Cognitive Computational Neuroscience

Poster

Information on Paper Submissions

Information on Paper Submissions

8-page Full Conference Paper Submissions have Closed; 2-page Paper Submissions have Closed

Please Note:

2-page Extended Abstract Track (Traditional)

  • Please use one of these templates, and follow the style requirements described therein:
  • Submissions consist of 2-page Extended Abstracts, submitted via the OpenReview platform.
  • Each submission requires at least one author to register as a reviewer. This designated reviewer must possess appropriate expertise in the field. The manuscript may be rejected if the registered reviewer fails to fulfill their reviewing responsibilities with due diligence.
  • Abstracts undergo light peer review. The review procedure will be comparable to earlier CCNs, but the number of reviewers per paper will be reduced from previous years. We expect that all submissions that are within scope and meet scientific standards will be accepted for posters, if submissions are within capacity (we have 800 poster slots). The reviews will be used to select 2-pagers for Contributed Talks. However, if authors fail to contribute the required reviews, eligibility for Contributed Talks is lost (see below).
  • Reviewers will be asked during review how certain they are of their judgement, and their level of expertise in the particular subfield of this paper. 
  • Accepted abstracts: 
    • Present their work as posters. 
    • May be selected for a Contributed Talk.
    • Do not receive a DOI assignment.
    • Have reviews that are not made public.
  • Rejected abstracts:
    • Will not be publicly visible.
  • This track largely maintains CCN's established approach to scientific communication.
  • Only a single Extended Abstract may be submitted per Presenter (see FAQ).

8-Page Conference Paper Track (New)

  • Please use one of these templates, and follow the style requirements described therein:
  • Submissions consist of 8-page conference proceedings, submitted via the OpenReview platform.
  • At least one author per submission must register as a reviewer.
  • Papers undergo rigorous peer review and will have a rebuttal period during which authors and reviewers discuss, overseen by area chairs and senior area chairs. If authors fail to contribute the required reviews, eligibility for Contributed Talks is lost and the CCN-P paper is desk rejected (see below).
  • Reviewers will be asked during review how certain they are of their judgement, and their level of expertise in the particular subfield of this paper. 
  • Acceptance rate targets approximately 25%, informed by reviewer ratings.
  • Accepted papers:
    • Receive a publication in CCN Proceedings (CCN-P) with DOI assignment.
    • Present their work as posters.
    • May be selected for a Contributed Talk
    • Have reviews that will be made public on OpenReview
  • Rejected papers:
    • Will be converted to a regular poster, if within scope and if the authors submit a 2-page abstract.
    • These papers may also be selected for Contributed Talks, for which the reviews of the 8-pager process will be used. 
    • The original 8-pager submission will not be publicly visible.

Further paper submission rules

The use of LLMs is allowed as a general-purpose assist tool. Authors and reviewers  take full responsibility for the content written under their name, including any content generated by LLMs and any content that could be construed as plagiarism or scientific misconduct (e.g., fabrication of facts). LLMs are not eligible for authorship.

Submissions that are identical (or substantially similar) to versions that have been previously published, accepted for publication, are not allowed and violate our dual submission policy. Further, for the eight-page Proceedings track, this also applies to works that have been submitted in parallel to this or other conferences or journals. Such parallel submission will however be considered for the two-page Extended Abstracts track.

However, papers that cite previous related work by the authors and papers that have appeared on non-peer reviewed websites (like arXiv) or that have been presented at workshops (i.e., venues that do not have publication proceedings) do not violate the policy. 

Authors have the right to withdraw papers from consideration at any time until paper acceptance notification. Upon withdrawal, the submission will be deleted from OpenReview.

Reviewers 2-pagers

One author from each submission will be added to the pool of eligible reviewers (so that there are at least as many eligible reviewers as submissions). Any reviewer will review at most 4-5 papers. 

Authors in this category that fail to finish reviews by the author response stage will not be considered for a Contributed Talk. Authors are exempt from the reviewing requirement if they are serving as an AC, SAC, or are a CCN 2025 committee member. 

Reviewers 8-pagers

One author from each submission will be added to the pool of eligible reviewers (so that there are at least as many eligible reviewers as submissions). Any reviewer will review at most 4-5 papers. You are an eligible reviewer if you have received a PhD.

Authors in this category who fail to finish reviews by the author response stage may have their paper submissions desk-rejected and may not be considered for Contributed Talk when converted to the 2-pager track. Authors are exempt from the reviewing requirement if they are serving as an AC, SAC, or are a CCN 2025 committee member.

Call for Papers

Call for Papers

Submissions for both 8-page papers and 2-page papers have Closed

Two-track submission system

CCN 2025 will offer two submission tracks: 2-page Extended Abstracts (“2-pagers”) and 8-page Full Conference Papers (“8-pagers”). OpenReview will serve as the platform for submission of both types. 

2-pagers that align with the conference scope will generally be accepted, up to a maximum capacity of 800 posters. Accepted 2-pagers will be accessible through OpenReview. See information on paper submissions for more details.

8-pagers will undergo competitive selection. Accepted papers will be published in the CCN Proceedings (CCN-P) with DOI assignment on OpenReview. Authors of rejected 8-pagers will have the option to submit a 2-pager instead during the "camera-ready" phase of the process, again up to a maximum capacity of 800 posters. Contributed talks will be selected from both accepted 8-pagers and 2-pagers, including the 8-pagers rerouted to 2-pagers. See information on paper submissions for more details.

 

Figure 1. Submission Pathways for CCN 2025. The conference now offers two parallel tracks for submissions. The traditional extended abstract track (right) accepts 2-page submissions that meet scope and quality requirements for poster presentation, and are eligible for oral presentation selection. The new conference proceedings track (left) accepts 8-page submissions and implements a competitive acceptance rate, with accepted papers published with DOI in CCN Proceedings (CCN-P). All accepted papers in both tracks receive a poster presentation and are eligible for Contributed Talk selection. Submissions rejected by the CCN-P track are rerouted to the 2-page submission track for an acceptance decision (with another chance for oral presentation). 

Background on CCN's Conference Proceedings track

The introduction of a conference proceedings track is a response to our research community's needs. Traditional academic journals, while important for feedback and quality control, also introduce challenges including high costs and often lengthy publication timelines. While journals like PLoS Computational Biology, Cognitive Science, and eLife already offer some relief with lower costs of publishing and gold open access, machine learning conferences such as NeurIPS, ICLR, and ICML also demonstrate how conference proceedings with high peer review standards can foster rapid, affordable, and high-quality scientific communication.

CCN covers research at the intersection of AI, Neuroscience, and Cognitive Science. This convergence of fields presents a unique challenge and an opportunity to adopt publishing formats that resonate with researchers across these domains. We anticipate that the introduction of a long-form conference proceedings track, a format that has proven successful in the computer science and cognitive science communities, will benefit a substantial part of the researchers working at the intersection of these diverse fields. There is a lot of excitement and energy in the community, and we believe this new format will help us to, together, reach a higher standard of reviewing and editorial decisions, which will empower and democratize the CCN community.

In making this change, we've been careful to preserve what already works well. The traditional poster track, with its 2-page abstracts, remains unchanged, except that we will not be assigning DOIs to them. Parallel submission to other venues is allowed. This ensures that our existing community members continue to have the same opportunities for presentation and scientific exchange that have made CCN a valuable venue. The new proceedings track, therefore, complements but does not replace our established format, thereby enriching the conference's ability to serve our evolving research community.

Dates and Deadlines

Dates and Deadlines

Please Note: There will be NO DEADLINE EXTENSIONS! 
All deadlines times are Anywhere-On-Earth (AoE).

Date Deadline
February 3, 2025 Registration Opens
February 17, 2025 8-page Paper Submission Deadline for Abstracts (via OpenReview)
At this stage you have to provide us with metadata such as the title and summary
February 20, 2025 8-page Paper Submission Deadline for Full Papers (via OpenReview)
This is when you submit the full pdf version
March 14, 2025 GACs, Keynote & Tutorials, and Community Events Submission Deadline
April 3-14, 2025 8-page Paper Author Response Period
April 10, 2025 2-page Paper Submissions Deadline (via OpenReview)
April 14, 2025 Decisions Announced for GACs, K&Ts, and Community Events
April 15-21, 2025 8-page Paper Author-Reviewer Discussion Period
April 20, 2025 Decisions Announced for Poster Acceptance
April 20 - May 18, 2025 2-page Paper Review Period (no rebuttals; informs Contributed Talk selection)
May 20, 2025 Decisions Announced for Proceedings Acceptance
May 23, 2025 Early Registration Deadline
June 1, 2025 Travel Award Application Deadline
June 1, 2025 Caregiver Award Application Deadline
June 13, 2025 Decisions Announced for Contributed Talks
June 13, 2025 8-page Paper Camera-ready Deadline
July 15, 2025 Standard Registration Deadline
August 12-15, 2025
 CCN 2025, University of Amsterdam

Presentation Guidelines

Presentation Guidelines

Oral Presentations

Each oral presentation is allocated 11 minutes. To keep the conference running on time, this time limit will be enforced. We recommend that you plan to speak for about 8 minutes, leaving 3 minutes for questions from the audience.

Please rehearse your presentation before you give your presentation at CCN. Pre-recorded presentations are not allowed.

At the conference, arrive at the talk room 30 minutes before your Contributed Talk session to set up and test. You will be presenting from your own laptop. If your laptop does not have an HDMI port, please bring an adaptor to connect to a standard HDMI cable.

Poster Presentations

Poster boards are 8 feet wide by 4 feet tall (243.8  by 121.9 cm), however, the actual usable board space is 90 inches wide by 42 inches tall (228.6 x 106.6 cm). Figures and type should be easily seen from a distance of 6-8 feet. Use clear graphics and large type to accomplish this.  Although we recommend large posters to ensure visibility by your audience, the poster is not required to fill the entire board.

Each poster will be assigned a number, called the Board Number, which will indicate where to post your poster.

We encourage poster presenters to print out their posters ahead of time and bring them to the conference, as local printers may not have capacity to do a large number of posters on short notice.

Cognitive Computational Neuroscience