Five tools that watch deadlines so you do not have to:
- WikiCFP: the classic call-for-papers wiki, broadest coverage.
- Conference Alerts: email alerts by discipline.
- Google Scholar alerts: keyword alerts catch CFPs in your area.
- OpenReview: tracks ML venue deadlines natively.
- Your lab's shared calendar: unglamorous, most effective.
The real failure mode is missing the abstract registration deadline, which is separate and earlier at NeurIPS (May 4) and CVPR (Nov 6). Put both the abstract and paper deadlines in your calendar the day a CFP drops.
Add deadline alerts to your phone, not just email; CFP emails drown in inbox noise during teaching weeks.
Charge the tablet the night before travel; dead devices cause more deadline stress than bad reviews. Sources: IEEE, ACM One more: conference social accounts and mailing lists announce deadline extensions. Follow the venue accounts. Extensions happen more often than organizers admit.
A conference deadline tracker app that syncs calls for papers across fields saves more time than any template.