The NSDI Steering Committee is deliberately effecting a course correction regarding the scope of papers accepted to the conference. The correction is motivated by the committee’s observation that NSDI papers on certain topics have generated less community engagement than most papers. The implementation of scope correction in the 2025 submission cycle was flawed: feedback to authors was inadequate and came at inconsistent times. In the 2026 cycle, the SC will continue the course-correction e...
