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Use when preparing IJCAI or IJCAI-ECAI supplementary material, technical appendices, ZIP files, proofs, derivations, data, source code, and resubmission files under deadline, format, size, anonymity, and reviewer-discretion constraints.

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IJCAI Supplementary

Use this when assembling or auditing IJCAI supplementary material. Reopen the current CFP and FAQ because deadlines, file types, and size limits are cycle-specific.

Supplement plan

  • Separate the Technical Appendix from the Resubmission File. Do not mix prior-review material into the technical supplement.
  • Keep the main paper self-contained; reviewers may choose not to read the appendix.
  • Submit supplement and resubmission files by the full-paper deadline. IJCAI-ECAI 2026 did not use separate later deadlines for these files.
  • Respect file type and size rules. IJCAI-ECAI 2026 allowed up to 50MB of supplementary material in PDF or ZIP format.
  • Anonymize every file, archive name, directory name, path, metadata field, license header, screenshot, notebook output, and URL.
  • Verify that ZIPs open, contain deterministic paths, and do not include cache files, hidden OS files, credentials, API keys, or large irrelevant artifacts.

Placement decision: body, appendix, or ZIP

IJCAI reviewers may never open the supplement, so placement is a scoring decision. Sort each artifact before assembling.

ArtifactWhere it belongsWhy
Theorem statement, main result table7-page bodyLoad-bearing; reviewers must see it without the supplement
Full proof, extra derivationsTechnical AppendixSupports credibility but not required reading
Hyperparameter grids, full per-domain tablesTechnical AppendixDetail that would crowd the body
Runnable code, simulator, instance generatorCode/data ZIPReproducibility evidence reviewers may sample
Prior reviews and rejected versionResubmission File onlyMust stay out of the technical supplement

Worked vignette: a planning paper's split

A planning paper has a soundness theorem, a 40-domain coverage table, and a planner implementation. Decision: the theorem statement and a condensed coverage summary stay in the body; the proof and the full 40-domain table go to the Technical Appendix; the planner plus a deterministic instance generator and seeds go in the ZIP; nothing from a prior IJCAI rejection goes anywhere except the Resubmission File. This keeps the paper self-contained while giving a skeptical search/planning reviewer a re-runnable artifact.

Reviewer pushback and the venue-specific fix

  • "Had to open the ZIP to understand the method." Move the missing protocol into the body; the appendix should deepen, not define, the contribution.
  • "Appendix mixes in old reviews." Separate them into the Resubmission File; mixing risks an anonymity or policy flag.
  • "Archive would not open or had absolute paths." Re-zip with relative deterministic paths and strip OS and cache files before the full-paper deadline, since there is no later upload.

Output format

[Supplement status] Ready / Needs fixes / Not ready
[Files] <technical appendix / code-data zip / resubmission file>
[Deadline coupling] <same as full paper? source needed>
[Anonymity checks] <passed/issues>
[Reviewer dependency] <what breaks if supplement is ignored>