| name | mobisys-camera-ready |
| description | Use when preparing an accepted MobiSys paper for the ACM Digital Library camera-ready — de-anonymization, the ACM double-column final layout and 12-page budget, ACM rights and CCS metadata, delivering any results promised in the rebuttal, coordinating the three artifact badges, registration, and the June in-person talk and demo in Cambridge. |
MobiSys Camera Ready
Use this after acceptance. Reopen the current camera-ready instructions, the ACM rights form,
the registration page, and the decision email before advising authors — dates and forms are
cycle-specific.
Camera-ready audit
- Convert the anonymous submission to the public ACM version: author names, affiliations,
acknowledgements, funding, and de-anonymized code/data links.
- Apply the current ACM double-column template and page budget. MobiSys 2026 kept a 12-page
body including figures and tables; references and appendices sit outside the cap — confirm
the final-version rule against the current instructions.
- Deliver every result promised in the rebuttal; a promised camera-ready experiment that
never appears is a credibility failure the AC may notice.
- Complete ACM rights, the CCS concepts/keywords metadata, title/abstract/author-order
metadata, and the bibliography.
- Coordinate the three artifact badges so passing badges are printed on the paper and recorded
in the ACM DL (
mobisys-artifact-evaluation).
- Confirm registration and the June in-person obligation; MobiSys expects at least one author
to present.
What changes between the reviewed and final version
| Element | Reviewed (anonymous) | Camera-ready (ACM) |
|---|
| Author block | Stripped | Restored with affiliations |
| Repository links | Anonymized placeholder | Public, licensed, archival |
| Screenshots / demo media | Blurred / de-identified | Restored, subject to vendor NDA |
| Rebuttal promises | Pending | Delivered in body/appendix |
| Metadata | Minimal | ACM rights + CCS concepts |
De-anonymization sweep
- Restore the author block, acknowledgements, grants, and any contribution statements the
anonymous version stripped.
- Replace anonymized repository placeholders with the public, licensed, archival artifact and
test every link from a logged-out browser.
- Un-blur screenshots and demo media, and restore device/vendor names where they were hidden
for review — while respecting any vendor NDA on hardware details.
ACM double-column reflow
- Switching the template from anonymous to final mode changes spacing; recheck every page
break, figure placement, and wide device-table width after the flip.
- Adding the author block, acknowledgements, and funding lines can push the body over budget;
confirm the 12 pages still hold rather than assuming.
- Keep figure, table, and section numbering identical to the reviewed version so the review and
rebuttal record remain traceable to the final text.
Worked example: integrating a promised result
The rebuttal promised a fifth-device measurement to answer a generalization concern.
Camera-ready move: add the device to the multi-device table and one sentence of interpretation,
regenerate the figure from the artifact so numbers match, and note the device in App. A's
provenance table — without restructuring the accepted contribution.
Camera-ready readiness
Final-package checklist:
PDF: ACM double-column, 12-page body confirmed, numbering unchanged
metadata: ACM rights, CCS concepts, author order, abstract
promises: every rebuttal-promised result delivered
artifacts: badges coordinated, repo de-anonymized and archival
logistics: registration done, June presenter and demo assigned
Hedged logistics
- Registration pricing, ACM rights/OA mechanics, and exact camera-ready dates change every
cycle; confirm against the decision email and current instructions.
Output format
[Camera-ready status] Ready / Needs fixes / Blocked
[Final package] <PDF/metadata/ACM rights/artifacts>
[Policy checks] <page/authors/presentation/registration/badges>
[Promise delivery] <rebuttal promise -> final edit>
[Remaining owner] <person -> task>
