Great news! We’re excited to announce that selected papers published in the Transactions on Machine Learning Research (TMLR) will now be eligible for presentation at the joint NeurIPS, ICML, and ICLR Journal-to-Conference (J2C) Track.

How We Got Here

Since late 2022, NeurIPS, ICML, and ICLR have partnered on a joint J2C track, which allows authors of papers published in the Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR) to present their work at one of the three conferences. This initiative has been a fantastic way for authors to share their research in person.

In a separate pilot, TMLR teamed up with ICLR 2025 to allow a select group of TMLR publications to be presented. Based on the success of that pilot and positive discussions with the boards of all three conferences, expanding the program to include TMLR in the joint J2C track was the logical next step.

Eligibility for the Track

To be eligible for the J2C track, in addition to the original eligibility criteria for JMLR publications (detailed here), a TMLR paper must receive at least one of the following certifications:

  • A Featured Certification
  • An Outstanding Certification
  • A J2C Certification (new)

The new J2C Certification will be awarded to papers that receive strong support from their Action Editor and reviewers, following a process similar to the ICLR pilot program. This will be a selective and prestigious recognition, as we expect only about 10% of accepted TMLR papers to receive it.

We’re also retroactively applying this certification to TMLR papers published since January 1, 2024, that would have been eligible. Authors of these papers will be notified directly.

We’d like to extend a huge thank you to the board members of all three conferences for their support, as well as Celeste Martinez Gomez from OpenReview and Paul Vicol (TMLR’s Managing Editor) for their help in making this partnership a reality.

To learn more, visit the Journal-to-Conference Track page on the NeurIPS, ICML, or ICLR website.

The TMLR Editors-in-Chief
Hugo Larochelle
Naila Murray
Gautam Kamath
Nihar B. Shah