Microsoft CMT – Hosted and Scalable Academic Conference Management System
The Conference Management Toolkit (CMT) is sponsored by Microsoft Research. CMT runs on Microsoft Azure cloud platform with data geo-replicated across data centers. It is highly secure, scalable, and reliable. CMT handles the most complex workflows of academic conferences. Its functionalities are fully accessible through web based interface.
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Multiple Roles
Chair, senior meta-reviewer, meta-reviewer, reviewer, author, proceedings editor
Multi-Track Support
No limit on number of tracks in a conference with each track independently configured
Customizable Form
All forms are customizable with ability to configure question visibility independently
Full Submission Life Cycle
Abstract, full paper, supplementary material, revision, camera-ready, presentation
Instruction Message
Welcome message for authors, reviewers and meta-reviewers in rich format
File and Media
Unlimited file upload. Max file size 100MB. Support pdf, docx, audio, video and other file types.
Conflicts Management
Domain conflict, submission conflict, person to person conflict, dblp conflict and chairs conflict
Program Committee Invite
Bulk invite senior meta-reviewers, meta-reviewers, and reviewers and track invite status
Bidding
Allow meta-reviewers and reviewers to bid on papers and allow senior meta-reviewers to bid on meta-reviewers
Reviewer Suggestion
Meta-reviewers suggest reviewers for papers
Assignment
Support both manual and automatic assignment, integrated with TPMS (Toronto Paper Matching System)
Discussion
Threaded discussion and virtual PC meeting
Rebuttal
Authors provide feedback to reviews online or via file upload
Author Notification
Quick steps to notify authors using Author Notification Wizard and custom templates
Copyright
Streamlined IEEE eCopyright submission
Export
Export conference data to Excel/XML/CSV
Download
Download submission files, supplementary material, camera-ready files, presentations
Facilitate communication among users of different roles
Note
Allow chairs, senior meta-reviewers, meta-reviewers and reviewers to create note
Session and Presentation
Facilitate session creation for accepted papers
Audit
Log submission activities and file upload/download
Chair Guides
No matter the size of the conference and how much chair experience you have, the guides help you navigate the process of managing conference with ease, from requesting CMT site to sending author notification.
Notable Recent Conferences
EDBT2025
IJCAI2025
ICDE2025
ICME2025
CIDR2025
ECMLPKDD2025
ICMLA2025
DCC2025
IPMI2025
Usage
CMT is a free service for managing academic conferences, hosted by Microsoft Research. It was first developed for ACM SIGKDD in 1999. Since then, it has been used in tens of thousands of conferences, focusing largely on computer science and engineering fields. CMT has over 1 million registered users in more than 200 countries, including most developing nations around the world. It is used by academia, including top universities worldwide, as well as all major technology companies. CMT3, the current version of CMT, is built on the Microsoft Azure platform and fully utilizes the best cloud technologies to provide scalability, high availability, and reliability. It uses technologies such as HTML5, Bootstrap, and jQuery to create a responsive, modern web interface.
Support
For conference-specific questions, such as the status of a paper, please contact the chairs directly. For other questions, please check FAQ and Docs. For conference chairs, we prefer if you can arrange abstract submission, paper submission and reviewer submission deadlines to fall on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday in order to ensure quick response from the CMT team.