AI Usage Policy

Disclosure, author responsibility, and research integrity requirements for the use of AI in submissions.

This policy is part of the Author and Submission Guidelines.

1. Scope

This policy applies to all conference submissions, regardless of format or track, including all submission types in the Author and Submission Guidelines:

  • Paper submissions: full papers, short papers, poster papers, and demo papers
  • Abstract submissions: poster-only, demo-only, lightning talk, industry talk, and previously published work submissions
  • Proposal submissions: workshop, special session (frontier session), and panel proposals
  • Associated materials: e-posters, demo videos, presentation videos, audio, software, systems, camera-ready versions, and supplementary materials

For previously published work submitted for presentation only, this policy applies to the materials prepared for this conference, such as the revised abstract and the presentation video. AI use in the original publication is governed by the policies of the venue where it was published.

2. AI Usage Disclosure

Authors must disclose substantive use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in the preparation, development, analysis, or production of their submissions and associated materials. The disclosure covers the following categories, as applicable:

  • Idea development and research planning
  • Coding, programming, and system development
  • Experimental design, data processing, and analysis
  • Interpretation of results and data visualization
  • Writing and text generation: AI tools were used to draft, rewrite, translate, summarize, or substantially edit text.
  • Presentation and media generation: AI tools were used to generate or substantially modify slides, posters, images, graphics, illustrations, animations, audio, video, narration, or other presentation materials.
  • Other AI uses not covered by the categories above

Routine spelling and grammar corrections and minor language improvements are exempt from disclosure, provided they do not involve substantive content generation or modification.

Where disclosure is required, authors must briefly describe how AI tools were used and what they contributed. Identifying the specific AI tool(s) used is optional.

If no disclosure is required, authors must instead confirm this with the following statement:

AI tools were not used, or were used only for routine spelling and grammar corrections and minor language improvements.

Section 3 explains where to provide the disclosure or this statement for each submission type.

3. AI Usage Disclosure Requirements

  • Paper submissions: Include an “AI Usage Disclosure” section as the final section before the References. This section contains either the disclosure or, if no disclosure is required, the statement given in Section 2. It counts toward the page limit for the submission type defined in the Author and Submission Guidelines. Authors may include a brief summary of their AI use in this section and provide a detailed disclosure as a PDF in the supplementary materials, anonymized for double-blind review.
  • All other submissions: Complete the AI Usage Disclosure form in the conference submission system, selecting all applicable categories listed in Section 2, or, if no disclosure is required, selecting the No AI use option, which confirms the statement given in Section 2.

Authors must disclose substantive AI use as required by this policy and remain responsible for the accuracy and integrity of all submitted content.

4. Author Responsibility

Authors are responsible for reviewing and verifying AI-assisted outputs and for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and appropriate attribution of all submitted materials. Authors must ensure that the final submission accurately represents their work, evidence, methods, and findings. The responsible author(s) must review and approve the final submission and accept responsibility for its content, including research methods, data analyses, software, systems, demonstrations, videos, posters, and supplementary materials.

5. Research Integrity and Evaluation

The use of AI tools does not, by itself, constitute misconduct or determine the outcome of a submission’s evaluation. However, all submissions must comply with the conference’s requirements for disclosure, accuracy, originality, and research integrity.

The following practices are unacceptable:

  • Undisclosed substantive AI use: Failure to disclose substantive use of AI tools when disclosure is required by this policy.
  • Fabricated or falsified content: Inclusion of fabricated or falsified information, data, experimental results, research findings, or references, whether generated by AI or otherwise.
  • Substantial unverified AI-generated content: Inclusion of substantial AI-generated content that has not been adequately reviewed and verified by the authors and that materially compromises the accuracy, reliability, or integrity of the submission. Examples include generic, incoherent, irrelevant, or misleading text; unsupported or incorrect claims; and content that misrepresents the underlying evidence, methods, or findings.

Violations may result in rejection or other appropriate action under the Research Integrity Violations and Sanctions Policy. Serious violations may result in a ban on future submissions to events organized by the conference organization for up to two years, subject to the procedures and considerations specified in that policy.

Routine spelling and grammar corrections and minor language improvements that fall within the exemption described in Section 2 do not constitute violations merely because AI tools were used.