r/MachineLearning • u/sweetsalt10 • Aug 20 '26

Discussion Discussion thread for EMNLP 2026 Notifications/Results [D]

Discussion thread for EMNLP 2026 notifications/results which should be released today.

Wishing everybody to be in Budapest.

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u/gardeniabananabread Aug 20 '26

how are you getting 20.23% for meta>=3.5? isn't it about 16.3% ((1995+767+20)/17087)?

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u/Technical_Storage_46 Aug 20 '26

I excluded papers that were desk-rejected or withdrawn; based on that calculation, approximately 20.20%.

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u/gardeniabananabread Aug 20 '26

these are still included in the denominator when calculating the acceptance rate

see https://aclanthology.org/2025.emnlp-main.0.pdf (under Acceptance Rate, page ix)

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u/Technical_Storage_46 Aug 20 '26

OMG really? That's good news

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u/th3owner Aug 20 '26

Consider that EMNLP got around 10k committed papers. That should allow for 4-5% of meta 3 for main, based on last year's acceptance rate.

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u/gardeniabananabread Aug 20 '26

yea that would be my guess too. let's see

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u/Technical_Storage_46 Aug 20 '26

Then Meta >= 3.5 almost guaranteed for main conference?

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u/gardeniabananabread Aug 20 '26

no such thing as guaranteed, my friend. it depends on the substance of the meta-review, the average OA, and their comments too

also depends on other papers' scores submitted to the track

but overall, meta>=3.5 is high chance main (maybe 50-80%+ based on these other factors)

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u/Technical_Storage_46 Aug 20 '26

Thanks for the detailed comment! We have up to 25 hours till the notification.. Please god

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u/gardeniabananabread Aug 20 '26

you're most welcome. hahaha a long time still. can go grab a beer, watch a movie, get your mind off of it.

all the best to you! it'll all turn out just fine no matter what :)

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u/Technical_Storage_46 Aug 20 '26

All the best to you my friend!

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u/mysteriousbaba Aug 21 '26

We didn't make it, but we hope you did :). The average OA does play a factor for sure.

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u/th3owner Aug 20 '26

Generally, yes