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1%%%%%%%% ICML 2026 EXAMPLE LATEX SUBMISSION FILE %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%2 3\documentclass{article}4 5% Recommended, but optional, packages for figures and better typesetting:6\usepackage{microtype}7\usepackage{graphicx}8\usepackage{subcaption}9\usepackage{booktabs} % for professional tables10 11% hyperref makes hyperlinks in the resulting PDF.12% If your build breaks (sometimes temporarily if a hyperlink spans a page)13% please comment out the following usepackage line and replace14% \usepackage{icml2026} with \usepackage[nohyperref]{icml2026} above.15\usepackage{hyperref}16 17 18% Attempt to make hyperref and algorithmic work together better:19\newcommand{\theHalgorithm}{\arabic{algorithm}}20 21% Use the following line for the initial blind version submitted for review:22\usepackage{icml2026}23 24% For preprint, use25% \usepackage[preprint]{icml2026}26 27% If accepted, instead use the following line for the camera-ready submission:28% \usepackage[accepted]{icml2026}29 30\usepackage{amsmath}31\usepackage{amssymb}32\usepackage{mathtools}33\usepackage{amsthm}34 35 36% if you use cleveref..37\usepackage[capitalize,noabbrev]{cleveref}38 39%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%40% THEOREMS41%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%42\theoremstyle{plain}43\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[section]44\newtheorem{proposition}[theorem]{Proposition}45\newtheorem{lemma}[theorem]{Lemma}46\newtheorem{corollary}[theorem]{Corollary}47\theoremstyle{definition}48\newtheorem{definition}[theorem]{Definition}49\newtheorem{assumption}[theorem]{Assumption}50\theoremstyle{remark}51\newtheorem{remark}[theorem]{Remark}52 53% Todonotes is useful during development; simply uncomment the next line54%    and comment out the line below the next line to turn off comments55%\usepackage[disable,textsize=tiny]{todonotes}56\usepackage[textsize=tiny]{todonotes}57 58% The \icmltitle you define below is probably too long as a header.59% Therefore, a short form for the running title is supplied here:60\icmltitlerunning{Submission and Formatting Instructions for ICML 2026}61 62\begin{document}63 64\twocolumn[65  \icmltitle{Submission and Formatting Instructions for \\66    International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2026)}67 68  % It is OKAY to include author information, even for blind submissions: the69  % style file will automatically remove it for you unless you've provided70  % the [accepted] option to the icml2026 package.71 72  % List of affiliations: The first argument should be a (short) identifier you73  % will use later to specify author affiliations Academic affiliations74  % should list Department, University, City, Region, Country Industry75  % affiliations should list Company, City, Region, Country76 77  % You can specify symbols, otherwise they are numbered in order. Ideally, you78  % should not use this facility. Affiliations will be numbered in order of79  % appearance and this is the preferred way.80  \icmlsetsymbol{equal}{*}81 82  \begin{icmlauthorlist}83    \icmlauthor{Firstname1 Lastname1}{equal,yyy}84    \icmlauthor{Firstname2 Lastname2}{equal,yyy,comp}85    \icmlauthor{Firstname3 Lastname3}{comp}86    \icmlauthor{Firstname4 Lastname4}{sch}87    \icmlauthor{Firstname5 Lastname5}{yyy}88    \icmlauthor{Firstname6 Lastname6}{sch,yyy,comp}89    \icmlauthor{Firstname7 Lastname7}{comp}90    %\icmlauthor{}{sch}91    \icmlauthor{Firstname8 Lastname8}{sch}92    \icmlauthor{Firstname8 Lastname8}{yyy,comp}93    %\icmlauthor{}{sch}94    %\icmlauthor{}{sch}95  \end{icmlauthorlist}96 97  \icmlaffiliation{yyy}{Department of XXX, University of YYY, Location, Country}98  \icmlaffiliation{comp}{Company Name, Location, Country}99  \icmlaffiliation{sch}{School of ZZZ, Institute of WWW, Location, Country}100 101  \icmlcorrespondingauthor{Firstname1 Lastname1}{first1.last1@xxx.edu}102  \icmlcorrespondingauthor{Firstname2 Lastname2}{first2.last2@www.uk}103 104  % You may provide any keywords that you find helpful for describing your105  % paper; these are used to populate the "keywords" metadata in the PDF but106  % will not be shown in the document107  \icmlkeywords{Machine Learning, ICML}108 109  \vskip 0.3in110]111 112% this must go after the closing bracket ] following \twocolumn[ ...113 114% This command actually creates the footnote in the first column listing the115% affiliations and the copyright notice. The command takes one argument, which116% is text to display at the start of the footnote. The \icmlEqualContribution117% command is standard text for equal contribution. Remove it (just {}) if you118% do not need this facility.119 120% Use ONE of the following lines. DO NOT remove the command.121% If you have no special notice, KEEP empty braces:122\printAffiliationsAndNotice{}  % no special notice (required even if empty)123% Or, if applicable, use the standard equal contribution text:124% \printAffiliationsAndNotice{\icmlEqualContribution}125 126\begin{abstract}127  This document provides a basic paper template and submission guidelines.128  Abstracts must be a single paragraph, ideally between 4--6 sentences long.129  Gross violations will trigger corrections at the camera-ready phase.130\end{abstract}131 132\section{Electronic Submission}133 134Submission to ICML 2026 will be entirely electronic, via a web site135(not email). Information about the submission process and \LaTeX\ templates136are available on the conference web site at:137\begin{center}138  \texttt{http://icml.cc/}139\end{center}140 141The guidelines below will be enforced for initial submissions and142camera-ready copies. Here is a brief summary:143\begin{itemize}144  \item Submissions must be in PDF\@.145  \item If your paper has appendices, submit the appendix together with the146        main body and the references \textbf{as a single file}. Reviewers will not147        look for appendices as a separate PDF file. So if you submit such an extra148        file, reviewers will very likely miss it.149  \item Page limit: The main body of the paper has to be fitted to 8 pages,150        excluding references and appendices; the space for the latter two is not151        limited in pages, but the total file size may not exceed 10MB. For the152        final version of the paper, authors can add one extra page to the main153        body.154  \item \textbf{Do not include author information or acknowledgements} in your155        initial submission.156  \item Your paper should be in \textbf{10 point Times font}.157  \item Make sure your PDF file only uses Type-1 fonts.158  \item Place figure captions \emph{under} the figure (and omit titles from159        inside the graphic file itself). Place table captions \emph{over} the160        table.161  \item References must include page numbers whenever possible and be as162        complete as possible. Place multiple citations in chronological order.163  \item Do not alter the style template; in particular, do not compress the164        paper format by reducing the vertical spaces.165  \item Keep your abstract brief and self-contained, one paragraph and roughly166        4--6 sentences. Gross violations will require correction at the167        camera-ready phase. The title should have content words capitalized.168\end{itemize}169 170\subsection{Submitting Papers}171 172\textbf{Anonymous Submission:} ICML uses double-blind review: no identifying173author information may appear on the title page or in the paper174itself. \cref{author info} gives further details.175 176\medskip177 178Authors must provide their manuscripts in \textbf{PDF} format.179Furthermore, please make sure that files contain only embedded Type-1 fonts180(e.g.,~using the program \texttt{pdffonts} in linux or using181File/DocumentProperties/Fonts in Acrobat). Other fonts (like Type-3)182might come from graphics files imported into the document.183 184Authors using \textbf{Word} must convert their document to PDF\@. Most185of the latest versions of Word have the facility to do this186automatically. Submissions will not be accepted in Word format or any187format other than PDF\@. Really. We're not joking. Don't send Word.188 189Those who use \textbf{\LaTeX} should avoid including Type-3 fonts.190Those using \texttt{latex} and \texttt{dvips} may need the following191two commands:192 193{\footnotesize194\begin{verbatim}195dvips -Ppdf -tletter -G0 -o paper.ps paper.dvi196ps2pdf paper.ps197\end{verbatim}}198It is a zero following the ``-G'', which tells dvips to use199the config.pdf file. Newer \TeX\ distributions don't always need this200option.201 202Using \texttt{pdflatex} rather than \texttt{latex}, often gives better203results. This program avoids the Type-3 font problem, and supports more204advanced features in the \texttt{microtype} package.205 206\textbf{Graphics files} should be a reasonable size, and included from207an appropriate format. Use vector formats (.eps/.pdf) for plots,208lossless bitmap formats (.png) for raster graphics with sharp lines, and209jpeg for photo-like images.210 211The style file uses the \texttt{hyperref} package to make clickable212links in documents. If this causes problems for you, add213\texttt{nohyperref} as one of the options to the \texttt{icml2026}214usepackage statement.215 216\subsection{Submitting Final Camera-Ready Copy}217 218The final versions of papers accepted for publication should follow the219same format and naming convention as initial submissions, except that220author information (names and affiliations) should be given. See221\cref{final author} for formatting instructions.222 223The footnote, ``Preliminary work. Under review by the International224Conference on Machine Learning (ICML). Do not distribute.'' must be225modified to ``\textit{Proceedings of the226  $\mathit{43}^{rd}$ International Conference on Machine Learning},227Seoul, South Korea, PMLR 306, 2026.228Copyright 2026 by the author(s).''229 230For those using the \textbf{\LaTeX} style file, this change (and others) is231handled automatically by simply changing232$\mathtt{\backslash usepackage\{icml2026\}}$ to233$$\mathtt{\backslash usepackage[accepted]\{icml2026\}}$$234Authors using \textbf{Word} must edit the235footnote on the first page of the document themselves.236 237Camera-ready copies should have the title of the paper as running head238on each page except the first one. The running title consists of a239single line centered above a horizontal rule which is $1$~point thick.240The running head should be centered, bold and in $9$~point type. The241rule should be $10$~points above the main text. For those using the242\textbf{\LaTeX} style file, the original title is automatically set as running243head using the \texttt{fancyhdr} package which is included in the ICML2442026 style file package. In case that the original title exceeds the245size restrictions, a shorter form can be supplied by using246 247\verb|\icmltitlerunning{...}|248 249just before $\mathtt{\backslash begin\{document\}}$.250Authors using \textbf{Word} must edit the header of the document themselves.251 252\section{Format of the Paper}253 254All submissions must follow the specified format.255 256\subsection{Dimensions}257 258The text of the paper should be formatted in two columns, with an259overall width of 6.75~inches, height of 9.0~inches, and 0.25~inches260between the columns. The left margin should be 0.75~inches and the top261margin 1.0~inch (2.54~cm). The right and bottom margins will depend on262whether you print on US letter or A4 paper, but all final versions263must be produced for US letter size.264Do not write anything on the margins.265 266The paper body should be set in 10~point type with a vertical spacing267of 11~points. Please use Times typeface throughout the text.268 269\subsection{Title}270 271The paper title should be set in 14~point bold type and centered272between two horizontal rules that are 1~point thick, with 1.0~inch273between the top rule and the top edge of the page. Capitalize the274first letter of content words and put the rest of the title in lower275case.276You can use TeX math in the title (we suggest sparingly),277but no custom macros, images, or other TeX commands.278Please make sure that accents, special characters, etc., are entered using279TeX commands and not using non-English characters.280 281\subsection{Author Information for Submission}282\label{author info}283 284ICML uses double-blind review, so author information must not appear. If285you are using \LaTeX\/ and the \texttt{icml2026.sty} file, use286\verb+\icmlauthor{...}+ to specify authors and \verb+\icmlaffiliation{...}+287to specify affiliations. (Read the TeX code used to produce this document for288an example usage.) The author information will not be printed unless289\texttt{accepted} is passed as an argument to the style file. Submissions that290include the author information will not be reviewed.291 292\subsubsection{Self-Citations}293 294If you are citing published papers for which you are an author, refer295to yourself in the third person. In particular, do not use phrases296that reveal your identity (e.g., ``in previous work \cite{langley00}, we297have shown \ldots'').298 299Do not anonymize citations in the reference section. The only exception are manuscripts that are300not yet published (e.g., under submission). If you choose to refer to301such unpublished manuscripts \cite{anonymous}, anonymized copies have302to be submitted303as Supplementary Material via OpenReview\@. However, keep in mind that an ICML304paper should be self contained and should contain sufficient detail305for the reviewers to evaluate the work. In particular, reviewers are306not required to look at the Supplementary Material when writing their307review (they are not required to look at more than the first $8$ pages of the submitted document).308 309\subsubsection{Camera-Ready Author Information}310\label{final author}311 312If a paper is accepted, a final camera-ready copy must be prepared.313%314For camera-ready papers, author information should start 0.3~inches below the315bottom rule surrounding the title. The authors' names should appear in 10~point316bold type, in a row, separated by white space, and centered. Author names should317not be broken across lines. Unbolded superscripted numbers, starting 1, should318be used to refer to affiliations.319 320Affiliations should be numbered in the order of appearance. A single footnote321block of text should be used to list all the affiliations. (Academic322affiliations should list Department, University, City, State/Region, Country.323Similarly for industrial affiliations.)324 325Each distinct affiliations should be listed once. If an author has multiple326affiliations, multiple superscripts should be placed after the name, separated327by thin spaces. If the authors would like to highlight equal contribution by328multiple first authors, those authors should have an asterisk placed after their329name in superscript, and the term ``\textsuperscript{*}Equal contribution"330should be placed in the footnote block ahead of the list of affiliations. A331list of corresponding authors and their emails (in the format Full Name332\textless{}email@domain.com\textgreater{}) can follow the list of affiliations.333Ideally only one or two names should be listed.334 335A sample file with author names is included in the ICML2026 style file336package. Turn on the \texttt{[accepted]} option to the stylefile to337see the names rendered. All of the guidelines above are implemented338by the \LaTeX\ style file.339 340\subsection{Abstract}341 342The paper abstract should begin in the left column, 0.4~inches below the final343address. The heading `Abstract' should be centered, bold, and in 11~point type.344The abstract body should use 10~point type, with a vertical spacing of34511~points, and should be indented 0.25~inches more than normal on left-hand and346right-hand margins. Insert 0.4~inches of blank space after the body. Keep your347abstract brief and self-contained, limiting it to one paragraph and roughly 4--6348sentences. Gross violations will require correction at the camera-ready phase.349 350\subsection{Partitioning the Text}351 352You should organize your paper into sections and paragraphs to help readers353place a structure on the material and understand its contributions.354 355\subsubsection{Sections and Subsections}356 357Section headings should be numbered, flush left, and set in 11~pt bold type358with the content words capitalized. Leave 0.25~inches of space before the359heading and 0.15~inches after the heading.360 361Similarly, subsection headings should be numbered, flush left, and set in 10~pt362bold type with the content words capitalized. Leave3630.2~inches of space before the heading and 0.13~inches afterward.364 365Finally, subsubsection headings should be numbered, flush left, and set in36610~pt small caps with the content words capitalized. Leave3670.18~inches of space before the heading and 0.1~inches after the heading.368 369Please use no more than three levels of headings.370 371\subsubsection{Paragraphs and Footnotes}372 373Within each section or subsection, you should further partition the paper into374paragraphs. Do not indent the first line of a given paragraph, but insert a375blank line between succeeding ones.376 377You can use footnotes\footnote{Footnotes should be complete sentences.}378to provide readers with additional information about a topic without379interrupting the flow of the paper. Indicate footnotes with a number in the380text where the point is most relevant. Place the footnote in 9~point type at381the bottom of the column in which it appears. Precede the first footnote in a382column with a horizontal rule of 0.8~inches.\footnote{Multiple footnotes can383  appear in each column, in the same order as they appear in the text,384  but spread them across columns and pages if possible.}385 386\begin{figure}[ht]387  \vskip 0.2in388  \begin{center}389    \centerline{\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{icml_numpapers}}390    \caption{391      Historical locations and number of accepted papers for International392      Machine Learning Conferences (ICML 1993 -- ICML 2008) and International393      Workshops on Machine Learning (ML 1988 -- ML 1992). At the time this394      figure was produced, the number of accepted papers for ICML 2008 was395      unknown and instead estimated.396    }397    \label{icml-historical}398  \end{center}399\end{figure}400 401\subsection{Figures}402 403You may want to include figures in the paper to illustrate your approach and404results. Such artwork should be centered, legible, and separated from the text.405Lines should be dark and at least 0.5~points thick for purposes of406reproduction, and text should not appear on a gray background.407 408Label all distinct components of each figure. If the figure takes the form of a409graph, then give a name for each axis and include a legend that briefly410describes each curve. Do not include a title inside the figure; instead, the411caption should serve this function.412 413Number figures sequentially, placing the figure number and caption \emph{after}414the graphics, with at least 0.1~inches of space before the caption and4150.1~inches after it, as in \cref{icml-historical}. The figure caption should be416set in 9~point type and centered unless it runs two or more lines, in which417case it should be flush left. You may float figures to the top or bottom of a418column, and you may set wide figures across both columns (use the environment419\texttt{figure*} in \LaTeX). Always place two-column figures at the top or420bottom of the page.421 422\subsection{Algorithms}423 424If you are using \LaTeX, please use the ``algorithm'' and ``algorithmic''425environments to format pseudocode. These require the corresponding stylefiles,426algorithm.sty and algorithmic.sty, which are supplied with this package.427\cref{alg:example} shows an example.428 429\begin{algorithm}[tb]430  \caption{Bubble Sort}431  \label{alg:example}432  \begin{algorithmic}433    \STATE {\bfseries Input:} data $x_i$, size $m$434    \REPEAT435    \STATE Initialize $noChange = true$.436    \FOR{$i=1$ {\bfseries to} $m-1$}437    \IF{$x_i > x_{i+1}$}438    \STATE Swap $x_i$ and $x_{i+1}$439    \STATE $noChange = false$440    \ENDIF441    \ENDFOR442    \UNTIL{$noChange$ is $true$}443  \end{algorithmic}444\end{algorithm}445 446 447\subsection{Tables}448 449You may also want to include tables that summarize material. Like figures,450these should be centered, legible, and numbered consecutively. However, place451the title \emph{above} the table with at least 0.1~inches of space before the452title and the same after it, as in \cref{sample-table}. The table title should453be set in 9~point type and centered unless it runs two or more lines, in which454case it should be flush left.455 456% Note use of \abovespace and \belowspace to get reasonable spacing457% above and below tabular lines.458 459\begin{table}[t]460  \caption{Classification accuracies for naive Bayes and flexible461    Bayes on various data sets.}462  \label{sample-table}463  \begin{center}464    \begin{small}465      \begin{sc}466        \begin{tabular}{lcccr}467          \toprule468          Data set  & Naive         & Flexible      & Better?  \\469          \midrule470          Breast    & 95.9$\pm$ 0.2 & 96.7$\pm$ 0.2 & $\surd$  \\471          Cleveland & 83.3$\pm$ 0.6 & 80.0$\pm$ 0.6 & $\times$ \\472          Glass2    & 61.9$\pm$ 1.4 & 83.8$\pm$ 0.7 & $\surd$  \\473          Credit    & 74.8$\pm$ 0.5 & 78.3$\pm$ 0.6 &          \\474          Horse     & 73.3$\pm$ 0.9 & 69.7$\pm$ 1.0 & $\times$ \\475          Meta      & 67.1$\pm$ 0.6 & 76.5$\pm$ 0.5 & $\surd$  \\476          Pima      & 75.1$\pm$ 0.6 & 73.9$\pm$ 0.5 &          \\477          Vehicle   & 44.9$\pm$ 0.6 & 61.5$\pm$ 0.4 & $\surd$  \\478          \bottomrule479        \end{tabular}480      \end{sc}481    \end{small}482  \end{center}483  \vskip -0.1in484\end{table}485 486Tables contain textual material, whereas figures contain graphical material.487Specify the contents of each row and column in the table's topmost row. Again,488you may float tables to a column's top or bottom, and set wide tables across489both columns. Place two-column tables at the top or bottom of the page.490 491\subsection{Theorems and Such}492The preferred way is to number definitions, propositions, lemmas, etc.493consecutively, within sections, as shown below.494\begin{definition}495  \label{def:inj}496  A function $f:X \to Y$ is injective if for any $x,y\in X$ different, $f(x)\ne497    f(y)$.498\end{definition}499Using \cref{def:inj} we immediate get the following result:500\begin{proposition}501  If $f$ is injective mapping a set $X$ to another set $Y$,502  the cardinality of $Y$ is at least as large as that of $X$503\end{proposition}504\begin{proof}505  Left as an exercise to the reader.506\end{proof}507\cref{lem:usefullemma} stated next will prove to be useful.508\begin{lemma}509  \label{lem:usefullemma}510  For any $f:X \to Y$ and $g:Y\to Z$ injective functions, $f \circ g$ is511  injective.512\end{lemma}513\begin{theorem}514  \label{thm:bigtheorem}515  If $f:X\to Y$ is bijective, the cardinality of $X$ and $Y$ are the same.516\end{theorem}517An easy corollary of \cref{thm:bigtheorem} is the following:518\begin{corollary}519  If $f:X\to Y$ is bijective,520  the cardinality of $X$ is at least as large as that of $Y$.521\end{corollary}522\begin{assumption}523  The set $X$ is finite.524  \label{ass:xfinite}525\end{assumption}526\begin{remark}527  According to some, it is only the finite case (cf. \cref{ass:xfinite}) that528  is interesting.529\end{remark}530%restatable531 532\subsection{Citations and References}533 534Please use APA reference format regardless of your formatter or word processor.535If you rely on the \LaTeX\/ bibliographic facility, use \texttt{natbib.sty} and536\texttt{icml2026.bst} included in the style-file package to obtain this format.537 538Citations within the text should include the authors' last names and year. If539the authors' names are included in the sentence, place only the year in540parentheses, for example when referencing Arthur Samuel's pioneering work541\yrcite{Samuel59}. Otherwise place the entire reference in parentheses with the542authors and year separated by a comma \cite{Samuel59}. List multiple references543separated by semicolons \cite{kearns89,Samuel59,mitchell80}. Use the `et~al.'544construct only for citations with three or more authors or after listing all545authors to a publication in an earlier reference \cite{MachineLearningI}.546 547Authors should cite their own work in the third person in the initial version548of their paper submitted for blind review. Please refer to \cref{author info}549for detailed instructions on how to cite your own papers.550 551Use an unnumbered first-level section heading for the references, and use a552hanging indent style, with the first line of the reference flush against the553left margin and subsequent lines indented by 10 points. The references at the554end of this document give examples for journal articles \cite{Samuel59},555conference publications \cite{langley00}, book chapters \cite{Newell81}, books556\cite{DudaHart2nd}, edited volumes \cite{MachineLearningI}, technical reports557\cite{mitchell80}, and dissertations \cite{kearns89}.558 559Alphabetize references by the surnames of the first authors, with single author560entries preceding multiple author entries. Order references for the same561authors by year of publication, with the earliest first. Make sure that each562reference includes all relevant information (e.g., page numbers).563 564Please put some effort into making references complete, presentable, and565consistent, e.g. use the actual current name of authors. If using bibtex,566please protect capital letters of names and abbreviations in titles, for567example, use \{B\}ayesian or \{L\}ipschitz in your .bib file.568 569\section*{Accessibility}570 571Authors are kindly asked to make their submissions as accessible as possible572for everyone including people with disabilities and sensory or neurological573differences. Tips of how to achieve this and what to pay attention to will be574provided on the conference website \url{http://icml.cc/}.575 576\section*{Software and Data}577 578If a paper is accepted, we strongly encourage the publication of software and579data with the camera-ready version of the paper whenever appropriate. This can580be done by including a URL in the camera-ready copy. However, \textbf{do not}581include URLs that reveal your institution or identity in your submission for582review. Instead, provide an anonymous URL or upload the material as583``Supplementary Material'' into the OpenReview reviewing system. Note that584reviewers are not required to look at this material when writing their review.585 586% Acknowledgements should only appear in the accepted version.587\section*{Acknowledgements}588 589\textbf{Do not} include acknowledgements in the initial version of the paper590submitted for blind review.591 592If a paper is accepted, the final camera-ready version can (and usually should)593include acknowledgements.  Such acknowledgements should be placed at the end of594the section, in an unnumbered section that does not count towards the paper595page limit. Typically, this will include thanks to reviewers who gave useful596comments, to colleagues who contributed to the ideas, and to funding agencies597and corporate sponsors that provided financial support.598 599\section*{Impact Statement}600 601Authors are \textbf{required} to include a statement of the potential broader602impact of their work, including its ethical aspects and future societal603consequences. This statement should be in an unnumbered section at the end of604the paper (co-located with Acknowledgements -- the two may appear in either605order, but both must be before References), and does not count toward the paper606page limit. In many cases, where the ethical impacts and expected societal607implications are those that are well established when advancing the field of608Machine Learning, substantial discussion is not required, and a simple609statement such as the following will suffice:610 611``This paper presents work whose goal is to advance the field of Machine612Learning. There are many potential societal consequences of our work, none613which we feel must be specifically highlighted here.''614 615The above statement can be used verbatim in such cases, but we encourage616authors to think about whether there is content which does warrant further617discussion, as this statement will be apparent if the paper is later flagged618for ethics review.619 620% In the unusual situation where you want a paper to appear in the621% references without citing it in the main text, use \nocite622\nocite{langley00}623 624\bibliography{example_paper}625\bibliographystyle{icml2026}626 627%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%628%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%629% APPENDIX630%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%631%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%632\newpage633\appendix634\onecolumn635\section{You \emph{can} have an appendix here.}636 637You can have as much text here as you want. The main body must be at most $8$638pages long. For the final version, one more page can be added. If you want, you639can use an appendix like this one.640 641The $\mathtt{\backslash onecolumn}$ command above can be kept in place if you642prefer a one-column appendix, or can be removed if you prefer a two-column643appendix.  Apart from this possible change, the style (font size, spacing,644margins, page numbering, etc.) should be kept the same as the main body.645%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%646%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%647 648\end{document}649 650% This document was modified from the file originally made available by651% Pat Langley and Andrea Danyluk for ICML-2K. This version was created652% by Iain Murray in 2018, and modified by Alexandre Bouchard in653% 2019 and 2021 and by Csaba Szepesvari, Gang Niu and Sivan Sabato in 2022.654% Modified again in 2023 and 2024 by Sivan Sabato and Jonathan Scarlett.655% Previous contributors include Dan Roy, Lise Getoor and Tobias656% Scheffer, which was slightly modified from the 2010 version by657% Thorsten Joachims & Johannes Fuernkranz, slightly modified from the658% 2009 version by Kiri Wagstaff and Sam Roweis's 2008 version, which is659% slightly modified from Prasad Tadepalli's 2007 version which is a660% lightly changed version of the previous year's version by Andrew661% Moore, which was in turn edited from those of Kristian Kersting and662% Codrina Lauth. Alex Smola contributed to the algorithmic style files.663