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| 1 | +# 🚀 MPC Deadlines Hub |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +Welcome to the **MPC Deadlines Hub**, your one-stop destination for keeping track of the latest deadlines for top Multi-Party Computation (MPC) conferences, journals, and workshops! 📅✨ |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +## 🤔 What is MPC? |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +Secure Multi-party Computation (MPC) allows a set of mutually distrusting parties to perform a joint computation over their private inputs while preserving the privacy of their individual inputs. Curious to learn more? Check out this **[MPC overview](https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/300)**! 🔍🔐 |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +## 🚀 Adding/updating a conference |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +Want to contribute? Awesome! Here’s how: |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +* Read the data format description below. **Note that the timezone format sign is inverted** (e.g., UTC+7 is written as `Etc/GMT-7`). It's [not a bug][0]. Yeah, we know—it’s weird. If you have a better JavaScript timezone library in mind, hit us up! 😅 |
| 14 | +* Update `_data/conferences.yml`. You can do this directly on GitHub or locally after forking the repo. |
| 15 | +* Send a pull request. 🎉 |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +💡 **Too lazy to create a pull request?** No worries! Drop a message on our **[Telegram Group](https://t.me/+sm414tMmhGhhNTA0)** 📢, and we’ll update the entries for you! 😎🚀 |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +### ✅ Is my entry in scope? |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +This page is meant to host academic conferences, journals, workshops, and related event deadlines. |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +Ask yourself these questions before adding an entry: |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +- 📝 Is there a "Call For Papers"? A submission link? Formatting guidelines (page limits, style guides, etc.)? |
| 26 | +- 🔐 Does it mention 'secure multi-party computation', 'MPC', or 'privacy-preserving computing' in its topics? |
| 27 | +- 🧐 Is there a peer-review process? Are there named general/program chairs or a program committee? |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +If you answered **YES** to all of the above, congratulations! Your conference/workshop is a great fit! 🎯 |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +### 🏆 Conference entry record |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +Example record: |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +``` |
| 36 | +- name: ACM CCS |
| 37 | + description: ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security |
| 38 | + year: 2025 |
| 39 | + link: https://www.sigsac.org/ccs/CCS2025/ |
| 40 | + abdeadline: Jan 02, Apr 07 |
| 41 | + deadline: |
| 42 | + - "2025-01-09 23:59" |
| 43 | + - "2025-04-14 23:59" |
| 44 | + rebut: March 06-19, June 09-22 |
| 45 | + date: October 13-17 |
| 46 | + place: Taipei, Taiwan |
| 47 | + comment: 2 deadlines. Notifications - March 27, June 30. |
| 48 | + tags: [PRACT, APPLIED, CNF, COREAS] |
| 49 | +``` |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +📌 **Notes:** |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +- For an event with a **single deadline**, make sure to put the deadline in square brackets, like this: |
| 54 | + ``` |
| 55 | + deadline: ["2025-04-01 23:59"] |
| 56 | + ``` |
| 57 | +- Not all fields are mandatory! Just add the relevant ones. 😊 |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +- The events are listed in alphabetical order grouped by the categories. Please make sure to have consistency while updating the entries. |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +### 🔍 Field descriptions |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +| Field name | Description | |
| 65 | +|--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------| |
| 66 | +| `name`* | Short conference name (no year) | |
| 67 | +| `description` | Long name or a brief description | |
| 68 | +| `year`* | Year the conference is happening | |
| 69 | +| `link`* | URL to the conference homepage | |
| 70 | +| `abdeadline` | Registration and/or abstract deadline. | |
| 71 | +| `deadline`* | Submission deadline(s) | |
| 72 | +| `rebut` | Rebuttal window | |
| 73 | +| `timezone` | Timezone in [tz][1] format (Default: UTC-12, [AoE][2]) | |
| 74 | +| `date` | When the conference is happening | |
| 75 | +| `place` | Conference location | |
| 76 | +| `tags` | One or more tags as detailed below. | |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +📌 **Please try to maintain consistency in the order of the fields when updating an entry.** |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +#### 📌 Special Case of Workshops |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +Workshops can be a bit special! Here’s what to keep in mind when adding them: |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +- If the workshop is **affiliated with a conference**, make sure to add the `conference` tag, specifying the name of the main conference. For example: |
| 85 | + ``` |
| 86 | + conference: CCS. |
| 87 | + ``` |
| 88 | + This helps keep things clear and organized! 🔍 |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | +### 🏷️ Tags - Shortlisting Made Easy! 🚀 |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +We use three sets of tags that act as filters to help you quickly find relevant entries. |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +- **First filter**: Research Domain (e.g., THEORY, PRACT, APPLIED, etc.) |
| 96 | +- **Second filter**: Publication Type (e.g., CNF, JRN, WK, PS, etc.) |
| 97 | +- **Third filter**: [CORE](https://portal.core.edu.au/conf-ranks/) Ranking (e.g., COREAS, COREA, COREB, etc.) |
| 98 | + |
| 99 | +For the full list of tags, check out [`/_data/filters.yml`](https://github.com/mpc-deadlines/mpc-deadlines.github.io/blob/main/_data/filters.yml). 🏷️ |
| 100 | + |
| 101 | +#### 🔥 Special Case: `EXP` Tag |
| 102 | + |
| 103 | +For an event that has been **announced** but the Call for Papers is **not yet available**, you can still add an entry! Just make sure to: |
| 104 | +- Include the `EXP` tag. |
| 105 | +- Fill in details based on the **previous year’s** event. |
| 106 | +- This will internally set some of the fields to default placeholder values (e.g., `comment: "CFP yet to be announced"`). |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | +#### 🔥 Special Case: `EXPCFP` Tag |
| 109 | + |
| 110 | +Sometimes, an event is already **confirmed** and has public details like **dates, location, and venue**, but the **CFP hasn't been published yet**. In this case, use the `EXPCFP` tag. |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +- This is a more specific version of the `EXP` tag. |
| 113 | +- Use `EXPCFP` when the event is definitely happening, but the CFP is **not yet available**. |
| 114 | +- As with `EXP`, base your entry on the most recent available details. |
| 115 | + |
| 116 | +This helps signal to others that the event is expected, even though submission details are still pending. 🔍 |
| 117 | + |
| 118 | +🔥 **Let's make MPC deadlines easy to track—together!** 🚀 |
| 119 | + |
| 120 | + |
| 121 | +## 🙏 Acknowledgements |
| 122 | + |
| 123 | +Thanks to the amazing **[sec-deadlines](https://sec-deadlines.github.io)** page, which inspired the initial version of this hub. 🙌 |
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