| name | eccv |
| description | Writing and formatting guidance for ECCV (European Conference on Computer Vision) papers. Use when drafting, formatting, and submitting to ECCV 2026. ECCV uses a Springer LNCS base with the eccv.sty overlay. Covers eccv document class with year option, Springer LNCS formatting conventions (llncs.cls), double-blind anonymity with 14-page limit, Springer-style bibliography (splncs04), and camera-ready preparation. |
ECCV 2026 Conference Writing Skill
CCF-B | AI | Publisher: Springer
Conference: https://eccv.ecva.net/Conferences/2026
Template: ccf-latex-templates/ECCV/main.tex
Base: Springer LNCS (llncs.cls)
Document Setup
Preamble Structure
\documentclass[runningheads]{llncs}
% === MODE SELECTION ===
% Review version:
\usepackage[review,year=2026,ID=*****]{eccv}
% OR for camera-ready:
% \usepackage{eccv}
% Abbreviations:
\usepackage{eccvabbrv}
% Packages:
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{subcaption}
% Hyperref:
\usepackage[pagebackref,breaklinks,colorlinks,citecolor=eccvblue]{hyperref}
Mode Options
| Mode | Declaration | Features |
|---|
| Review | \usepackage[review,year=2026,ID=*****]{eccv} | Line numbers, anonymized, paper ID on each page |
| Camera-Ready | \usepackage{eccv} | No line numbers, author info |
Replace ***** with your assigned paper ID.
Page Limits
- Main content: 14 pages maximum
- Excluded: References, acknowledgments
- Papers exceeding 14 pages will be rejected without review
- This is a generous limit compared to CVPR/ICCV
Anonymity Requirements (Double-Blind)
- No author identification in submission
- Use
\author{} with real names only for camera-ready
- Third-person self-citations ("Smith et al. showed..." not "we showed...")
- Remove acknowledgments from submission
- Anonymize identifying URLs
- If citing concurrent submission: cite anonymously, include anonymized copy as supplementary
Title and Author Formatting
\title{Full Paper Title}
% Short title for running head:
\titlerunning{Abbreviated paper title}
% Full author list (for camera-ready):
\author{First Author\inst{1}\orcidlink{0000-1111-2222-3333} \and
Second Author\inst{2,3}\orcidlink{1111-2222-3333-4444} \and
Third Author\inst{3}\orcidlink{2222-3333-4444-5555}}
% Abbreviated for running head:
\authorrunning{F. Author et al.}
% Full affiliations:
\institute{
Princeton University, Princeton NJ 08544, USA \and
ABC Institute, Rupert-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany\\
\email{\{abc\}@uni-heidelberg.de}
}
Abstract and Keywords
\begin{abstract}
The abstract should concisely summarize the contents of the paper.
While there is no fixed length restriction, approximately 150 words is recommended.
Please include keywords as shown below.
\keywords{First keyword \and Second keyword \and Third keyword}
\end.Abstract}
Recommended CV Paper Structure for ECCV
\section{Introduction}
% Paragraph 1-2: Problem and motivation
% What is the task? Why is it important?
% Paragraph 3: Gap in prior work
% What have others done? What are their limitations?
% Paragraph 4: Our approach
% What is our key insight?
% Paragraph 5: Contributions (numbered)
The main contributions of this work are:
\begin{itemize}
\item We propose a novel approach to X that achieves Y...
\item We introduce a new benchmark dataset for...
\item We demonstrate through extensive experiments that...
\end{itemize}
\section{Related Work}
% Categorize prior work by approach type
% Position your work against each category
\section{Preliminaries}
% Notation, definitions, background concepts
\section{Method}
% Core technical contribution
% Include figures showing architecture
\section{Experiments}
\subsection{Setup}
% Datasets, metrics, baselines, implementation
\subsection{Results}
% Main findings in tables
% Comparison with state-of-the-art
\subsection{Ablation and Analysis}
% Study each component
% Qualitative results
\section{Conclusion}
% Summary, limitations, future work
Figures and Tables
Figure Guidelines
\begin{figure}[tb]
\centering
\includegraphics[height=6.5cm]{figure}
\caption{
One kernel at $x_s$ (\emph{dotted kernel}) or two kernels at $x_i$ and $x_j$.
Elements described in caption should be set in italics, in parentheses.
}
\label{fig:example}
\end{figure}
% Full-width figure:
\begin{figure*}[tb]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{figure}
\caption{Full-width figure caption.}
\label{fig:wide}
\end{figure*}
- Caption below figures
- Use vector formats (PDF, EPS)
- 800 DPI minimum for line drawings
- 6pt minimum font size in figures
Table Guidelines
\begin{table}[tb]
\caption{
Font sizes of headings.
Table captions should always be positioned \emph{above} the tables.
}
\label{tab:headings}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{@{}lll@{}}
\toprule
Heading level & Example & Font size\\
\midrule
Title & 14pt, bold & centered \\
1st-level & 12pt, bold & left \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
- Caption above tables
- Use
booktabs
- No vertical rules
Vision-Specific Writing Conventions
Dataset Description
\section{Experiments}
\subsection{Datasets}
We evaluate on standard vision benchmarks:
\begin{itemize}
\item \textbf{COCO}: 118K training, 5K validation images.
\item \textbf{ADE20K}: 20K training, 2K validation images.
\item \textbf{Cityscapes}: 2,975 training, 500 validation images.
\end{itemize}
Evaluation Metrics
\subsection{Metrics}
We report standard vision metrics:
\begin{itemize}
\item \textbf{Object detection:} mAP@0.5:0.95 (COCO standard)
\item \textbf{Semantic segmentation:} mIoU
\item \textbf{Instance segmentation:} AP$^{bbox}$, AP$^{mask}$
\item \textbf{Panoptic segmentation:} PQ
\end{itemize}
References (Springer LNCS Style)
\bibliographystyle{splncs04}
\bibliography{main}
Citation format:
\cite{Author22} % [1]
\citep{Author22} % [1]
\citet{Author22} % Author (2022)
Heading Styles (LNCS)
| Level | Format | Numbering |
|---|
| Title | 14pt, bold, centered | No |
| 1st-level | 12pt, bold, left | Yes |
| 2nd-level | 10pt, bold, left | Yes |
| 3rd-level | 10pt, bold, left | No |
Capitalize headings (first word + content words).
Camera-Ready Compilation
- Comment out review mode:
% \usepackage[review,year=2026,ID=*****]{eccv}
\usepackage{eccv}
- Add complete author information with ORCID
- Include acknowledgments (unnumbered section)
- Remove line numbers
- Update hyperref settings
- Verify 14-page limit
Checklist Before Submission