Submissions

All proposals must be submitted through the Microsoft Conference Management Tool (CMT) system at the link below:

https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CRUME2025

Papers that are not submitted through the CMT submission system will not be considered for review. All non-poster proposals require an abstract, and all proposals require a paper submission. Any proposals that are missing either of these will be rejected. Please make sure to upload your paper to the conference system before clicking ‘submit.’

Full Request for Proposals (RFP)

Due Dates

1. For contributed, theoretical and preliminary reports, the proposals will be due by 11:59 PM (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. We expect to notify you about the status of your proposal by the beginning of November.

Notifications of acceptance were sent out on November 12, 2024.

**Camera-ready versions of your accepted paper must be uploaded to the CMT system by January 16, 2025.

2. Extended deadline: For posters, the 1-page proposals will be due on 11:59 PM (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, November 19, Friday, November 15, 2024 (although you are welcome and encouraged to submit them earlier). We expect to notify you about the status of your proposal by the second week of December.

3. For working groups, the proposals will be due on 11:59 PM (Pacific Time) on Monday, September 16, 2024. See the separate RFP for working group proposals on the conference website.

Accessing the RUME Proposal Submission System

1. Go to https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CRUME2025

2. Log in.

   1. If you have not used CMT before, click “Create Account.” The CMT will send notifications about the conference to the email address you use.

3. Click “Create new submission” and select the type of paper you are submitting.

4. Enter all the requested information in the submissions page:

   1. Title

   2. 150-word (≤2000 character) abstract (Note: While an abstract for a poster submission is not required in the paper, it is required in the submission, this is what will be included in the program)

   3. Authors (list all authors on paper including those who do not wish to create an CMT account)

   4. Check all of the “subject areas” boxes that are applicable to your paper. You can choose one primary area and multiple secondary areas, as well as enter your own area. These subject areas will be used to match your paper to the expertise of our reviewers, and do not need to match the keywords you used in your paper.

   5. Upload a PDF or Microsoft Word version of your paper. This MUST be the masked version of your paper. A masked template is available as a word doc and a google doc, we highly recommend you use these templates to write your paper, this will help make sure margin and font requirements are not broken. Note: The term "masked" is synonymous with "blinded" when referencing academic submissions, all norms surrounding "blinding" of a paper are exactly the same as "masking", this conference chooses to use the term masked for this process out of respect for the Blind community.

   6. DO NOT INCLUDE ANY ATTACHMENTS. They will not be considered.

5. On the next page, enter any people for whom reviewing your paper would be a conflict of interest (e.g., advisors, friends, etc.). Note: At the time of your submission, only members of the Program Committee and anyone who has submitted a proposal prior to the time you are looking at the list will be available. For example, your thesis advisor is a clear conflict, but maybe they have not submitted a proposal, thus they will not be an option to select. 

6. The next page will display the information for your submission. You will not receive a separate email confirmation for your submission.

7. Please return to your submission on Wednesday, September 11 2024 and update your reviewer conflict list. Any conflicts that may not have been an option at the time of a submission who may review will now be an option (see note in number 5, maybe your thesis advisor submitted a proposal after you did, now they will be an option for conflict selection)

Please note that our review process is masked. Authors of accepted proposals will be asked to upload an unmasked, program-ready version of their paper if the proposal is accepted.

Editing Submissions

If you need to edit your submission, you can do so by following the steps below:

1. Log into the conference management site using the email you used to submit your paper.

2. Make sure the “Select Your Role” in the top navigation bar is set to “Author.”

3. You should see a list of your submissions. Click “Edit Submission.”

4. At the bottom of the page, click the X next to the file name for your masked paper.

5. Upload your new version of the paper.