Paper Submission

Authors are requested to prepare their manuscript according to the strict, step by step guidelines for IEEE for conference publications. Papers should not exceed 10 pages.You may download the template for papers, required by IEEE, from the links below:

Microsoft Word: Template for paper preparation


1. Register online.

You MUST register before uploading your final paper. Papers will be included in the proceedings only if at least one author has registered and paid the full registration fee by June 15, 2008. Member and non-member full fees only are acceptable for this purpose; student and other discounted fees do not qualify - no exceptions. One author registration will cover the publication expenses of only ONE accepted paper, 6 pages in length. For additional pages, an extra page fee of EUR 25 = USD 40 shall be charged. If you are responsible for covering more than one paper, the additional fee charge applies to each page of the second paper. For example, if your first paper is 8 pages and your second paper is 5 pages, you must pay for 7 additional pages.

NO PAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED WITHOUT THE AUTHOR'S COMPLETED REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT.


2. An electronic version of the final manuscript must be generated for the conference proceedings.

From the final manuscript formatted as instructed above, authors must generate the electronic version in PDF format. Regardless of its initial format, the file containing the final version of the paper must be transformed in the PDF format using the IEEE PDF express web tool. PDF files generated by means of other tools are not acceptable. Remember that your final paper can not contain any page numbers!

To generate the IEEE Xplore compatible PDF file of your paper, follow these steps:

Create your IEEE PDF eXpress account by going to: http://216.228.1.34/pdfexpress/log.asp
and using Conference ID:is08x

The first time you access the system, please follow the link to New user. Please note that, in order to access the service, you need to allow the use of cookies from the PDF eXpress web site. Once you have registered as a new user:

  1. upload the source file (containing your paper) for conversion
  2. receive by e-mail the IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF of your paper. Once you’ve received your PDF file, upload it to EDAS

3 . Prepare the material for submission.

The electronic version of the final manuscript, copyright form, author's registration form and payment, and presenter's biography form must be collected and prepared for comprehensive submission through the EDAS web site.


4. Send the electronic version of the final manuscript, complete the presenter's biography form, and submit the copyright form through EDAS by June 15, 2008 (HARD DEADLINE!)..

  1. Once you receive your Xplore compatible PDF, log in at www.edas.info
  2. Upload you paper.
    Click the My Papers tab. Click the upload icon (third column from the right) and a dialog box will open that will enable you to select and upload your paper via the web or via FTP.
  3. Please indicate whether your paper is a Student paper or a Non-Student paper on EDAS.
    To do this, click the 'My Papers' tab, click on your paper title, and then click the the Change/Add icon in the Category row. Please make the appropriate selection from the Category dropdown menu, and click Submit at the bottom of the page. This will allow the Technical Program Committee to easily see which papers should be viewed specifically for the Student Paper Awards.
  4. Fill in and sign the IEEE Copyright Transfer form.
    The IEEE is enforcing strict copyright rules. For your convenience, the copyright form is made available electronically through EDAS. To access the copyright form, click on the 'My Papers' tab and then click on the copyright icon under the copyright column (second column from the right). Authors who are not authorized to sign a copyright transfer form, should download the paper version of a copyright transfer form, fill it in, and ask an authorized person to sign it.Then, send the completed form to the IEEE IS 2008 Administrator by fax: +1 (785) 537 3437.
    NO PAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED WITHOUT THE SIGNED COPYRIGHT FORM.

  5. Prepare the presenter's biography form.
    Please declare who will be presenting the paper at the conference on EDAS. To do this, click the 'My Papers' tab, click on your paper title, and then click the Change/Add icon in the Presenter row. Indicate who will present the paper and click Choose presenter. Presenters must fill out a short bio (50 word max) on EDAS by going to the ‘My Profile’ tab and filling in the information in the ‘Brief bio’ field. Information in this form will be used by the session chairperson to introduce the presenter.

Deadlines:

Submission of final papers:
Registration of Authors

 

June 15, 2008
June 15, 2008