Instructions for Authors

ReInAct2021 will feature three types of submissions: long papers, student papers, and short papers. All types of papers should be submitted not later than August 6th, 2021 (AoE timezone). We will allow updated versions to be substituted by August 13th, 2021 (AoE timezone). Long papers describe original research, and they must not exceed 8 pages excluding references. They will be presented at the conference either orally or as posters. Student papers describe original research, and the first author must be a student, or at least 2/3 of the work on a paper should be done by students. Student papers must not exceed 6 pages excluding references. Reviewers will give special support to student authors through mentoring. The papers will be presented orally or as posters at the conference. Short papers present work in progress, or they describe systems and/or projects. They must not exceed 4 pages excluding references. They will be presented as short talks at the conference. ReInAct2021 also accepts position papers that should be formatted in the same style as long papers. All types of papers will be published in the conference proceedings in the ACL Anthology.

Submissions should be pdf files and use the Latex or Word templates provided for ACL 2021 submissions. An overleaf template can be found here. Submissions have to be anonymous.

Papers should be electronically submitted in PDF format via the softconf system . Please make sure that you select the right track when submitting your paper. Contact the organisers if you have problems using softconf.

Camera Ready Submissions

The page limits and style for camera ready versions are the same as for the initial submission -- i.e. there are no additional pages allowed in the final submission. Camera ready papers should be submitted by via the softconf system: https://www.softconf.com/l/reinact2021