[RecSys 2026] First Call for Research and Practice Notes
Noemi Mauro
Dear Colleagues,
As a new track, we are pleased to invite you to contribute to the Research and Practice Notes track of the 20th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys 2026). Research and Practice Notes should present innovative ideas that are still in development and have shown promising preliminary results. This track also serves as a platform for disseminating new research directions. In contrast, mature studies with fully validated experimental results are better suited for the general call, either as long or short papers. Therefore, papers rejected from the main track are not suitable as Research and Practice Notes submissions.
The Research and Practice Notes track of RecSys offers an opportunity to share smaller-scale work or work still in progress in a form that does not preclude future publication. They are different from long, short, and research papers in that they do not need to be complete works - they simply need to represent relevant and interesting work within the scope of the conference. The topics listed in the main-track call for papers serve as a reference, but we also encourage submissions with clear relevance to recommender systems that extend this list.
Accepted contributions for this track will be presented as posters, where the informal setting encourages presenters and participants to engage in lively discussions about the presented work. All accepted contributions will be published by ACM. We note that according to the ACM’s New Open Access Publishing Model, Research and Practice Notes are published as extended abstracts, and as a result, the ACM Open article processing charges do not apply.
Each accepted contribution is expected to be presented in person. At least one author from each accepted submission must attend the conference in person to present and discuss their work at the conference poster session. Remote presentations or videos will not be permitted for accepted contributions.
Details & submission guidelines can be found here:
https://recsys.acm.org/recsys26/call/#content-tab-1-4-tab
Key Deadlines for R&P Notes Track Submission (11:59 pm, AoE):
Paper Due: July 15, 2026
Paper Notifications: August 10, 2026
Camera-Ready Due: August 17, 2026
We encourage you to submit your research and practice notes to ACM RecSys 2026. Looking forward to your contributions!
Best regards,
Noemi Mauro and Pan Li
On behalf of the ACM RecSys 2026 Organizing Committee