Submit to the inaugural issue.
The SYLEN Journal of Computing and ML Systems is seeking original contributions for its inaugural issue. Abstracts are open now. Full manuscript submissions follow by invitation.
About what inaugural authors receive →Scope
The journal publishes original, rigorous contributions in computing systems, ML systems, infrastructure, and adjacent production engineering work. The editorial scope covers both foundational advances and practitioner-level methods and case studies.
Priority topics for the inaugural issue include:
- ML systems, evaluation, serving, and inference operations
- Distributed systems, data platforms, and infrastructure
- Developer tooling and internal platforms
- Reliability, observability, and incident response
- Security, trust, and abuse resistance
- Embedded systems, robotics, and edge computing
- Formal methods and verification
- Systems architecture and operations
- Hardware-software integration
- Tool interoperability and standards alignment
⚠️ This scope is a draft - flagged for founder review before public distribution.
Article types
Research Article
6,000–10,000 words (excluding references)Original contributions reporting new theoretical or empirical results, validated methods, or systematic studies. Must include evaluation and comparison with prior work.
Industrial Practice Report
3,000–6,000 wordsFirst-hand accounts of computing systems, ML systems, or infrastructure deployment in real environments. Focus on constraints, tradeoffs, and transferable lessons, not marketing. Negative results and lessons learned are welcome.
Survey
6,000–12,000 wordsSystematic or structured literature surveys covering a well-defined area of the journal scope. Must include methodology, coverage criteria, and synthesis - not merely an annotated bibliography.
Perspective
2,000–4,000 wordsEvidence-based opinion and analysis on direction, standards, or practice in the field. Must be grounded in concrete practitioner experience or research - not generic thought leadership.
Tool & Method Evaluation
3,000–6,000 wordsRigorous evaluation of tools, modeling languages, or methods against defined criteria, with reproducible or verifiable methodology. Vendor-authored submissions require independent validation evidence.
Tutorial
3,000–6,000 wordsStep-by-step practitioner guidance on applying a specific method, tool, or standard in a production systems context. Must be concrete, reproducible, and practitioner-level, not introductory.
Timeline
Abstract submission
Open now
500-word abstract + article type + author affiliations
Abstract decisions
TBD
Invited to submit full paper
Full paper deadline
TBD
Full manuscript, formatted per guidelines
Review period
TBD
Double-blind, 8-week target turnaround
Author notifications
TBD
Accept / revise / reject
Final manuscript
TBD
Camera-ready submission
Publication
TBD - 2026
Volume 1, Issue 1
Dates marked TBD will be set by the editorial board and announced on the site and newsletter once confirmed.
Submission guidelines
Abstract submission (first step)
Submit a 400–600 word abstract including: research question or practice problem, methodology or approach, key findings or contributions, and article type. Include author names, affiliations, and ORCID identifiers where available. Abstracts are reviewed by the editorial team for scope fit before full paper invitation.
Format
Initial submissions: PDF, any standard academic format (LaTeX or Word). A SYLEN LaTeX template will be provided on abstract acceptance. Final camera-ready manuscripts must use the provided template. Figures must be publication-quality (min. 300 dpi for raster images; vector formats preferred).
Anonymization
The SYLEN Journal uses double-blind peer review. Full paper submissions must be anonymized: remove author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, and self-identifying citations from the manuscript. Author identity is maintained separately by the editorial team.
Simultaneous submission
Submissions must represent original work not under review or published elsewhere. Extended versions of conference papers are acceptable if the journal version contains at least 30% new material and the prior publication is disclosed at submission.
Review process
All manuscripts undergo double-blind peer review by at least two members of the editorial board or appointed external reviewers with recognized expertise in the submission domain. The target review turnaround is 8 weeks from full paper submission.
Decisions are: Accept (minor copyedits only), Minor Revision (addressed within 4 weeks), Major Revision (re-review required), or Reject. All decisions include structured reviewer feedback.
The editorial board aims for acceptance criteria that reward rigor, reproducibility, and practitioner relevance over novelty alone. Industrial practice reports and tool evaluations with strong methodological grounding are actively encouraged.
Full editorial policy →Ethics and authorship
Authorship requires substantive contribution to conception, design, execution, or interpretation. All listed authors must have approved the final manuscript and agreed to submission. Acknowledgments should list all contributors who do not meet authorship criteria.
AI writing assistance must be disclosed. AI tools may not be listed as authors. Fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism of any kind - including self-plagiarism - will result in immediate rejection and may result in notification of the author's institution.
Conflicts of interest (financial, professional, or personal) must be disclosed at submission. The editorial team will manage assignment to avoid conflicts with reviewers.
⚠️ This ethics section is a draft - flagged for founder review.
Submit
Start with a 400–600 word abstract.
Email your abstract with author names, affiliations, ORCID identifiers, and article type. The editorial team will respond within 2 weeks with a scope assessment and, if appropriate, a full paper invitation.
Submit abstract by emailQuestions about scope fit? Email the editorial team before submitting.