Call for Papers 

Important dates

Call for Papers


Please join for the 7th Northern Lights Deep Learning Conference (NLDL) on 9-11 January 2024 in Tromsø, Norway, organized by Visual Intelligence and the UiT Machine Learning Group. 


We look forward to gathering the deep learning community again in the cool arctic air for a physical conference. 


In addition, the NLDL winter school, which is a part of the NORA research school http://nora.ai, starts at Jan 8 and ends at Jan 12 and incorporates events during the main conference days. The winter school includes scientific topics, industry event, women in AI event, and transferrable skills. More information coming soon at http://www.nldl.org/winter-school


We invite submissions presenting new and original research on all aspects of Deep Learning. The topics include but are not limited to the following: 


As always, we are happy to have top international speakers. This year, for instance 


A tentative program will be available soon. We hope to see many participants for a nice scientific gathering on the “north pole”, including social events, and hopefully some northern lights  

How to submit a contribution

We invite participants to submit in PDF format either 

in the area of Deep Learning. References can go beyond the page limit.

All submissions will undergo double-blind peer review. It will be up to the authors to ensure the proper anonymization of their paper. Do not include any names or affiliations. Refer to your own past work in the third-person, or if needed insert a blank reference. Accepted contributions will be accepted as contributing talks or poster presentations.

A ZIP archive with a LaTeX template can be downloaded here. 

Reference instructions

Additional information

Follow the following link to submit your submission (both full papers and extended abstracts):

Proceedings

There will be a peer-review process for the NLDL submissions and the 6 page contributions are to be considered as 'full' publications. The proceedings will be published through Septentrio Academic Publishing. The proceedings have been accepted as a Level 1 publication in the Norwegian system. 

Copyright for accepted papers

Authors of accepted extended abstracts (non-archival submissions) retain full copyright of their work, and acceptance of such a submission does not preclude publication of the same material in another journal or conference.

Papers aimed for proceedings should follow general dual submission policies and submissions that are identical or substantially similar to papers that are in submission to, have been accepted to, or have been published in other archival conferences, journals, workshops, etc. will be rejected. Authors should clearly state any overlapping published or submitted work at the time of submission. Authors should ensure that they are not violating any other venue dual submission policies. Papers in proceedings will be assigned the CCBY 4.0 license. 

Questions & Problems

For questions about the submission process or problems with the submission side, please contact the program chairs: nldl.conf@gmail.com