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Microsoft CMT
What it is
Microsoft CMT is a free web-based conference management system for academic and scientific peer review. It supports blind review, mixed submission types, custom review stages, and a schedule builder. Organizers can create any number of independently configured tracks and tailor forms with separate question visibility. The workflow can handle abstracts, full papers, supplementary files, revisions, camera-ready files, and presentations. Roles include chairs, senior meta-reviewers, meta-reviewers, reviewers, authors, and proceedings editors. Reviewer assignment may be manual or automatic, with Toronto Paper Matching System integration. Review collaboration includes bidding, suggestions, threaded discussion, virtual program committee meetings, and author rebuttals. CMT accepts unlimited uploads up to 100 MB per file, including PDF, DOCX, audio, and video. Data exports include Excel, XML, and CSV. It runs on Microsoft Azure with geo-replicated data.
For and against
For
- Free plan for conference management
- Custom tracks, forms, and review stages
- Manual and automatic reviewer assignment
- Unlimited uploads with 100 MB file limit
- Exports to Excel, XML, and CSV
Against
- Conference data is removed after conferences end
- Site requests require a qualifying university email
- Web platform only
The verdict
Microsoft CMT covers conference submissions, review collaboration, scheduling, and exports in one free web system. Its post-conference data removal policy and university-email site requirement are important planning details.
Who it suits
CMT suits academic and scientific conference organizers managing structured peer review. It is also suited to reviewers, authors, and proceedings editors participating in those workflows.
Plans and prices
Free
Free service for managing academic conferences
Read 2 Oct 2026 · cmt3.research.microsoft.com
On the record
- Conference roles
- Roles include chair, senior meta-reviewer, meta-reviewer, reviewer, author, and proceedings editor.cmt3.research.microsoft.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Copyright workflow
- CMT provides streamlined IEEE eCopyright submission.cmt3.research.microsoft.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Data retention
- CMT says it removes conferences after they have ended to reduce cost, after which their data is no longer available.cmtint.research.microsoft.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Exports
- Conference data can be exported to Excel, XML, or CSV.cmt3.research.microsoft.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Files
- CMT allows unlimited file uploads, with a maximum file size of 100 MB, and supports PDF, DOCX, audio, video, and other file types.cmt3.research.microsoft.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- CMT runs on Microsoft Azure, with data geo-replicated across data centers.cmt3.research.microsoft.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- CMT is a conference management system for academic, scientific peer reviews only.cmt3.research.microsoft.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Requesting a site
- A conference site request requires at least one chair with a current, valid university email that is not a student or alumni address, and creation can take up to 72 hours.cmt3.research.microsoft.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Review assignment
- CMT supports manual and automatic reviewer assignment and integrates with the Toronto Paper Matching System (TPMS).cmt3.research.microsoft.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Review collaboration
- CMT supports paper bidding, reviewer suggestions, threaded discussion, virtual program committee meetings, and author rebuttals.cmt3.research.microsoft.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Security and audit
- CMT describes itself as highly secure and logs submission activity and file uploads and downloads.cmt3.research.microsoft.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Submission workflow
- The submission life cycle covers abstracts, full papers, supplementary material, revisions, camera-ready files, and presentations.cmt3.research.microsoft.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Support
- For conference-specific questions users should contact conference chairs; other questions can be directed to CMT Help and Docs.cmt3.research.microsoft.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Tracks and forms
- Conferences can have any number of independently configured tracks, and forms can be customized with independently configured question visibility.cmt3.research.microsoft.com · read 2 Oct 2026
