I just use the publication date. Just looking at NSDI ‘23, I can see the first published paper in the Spring: https://www.usenix.org/conference/nsdi23/presenta

I just use the publication date. Just looking at NSDI ‘23, I can see the first published paper in the Spring: https://www.usenix.org/conference/nsdi23/presentation/liu-tianfeng https://www.usenix.org/conference/nsdi23/presentation/liu-ti... Looking at the BibTex metadata can give you a better idea of how recent/relevant the paper is: year = {2023}, … month = apr But since this is not yet published (to appear in 2024 of NSDI), I use a similar method you describe. Most of the time, can also infer from the paper itself (sometimes in the abstract or the discussion)