below the final address. The heading ‘Abstract’
082 should be centered, bold, and in 11 point type. The abstract
083 1.3.1. S ELF -C ITATIONS body should use 10 point type, with a vertical spacing of
084 If you are citing published papers for which you are an 11 points, and should be indented 0.25 inches more than nor-
085 author, refer to yourself in the third person. In particular, do mal on left-hand and right-hand margins. Insert 0.4 inches
086 not use phrases that reveal your identity (e.g., “in previous of blank space after the body. Keep your abstract brief and
087 work (?), we have shown . . . ”). self-contained, limiting it to one paragraph and roughly 4–6
088 sentences. Gross violations will require correction at the
089 Do not anonymize citations in the reference section. The camera-ready phase.
090 only exception are manuscripts that are not yet published
091 (e.g., under submission). If you choose to refer to such 1.5. Partitioning the Text
092 unpublished manuscripts (?), anonymized copies have to be
093 submitted as Supplementary Material via CMT. However, You should organize your paper into sections and paragraphs
094 keep in mind that an ICML paper should be self contained to help readers place a structure on the material and under-
095 and should contain sufficient detail for the reviewers to stand its contributions.
096 evaluate the work. In particular, reviewers are not required
097 to look at the Supplementary Material when writing their 1.5.1. S ECTIONS AND S UBSECTIONS
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Section headings should be numbered, flush left, and set in
099 11 pt bold type with the content words capitalized. Leave
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0.25 inches of space before the heading and 0.15 inches
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If a paper is accepted, a final camera-ready copy must be
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prepared. For camera-ready papers, author information
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should start 0.3 inches below the bottom rule surrounding
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the title. The authors’ names should appear in 10 point
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bold type, in a row, separated by white space, and centered.
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Author names should not be broken across lines. Unbolded
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superscripted numbers, starting 1, should be used to refer to
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110 capitalized. Leave 0.18 inches of space before the heading Algorithm 1 Bubble Sort
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Please use no more than three levels of headings.
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where the point is most relevant. Place the footnote in
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9 point type at the bottom of the column in which it appears.
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148 2008) and International Workshops on Machine Learning (ML You may also want to include tables that summarize ma-
149 1988 – ML 1992). At the time this figure was produced, the terial. Like figures, these should be centered, legible, and
150 number of accepted papers for ICML 2008 was unknown and numbered consecutively. However, place the title above the
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152 the same after it, as in Table 1. The table title should be set
153 in 9 point type and centered unless it runs two or more lines,
154 1.6. Figures in which case it should be flush left.
155 You may want to include figures in the paper to illustrate Tables contain textual material, whereas figures contain
156 your approach and results. Such artwork should be centered, graphical material. Specify the contents of each row and
157 legible, and separated from the text. Lines should be dark column in the table’s topmost row. Again, you may float
158 and at least 0.5 points thick for purposes of reproduction, tables to a column’s top or bottom, and set wide tables
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