⏱️ Conference Deadline Tracker

Never miss a paper deadline again!
A beautiful conference deadline tracker for AI/ML researchers

🌐 Live Demo • Features • Quick Start • Contributing

---

✨ Features

Feature	Description
🎨 Beautiful UI	OpenAI-inspired gradients, Apple-like animations, glassmorphism
📅 Calendar View	Day/Week/Month/Year views with deadline chips
⏱️ Live Countdown	Real-time timers with smart formatting
🔄 Auto-Updates	LLM-powered scraper keeps deadlines current
🔍 Smart Search	Filter by category, search with ⌘K
📱 Responsive	Works on desktop, tablet, and mobile

Conferences Tracked

Category	Conferences
ML	ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR, AAAI
Vision	CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, WACV, ICIP
NLP	ACL, EMNLP, NAACL
Speech	Interspeech, ICASSP
Robotics	IROS

---

🚀 Quick Start

Option 1: Use Directly

Visit https://awsaf49.github.io/paperrush/ — no installation needed!

Option 2: Self-Host

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/awsaf49/paperrush.git
cd paperrush

# Open in browser (no build required!)
open index.html

Option 3: Deploy Your Own

1. Fork this repository
2. Go to Settings → Pages
3. Set source to main branch
4. Your site is live at https://yourusername.github.io/paperrush/

---

🤖 Auto-Update System

PaperRush uses an LLM-powered scraper to automatically update conference deadlines.

Setup (Optional)

To enable auto-updates on your fork:

1. Get a Gemini API key (free tier available)
2. Add it as a GitHub Secret: Settings → Secrets → Actions → GEMINI_API_KEY

Trigger Methods

Method	How
Weekly	Automatic every Monday 6 AM UTC
On Push	Include [scrape] in commit message
Manual	Actions → "Update Conference Deadlines" → Run

System Architecture

🌐 Conference Websites → 🤖 Gemini LLM → 📄 JSON → 📦 data.js → 🌍 GitHub Pages → 🖥️ Browser

📊 See full interactive workflow diagrams: docs/workflow.html

---

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! See CONTRIBUTING.md for the complete guide.

Quick start: Edit js/data.js and submit a PR:

{
    id: "conf-2026",
    name: "CONF",
    year: 2026,
    category: "ml",  // ml, cv, nlp, speech, robotics, other
    website: "https://conf.cc/",
    location: { city: "City", country: "Country", flag: "🏳️" },
    deadlines: [
        { type: "paper", label: "Paper Submission", date: "2026-01-22T23:59:00-12:00" },
        { type: "notification", label: "Notification", date: "2026-04-01" },
        { type: "event", label: "Conference", date: "2026-06-15", endDate: "2026-06-20" }
    ],
    links: { official: "https://conf.cc/2026" }
}

Tip: Use -12:00 timezone for AoE (Anywhere on Earth) deadlines.

No build tools needed — just edit and refresh! See CONTRIBUTING.md for adding conferences to the scraper, creating new categories, and more

---

📊 Data Format Reference

Deadline Types

Type	Description
abstract	Abstract submission
paper	Full paper submission
rebuttal	Author rebuttal period
notification	Acceptance notification
camera	Camera-ready deadline
event	Conference dates (use endDate for range)

Categories

Category	Color	Conferences
ml	Purple	ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR, AAAI
cv	Blue	CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, WACV, ICIP
nlp	Green	ACL, EMNLP, NAACL
speech	Orange	Interspeech, ICASSP
robotics	Hot Pink	IROS
other	Gray	Others

Full Conference Schema

{
    id: "conf-2026",           // Unique ID
    name: "CONF",              // Short name
    fullName: "Full Name",     // Optional
    year: 2026,
    category: "ml",
    website: "https://...",
    brandColor: "#1E3A5F",     // Optional hex color
    location: {
        city: "City",
        country: "Country",
        flag: "🏳️",
        venue: "Venue"         // Optional
    },
    deadlines: [...],
    links: {
        official: "...",
        cfp: "...",            // Call for papers
        template: "...",       // LaTeX template
        author: "..."          // Author guidelines
    },
    info: {
        pageLimit: "8 pages",
        reviewType: "Double-blind",
        acceptanceRate: "~25%"
    },
    notes: ["Note 1", "Note 2"],
    deskRejectReasons: ["Reason 1"]
}

---

🛣️ Roadmap

• Dark mode
• Calendar export (ICS)
• Email notifications
• Timezone selector
• Favorite conferences
• PWA offline support
• More conferences (robotics, HCI, security) Added IROS, ICIP, WACV
• More conferences (HCI, security)

See Issues for detailed tasks.

---

🛠️ Tech Stack

Component	Technology
Frontend	Vanilla HTML/CSS/JS
Fonts	Outfit, JetBrains Mono
Hosting	GitHub Pages
Scraper	Python + Gemini API
Automation	GitHub Actions

No build tools. No npm. No webpack. Just clean, simple code.

---

📄 License

Apache 2.0 License — free to use, modify, and distribute.

---

⭐ Star this repo if you find it useful!

Built with ❤️ by Awsaf Rahman