CALL FOR RESOURCE PAPERS

Resource Papers

Resource papers should describe publicly available datasets or open source software that are new or not well-known, allowing researchers to replicate research results and providing a citable paper when using that resource. Resource papers will be evaluated based on the quality of the resource, its novelty compared to other available alternatives, how well it has been described, and its potential for investigating a variety of research questions.



Important Dates

  • Resource Paper Submission: October 29th, 2025 (AoE)
  • Notification: December 10th, 2025
  • Conference: 22 – 26 March, 2026


Submission Instructions

Submissions of resource papers must be in English and submitted as PDF files. Papers must not exceed 4 pages, including all content (e.g., figures, tables, proofs, appendices), but excluding references and acknowledgments, which may extend beyond this 4-page limit. All submissions must follow the current ACM two-column conference format.

Please note that for resource papers, an abstract submission is not mandatory.

ACM’s CCS concepts, keywords, ACM reference format, and copyright permissions sections are required for review.

Suitable LaTeX, Word, and Overleaf templates are available from the ACM Website (use sigconf proceedings template for LaTeX and the Interim Template for Word). For LaTeX, use:

\documentclass[sigconf,natbib=true,anonymous=true]{acmart}

Submissions should be submitted electronically via EasyChair:

by selecting the “CHIIR 2026 Demo and Resource Papers” track.

At least one author of each accepted paper must register for CHIIR 2026, and the author(s) or their delegate(s) must present the work at the conference in person.

  • For submissions of datasets, authors should provide a public URL for downloading.
  • For submissions of software, the source code, dependencies on external libraries, and installation instructions must be available on a public web page or in a publicly accessible repository.
  • All datasets and source code must be licensed in such a manner that it can be legally and freely used, at the minimum in academic and research settings.

Appropriate presentation technologies will be provided for all resources. Accepted resource papers will be included in the conference proceedings.



Anonymity Policy

The full and short paper review process is double-blind. Authors must take all reasonable steps to preserve the anonymity of their submission. The submission must not include author information; citations or discussion of your prior work should be written in the third person form.

It is acceptable to refer to companies or organizations that provided datasets, hosted experiments, or deployed solutions if reviewers cannot infer that the authors are currently affiliated with these organizations.

The demonstration papers review process is single-blind; submissions should explicitly include author names and affiliations.



Authorship Policy

Authors should carefully go through ACM’s authorship policy before submitting a paper. Please ensure that all authors are identified in EasyChair before the submission deadline.

To support the identification of reviewers with conflicts of interest, the full author list must be specified at abstract submission time for full and prospective papers and submission deadlines for short, demo, resource, tutorial, workshop, and doctoral consortium papers.

No changes to authorship, under any circumstances, will be permitted after the abstract submission deadline or for the camera-ready submission. So, please ensure you have listed authors correctly at abstract submission time.



Use of AI

All submissions must comply with the ACM policy on using Artificial Intelligence.



Important Update on ACM's New Open Access Publishing Model for 2026 ACM Conferences

Starting January 1, 2026, ACM will fully transition to Open Access. All ACM publications, including those from ACM-sponsored conferences, will be 100% Open Access. Authors will have two primary options for publishing Open Access articles with ACM: the ACM Open institutional model or by paying Article Processing Charges (APCs). With over 1,800 institutions already part of ACM Open, the majority of ACM-sponsored conference papers will not require APCs from authors or conferences (currently, around 70–75%).

Authors from institutions not participating in ACM Open must pay an APC to publish their papers, unless they qualify for a financial or discretionary waiver. To find out whether an APC applies to your article, please consult the list of participating institutions in ACM Open and review the APC Waivers and Discounts Policy. Remember that waivers are rare and are granted based on specific criteria that the ACM sets.

Understanding that this change could present financial challenges, ACM has approved a temporary subsidy for 2026 to ease the transition and allow time for institutions to join ACM Open. The subsidy will offer:

  • $250 APC for ACM/SIG members
  • $350 APC for non-members

This represents a 65% discount, funded directly by ACM. Authors are encouraged to help advocate for their institutions to join ACM Open during this transition period.

This temporary subsidized pricing will apply to all conferences scheduled for 2026.

Contact the ACM for more information at dl-info@hq.acm.org.



Resource Papers Chairs

chiir26-short-demo@acm.org


Jiqun Liu
Jiqun Liu, University of Oklahoma, USA
Kelsey Urgo
Kelsey Urgo, University of San Francisco, USA