{"id":9902,"date":"2026-02-06T15:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asia.siggraph.org\/2026\/?page_id=9902"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:48:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T09:48:50","slug":"conflict-of-interest-rules-for-authors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asia.siggraph.org\/2026\/submissions\/technical-papers\/conflict-of-interest-rules-for-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"Conflict of Interest Rules for Authors"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9902\" class=\"elementor elementor-9902\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-327cc3d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"327cc3d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce46b3f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ce46b3f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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Authors<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a225cf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a225cf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To ensure a fair and unbiased peer review process, you must specify the persons with whom you have a conflict of interest (COI), such that they are not assigned as reviewers. You must provide a complete and valid list of COI. You may not mark individuals as COI for the sole purpose of avoiding them as reviewers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fc0653 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fc0653\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Conflicts of interest include (but are not limited to) situations in which:<\/p><ul><li>You work at the same institution.<\/li><li>You are collaborating or have collaborated with the person in the past three years. Collaboration is usually defined as having written a paper or grant proposal together. Being co-presenters in a course, co-authors of a survey paper, or co-chairs in a recent conference does not in itself lead to a conflict of interest.<\/li><li>You are or were the MS\/PhD advisor or advisee of the person. 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