When to Submit ML Papers to Workshops

💡Optimize your ML paper strategy: workshops after 2 rejections? PhD impact?

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What Changed

Paper accepted to CVPR workshop after 3 conference rejections

Why It Matters

Guides early-career researchers on realistic publishing strategies amid fast-moving ML field.

What To Do Next

After two conference rejections, revise minimally and target relevant workshops like CVPR.

Who should care:Researchers & Academics

Web-grounded analysis with 8 cited sources.

•CVPR workshops have a separate submission deadline of November 3, 2025, allowing submissions after main conference rejections[7].
•Main CVPR track acceptance rates have declined from around 30% in 2016-2018 to 22-25% in recent years (2021-2025), increasing rejection likelihood before workshops[1][2][6].
•Workshop papers are published in the CVPR proceedings with ISBN, but distinguished from main conference tracks in academic evaluations[7].

CVPR workshop deadlines will remain post-main track to aid rejected papers.

CVPR 2026 explicitly sets workshop submissions on Nov 3, 2025, after the main Nov 13, 2025 deadline, continuing this pattern for stability[7].

Workshop-only publications will hold steady value for PhD apps amid rising main track competition.

With CVPR main acceptance dropping to 22.12% in 2025 from 34.48% in 2016, workshops provide accessible CVPR-branded proceedings entries[2][6].

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CVPR 2026 main paper deadline

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CVPR 2026 workshop submission deadline

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CVPR 2026 call for demos opens

2026-06-03

CVPR 2026 conference begins in Denver

Factual claims are grounded in the sources below. Forward-looking analysis is AI-generated interpretation.

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