MLSys Review Process

Use this to model what happens to a Conference on Machine Learning and Systems submission between upload and decision. Mechanics below are 2026-cycle anchors (verified 2026-07-08); the venue is young and still redesigns its process — 2026 alone added an entire track — so reopen the current CFP and OpenReview group before strategic decisions.

The pipeline (2026 anchors)

• Submission via OpenReview (MLSys.org/2026/Conference group) by October 30, 2025.
• Double-blind review; arXiv posting allowed in parallel.
• Reviews released January 12, 2026; author responses due January 16; notifications January 25-26. There is no long discussion phase to rescue a paper — the response is a single, short shot (see mlsys-author-response).
• Accepted papers publish on proceedings.mlsys.org; artifact evaluation follows as a separate, optional, badge-awarding stage (March 8 - April 8 in 2026).

Who reviews here — the two-culture pool