atc-camera-ready

ATC Camera-Ready

Use this after a conditional accept. Final acceptance is gated by the shepherd, so the

camera-ready is not just formatting — it must fold in every required revision and pass the

shepherd's sign-off, then satisfy ACM Open Access production. ATC 2026 publishes in the **ACM

Digital Library** (a change from the old USENIX proceedings model), so the metadata and cost steps

are new relative to pre-2026 USENIX ATC.

Satisfy the shepherd first

• Treat the shepherd's required-revisions list as binding for acceptance. Fold each change into

the camera-ready and keep the description-of-changes (see atc-author-response) in sync with what

actually landed.

• Do not use the de-anonymization pass to quietly re-expand scope; the shepherd is checking that the

paper the PC accepted is the paper being published.

• Get explicit shepherd sign-off before treating the paper as final.

Systematic de-anonymization

The submission was double-blind; the camera-ready is not. Reverse every anonymization deliberately:

[Authors]     add the author list, affiliations, and ORCIDs
[Self-cites]  restore first-person references where accurate ("our earlier system X [12]")
[System name] restore the real system/product name if you used a neutral placeholder
[Artifact]    swap anonymized/blind-mirror links for the public, DOI-issuing archive
[Acks]        add acknowledgments and funding/grant lines held out for blind review
[Metadata]    set real PDF author/title metadata (it was scrubbed for submission)

Cross-check: search the final PDF for leftover placeholders ("Anonymous," "System-X-anon," blind

URLs) — a stray one is the classic camera-ready miss.

Format and production

• Keep the two-column format (178 × 229 mm text block, 10pt) and the page budget; the

camera-ready may allow the same or a slightly extended limit — **confirm the exact camera-ready

page allowance on the call** (待核实).

• Which template file the SIGOPS edition mandates (the USENIX template vs. ACM acmart/equivalent)

is 待核实 — verify before recompiling, since ACM production checks depend on it.

• Embed all fonts, check figure resolution and color-blind legibility, and confirm the PDF passes

the venue's automated production/format checker.

ACM Open Access metadata and cost

ATC 2026 papers publish under ACM Open Access:

• Complete the ACM rights/e-rights form, author and affiliation metadata, ACM CCS concepts,

keywords, and the abstract as it will index in the ACM DL.

• Budget for the transition APC — subsidized for 2026 (reported around US$250 for ACM/SIG

members and US$350 for non-members); confirm the current figure, member split, and any waiver on

the ACM/SIGOPS terms.

• Ensure the artifact links are permanent (DOI-issuing archive), since the published paper cites

them and the AEC badges attach to this version (see atc-artifact-evaluation).

Presentation and legacy-media note

USENIX ATC historically posted free proceedings, slides, and talk videos; under ACM Open Access

the proceedings are openly available via the ACM DL, and the conference is in **Hong Kong, 15-18

November 2026**. Confirm the current slides/video policy and the presenter requirement (at least one

author presents) on the venue page.

Pre-submission checklist

[Shepherd]    all required revisions folded in and signed off? yes/no
[De-anon]     authors, affiliations, self-cites, system name, acks, artifact links restored?
[Leftovers]   no "Anonymous"/blind-URL/placeholder strings in the final PDF?
[Format]      two-column template, page allowance, embedded fonts, production checker passed?
[ACM OA]      rights form, metadata, CCS/keywords complete? APC handled?
[Artifact]    permanent DOI link cited; badges attached to this version?

Output format

[Camera-ready status] ready / blocked on shepherd / blocked on production
[Shepherd] required revisions folded + signed off? yes/no
[De-anonymization] complete and leftover-free? gaps: <where>
[ACM Open Access] rights form, metadata, APC done? artifact DOI permanent?
[Fix queue] <ordered, with the camera-ready deadline>