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Use when preparing accepted AISTATS papers for PMLR camera-ready submission, covering the 9-page final body, two-column layout reflow, author de-anonymization, proceedings forms, metadata, final appendix handling, registration, in-person presentation obligations, and public artifact release.

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AISTATS Camera Ready

Use this after acceptance. Reopen the current AISTATS camera-ready instructions, PMLR author kit, registration page, presentation policy, and OpenReview decision email before advising authors.

Camera-ready audit

  • Convert the anonymous submission to the public proceedings version: names, affiliations, acknowledgements, funding, code/data links, and author metadata.
  • Apply the current final-page limit. AISTATS 2026 allowed a 9-page camera-ready body, excluding references and supplementary material.
  • Check PMLR formatting, title/abstract metadata, author order, bibliography, appendix placement, and any required release or copyright forms.
  • Resolve reviewer and meta-review concerns without changing the accepted contribution beyond normal camera-ready clarification.
  • Prepare public artifacts: repository, data, model checkpoints, environment files, and archival links after anonymity no longer matters.
  • Confirm registration and presentation obligations. AISTATS 2026 required in-person attendance by at least one author for each accepted paper, with no remote presentation.

PMLR two-column reflow

  • AISTATS proceedings use a two-column PMLR layout; switching the style file from anonymous to accepted mode changes spacing, so recheck every page break, figure placement, and table width after the flip.
  • Wide theorem environments, long display equations, and multi-panel rate plots often need full-width spans; verify nothing is clipped at column boundaries.
  • Material that fit the submission body can overflow once the author block, acknowledgements, and funding lines are added; the extra camera-ready page usually absorbs this, but confirm rather than assume.
  • Keep theorem, assumption, and equation numbering identical to the reviewed version so the meta-review and discussion record remain traceable to the final text.

De-anonymization sweep

  • Restore the author block, acknowledgements, grants, and any contribution statements the anonymous version stripped.
  • Rewrite self-citations into natural first-person form where it improves clarity.
  • Replace anonymized repository placeholders with the public, licensed, citable archive and test every link from a logged-out browser.

Worked example: integrating a reviewer fix

The meta-review asked that a bounded-noise assumption move from the appendix into the main text. Camera-ready move: add the assumption to the theorem statement, one justification sentence, and a pointer to the appendix discussion — without strengthening the result into something the reviewers never evaluated.

Hedged logistics

  • Registration pricing, copyright-form mechanics, and exact camera-ready dates change every cycle; confirm against the decision email and the current proceedings instructions.

Output format

[Camera-ready status] Ready / Needs fixes / Blocked
[Final package] <PDF/source/bib/metadata/PMLR forms/artifacts>
[Policy checks] <page/authors/presentation/registration/artifact release>
[Reviewer-change map] <concern -> final edit>
[Remaining owner] <person -> task>