Call for Participation

The workshop is a one-day event with invited speakers, oral presentations, and posters. The event brings together faculty, graduate students, research scientists, and engineers for an opportunity to connect and exchange ideas. There will be a panel discussion and a mentoring session to discuss current research trends and career choices in artificial intelligence and machine learning. While all presenters will identify primarily as latinx, all are invited to attend.

Submission Instructions

We strongly encourage students, postdocs, and researchers who primarily identify as LatinX in all areas of Machine Learning to submit extended abstracts describing new or work-in-progress research. We welcome submissions in theory, methodology, and applications. Submissions will be peer-reviewed and abstracts which are selected to present will be invited to submit a camera-ready version of their full paper to be included in the Journal of LatinX in AI Research (JLXAIR). 

Authors of accepted abstracts will be asked to present their work in a poster session. A few authors will be selected to give oral presentations. Authors accepted to present will be offered presentation coaching. 

While the presenting author need not to be the first author of the work, authors are asked to highlight the contribution of LatinX individuals — particularly the presenting author. This information should be included in the end of the paper (after references) as an unnumbered section. Furthermore, although the event focuses primarily on researchers who identify as LatinX, everyone is invited to attend. Authors are also encouraged to sign up to review for LXAI.

Submission Requirements

Submissions will be double-blind peer-reviewed and should be submitted as a PDF file through Microsoft CMT. All submissions must be in English and strictly follow the guidelines provided by the ICML 2021 Author Kit to avoid the risk of being rejected without consideration of their merits. Each paper should have up to four pages (including figures, tables, and references). 

At the authors' discretion, supplementary material can also be uploaded (as a separate PDF document) to CMT. However, papers must be self-contained, clearly stating the research problem, motivation, and technical contribution, including experimental results when applicable. Please, keep in mind that supplementary materials are not mandatory and may not be considered by reviewers. In other words, simply delegating central elements of the research to the supplementary material will not be tolerated. 

The submission deadline is 23:59 April 29th, 2021 AoE. Please note that no extensions will be offered for submissions.

Accepted Papers

Call for Volunteers

LatinX in AI is in need of key support for all the activities that LXAI brings to our community. Volunteers are scheduled as needed for specific roles including registration table, timekeeper, social media liaison, MC, or on-call for 2-4 hour time periods on the day of the workshop. We will require volunteers to help in the organization in the days before the workshop in roles such as advertisement design. We will give priority to registration grants for our volunteers, so we strongly recommend that you apply using the link below.

Financial Assistance

LatinX in AI is committed to supporting LatinX & hispanic individuals from all around the world. This year since the workshop and ICML conference will be virtual, we want to ensure that our workshop is accessible to everyone, no matter where they live. As such, we are happy to provide support for registration fees and internet data grants to help those that have financial needs. If you believe you need financial assistance to cover your internet/data expenses or to virtually register to ICML, please make sure to fill out these applications as accurately and truthfully as possible.

Mentoring Program

LatinX in AI is hosting a mentoring program alongside our official workshops. The LatinX in AI Mentoring Program requires mentors and mentees to meet once a month. On the day of the workshop, some mentees will be asked to share their experience and the learnings they obtained from the program.

Following the completion of this program, you'll be asked to complete a quick survey about your experience and opportunities for our improvement. Mentors who complete the program and survey are eligible to receive a $25 voucher as a token of appreciation on behalf of LatinX in AI.