DAC Submission

Run this audit before uploading to the DAC Softconf/START site. DAC Research Manuscripts are double-blind, archival papers published on the ACM Digital Library, judged on novelty and measured design-quality impact. Every number below was read from the DAC 2026 Call and Research Manuscripts Guidelines on 2026-07-09 via search renderings of the dac.com/2026 pages (see resources/official-source-map.md); treat them as a one-cycle snapshot and reopen the live call first.

The two-stage deadline

DAC separates abstract submission from manuscript submission, and both matter:

• Abstract stage (~one week early): title, full abstract, and every co-author go into Softconf. This seeds TPC bidding and conflict detection. Miss it and the system will not take your PDF.
• Manuscript stage (DAC 2026: ~19 November 2025): the anonymized 6+1-page PDF. There is no grace period to repair a malformed or de-anonymized file after the cutoff.