What reviewers look for

• State your contribution explicitly at the end of the introduction
• Critically compare against state-of-the-art in the related work
• Both theoretical and practical contributions are welcome
• Acknowledge prior work — including your own — and explain what is new

What reviewers look for

• Describe experimental settings with enough detail to reproduce
• State all assumptions and discuss their implications
• Choose appropriate baselines, datasets and metrics
• Provide statistical significance or confidence intervals where applicable
• Open-source artefacts and computational reproducibility are strongly encouraged

What reviewers look for

• Pick the single best-fitting track when submitting
• Make the sustainability angle of your work explicit
• Tie your work to UN SDGs or Vision 2030 priorities where applicable
• If unsure of fit, contact the organising committee before submitting

What reviewers look for

• Follow the recommended paper structure (Abstract → Introduction → … → Conclusion)
• Use high-quality figures and tables, readable at A4 print size
• Cite consistently using the Springer LNCS reference format
• Use a professional proof-reader or AI language tool — and disclose AI use