DSN supports open science, where authors of accepted papers are encouraged to make their tools and datasets publicly available to ensure reproducibility and replicability by other researchers. DSN 2026 offers a separate Artifact Evaluation Track for all accepted papers from all three categories of the Research Track. The goals of the artifact track are to increase confidence in a paper’s claims and results, and to facilitate future research via publicly available datasets and tools.
All submitted artifacts compete for a “Distinguished Artifact Award” that is decided by the Artifact Evaluation Committee. The award recognizes the artifact that (1) has the highest degree of reproducibility as well as ease of use and documentation, (2) allows other researchers to easily build upon the artifact’s functionality for their own research, and (3) substantially supports the claims of the paper.
Complete information on the Artifact Evaluation Track and the award can be found on the web page: https://dsn2026.github.io/cfartifacts.html