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Use when reasoning about how an ATC (ACM SIGOPS Annual Technical Conference, formerly USENIX ATC) submission is evaluated — the two-round extended-abstract model, the round-one gate by two reviewers, the round-two read by 3-4 reviewers, double-blind reviewing, rebuttal, conditional acceptance with shepherding, and how ATC differs from OSDI/SOSP/NSDI.

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# ATC Review Process

Model the pipeline before interpreting any single review. ATC's process is unusual among systems
venues in 2026 because it runs in **two rounds gated by a two-page extended abstract**, and because
acceptance is **conditional on a shepherd**. The most consequential mental shift for authors
arriving from a single-round conference is that **round one can end your submission before anyone
reads the full paper** — the extended abstract is not a formality.

## Process model

- Submission and review run on **HotCRP** (`atc26.hotcrp.com`) with **double-blind** anonymity:
  identities are mutually hidden through reviewing.
- **Round one:** each **two-page extended abstract** is read by **two experienced reviewers** with a
  broad systems perspective; abstracts below the bar are **rejected early**. The extended abstract is
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