Submission Guidelines for Conference Papers

This section outlines the essential guidelines for submitting papers to the conference.

  • All Papers should be submitted in IEEE Format
  • The paper title should be centered at the top of the first page, in 24-point type.
  • The byline should be centered below the title, after a line break, in 10-point type. It should contain the following, on separate lines:
    • Author’s name (or authors’ names)
    • Author affiliation(s)
    • City & country location(s)
    • E-mail address(es).
  • The body of the paper should be in 10-point type, and formatted to appear in two columns. The columns on the last page should be the same length; this may require adding a column break after you have finished the body of your paper.
  • All papers must begin with an abstract.
  • Papers may be divided into sections and subsections;
    • IEEE has guidelines for primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary section headings.
  • IEEE papers begin with a drop cap two lines deep, followed by the next 8-12 characters (or 1-2 words, whichever is appropriate) in all caps.

Specific Format Information

Work in Progress Papers

  • Work in Progress Papers shall address a topic which is in progress but has not yet fully materialized.
  • The title of a Work in Progress Paper shall start with WIP
    • For Example: WIP: Building out a Section Conference Submission System
  • Work in Progress Papers shall be limited to 6 pages, not including references.

Poster Submissions

  • The communication focus of a poster is to be strongly visual. Words to the extent necessary are preferred in the form of bullet points. The use of words in paragraph form should be very limited.
  • The printed size shall be 36” × 30” in landscape (wide) orientation.
  • The poster must be submitted as a PDF.
  • Avoid dark, solid backgrounds; they drain ink rapidly and cause the paper to wrinkle.

Student Papers

  • Student author(s) must be full-time students in good academic standing at their university/institution at the time of submission.
  • Manuscript content represents the work of the author.
  • Student(s) must be the primary author(s) of the paper and the work must have been performed while the author(s) was a student.
  • Student author(s) must be able to attend the conference to present their work.