To enter the competition, participants should submit the following anonymized documents :
πShort paper (4 pages) summarizing the main contributions of the thesis
πBachelor's / Master's / PhD thesis
While reviewers will primarily evaluate the short paper, they may consult the thesis for cross-referencing and additional details.
β οΈ Important Notes:
Submitted documents and reviews will not be made public without the explicit consent of the authors.
Registration is through OpenReview. If you register with a non-institutional email, account activation may take up to 2 weeks. Ensure your account is ready before the competition deadline!
π Submission link coming soon
The review process is double-blind, ensuring anonymity between reviewers and authors.
β οΈ Anonymization Enforcement:
If a thesis is not properly anonymized, authors will be notified and given 48 hours to make the necessary corrections. Failure to comply will result in desk rejection and automatic disqualification.
π΅οΈ Anonymization Requirements:
π Short Paper β Must be fully anonymized:
β No author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, or self-referencing that reveals identity
β When citing their own work, authors should use the third person (e.g., "as shown in [1]" instead of "as we showed in [1]")
β If sharing code, use an anonymous repository
π Thesis β Fully anonymizing a thesis is challenging, so minor deviations will not be penalized. However, authors must:
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Remove names and affiliations from the cover page, headers, and footers
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Remove acknowledgments that explicitly identify them, their advisors, or their institution
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Keep the "Publications" section, but remove author names - only venue, year, and title should remain.
β Remove institution logos from the document
However:
β No need to anonymize citations of their own work in the thesis body
β No need to modify references to advisors or collaborators in the thesis body
β No need to anonymize general content beyond these requirements
The short paper must:
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Be 4 pages long (excluding the bibliography)
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Follow the structure of a scientific paper (see π Short Paper Structure Guidelines)
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Be written in English and adhere to the format in π Short Paper Style Guidelines
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Be submitted as a PDF file (max 50MB)
π Need Inspiration?
You can find example short papers here:
Short papers from various conferences:
π Paper1 | π Paper2 | π Paper3 | π Paper4 | π Paper5
Short papers from BRAIT 2024
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π Anonymization Requirement: The short paper must be fully anonymized
π Formatting & Templates:
You should follow the style and structure in the provided templates (LaTeX is not mandatory).
Available resources: (π₯ Click here to download the template)
π¨ best_roai_thesis_awards_2025.sty β LaTeX style file
π references.bib β Example bibliography
π short_paper_style_guidelines.tex β LaTeX template illustrating style requirements
π short_paper_structure_guidelines.tex β LaTeX template illustrating paper structure
π Writing in LaTeX? We recommend using Overleaf for an easy setup. Simply upload the template archive to a new project.
π General Requirements:
The thesis may be written in any language and format as long as it follows the guidelines of the institution where it was presented.
Submit as a PDF file (max 200MB).
π Anonymization Requirement: The thesis must be anonymized, but minor deviations will not be penalized β please remove, as much as possible, references to:
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The institution
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The authorβs name
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The advisorβs name