aaai-supplementary

AAAI Supplementary

Use this when deciding what belongs in the main paper, technical appendix, multimedia appendix, or code/data ZIP. AAAI supplementary material is due with the paper and should be treated as immutable once submitted unless current instructions say otherwise.

Supplement structure

• Keep the central contribution, method, core results, and checklist-relevant evidence in the main paper.
• Put proofs, extra ablations, extended qualitative examples, implementation details, and additional error analysis in the technical appendix.
• Put videos, audio, interactive demos, or visualizations in a multimedia appendix only when they are technically necessary.
• Put scripts, datasets, logs, model configs, and checkpoints in code/data ZIPs.
• Add a compact appendix map so reviewers can find support for each disputed claim.

Anonymity and immutability

• Remove identity from file names, metadata, paths, Git history, author comments, and license headers.
• Do not use web pointers for extra material if current AAAI rules disallow them.
• Submit final, uncorrupted files. Do not rely on rebuttal to repair missing content.
• Keep the supplement consistent with the reproducibility checklist.

Where each item belongs

A broad-AI reviewer will skim the appendix, not study it, so placement decides whether evidence is actually seen. Anything a claim depends on belongs in the main paper; the appendix only deepens it.

Material	Main paper	Technical appendix	Multimedia	Code/data ZIP
Core result	yes	no	no	no
Full proof	sketch	full	no	no
Extra ablation	summary	detail	no	no
Demo of behavior	no	no	yes	no
Scripts and configs	no	no	no	yes

Reviewer-pushback patterns

• "The key result is only in the appendix." Fix: promote it to the main paper; AAAI reviewers are not obligated to find a load-bearing claim buried in supplement.
• "Supplement contradicts the checklist." Fix: reconcile every appendix number with the checklist before submission, since neither can be edited later.
• "Multimedia is huge but adds nothing." Fix: drop spectacle clips; include video only when it is the evidence, not decoration.

Worked vignette

A vision paper hides its ablation table in the ZIP and leaves only a teaser figure in the paper. The navigation map exposes the gap: a disputed claim points to a file a skimming reviewer will miss. The fix moves the ablation summary into the main paper, keeps full per-class numbers in the technical appendix, and scrubs the ZIP's metadata so nothing deanonymizes the immutable supplement.

Output format

[Supplement plan] technical appendix / multimedia appendix / code-data ZIP / none
[Main-paper dependencies] <material that must not be hidden in supplement>
[Navigation map] <claim -> supplement file/section>
[Anonymity risks] <paths, metadata, links, ownership>
[Submission risk] <missing/corrupt/too large/not allowed>