CICC 2000 Papers and Presentations: Author's Kit

The CICC Author's Kit provides all the information required for submitting a paper for consideration for CICC. Online and hardcopy versions of the Kit are available.

The Author's Kit includes a copy of the Call for Papers.

Excerpts from the Author's Kit appear below.

Online Versions

The CICC Author's Kit is available in Portable Document Format (PDF).

In addition, the Author's Kit is available in Word95 format for Windows and MacOS:

Windows (ZIP archive) authkit.zip

MacOS (BinHexed Stuffit archive) authkit.sit.hqx

Hardcopy Version

Hardcopies of the Author's Kit are available from Melissa Widerkehr, care of CICC. They are also available from any CICC technical program committee member.

Author Guidelines

Dear Author(s):

We appreciate your interest in submitting a paper to the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, May 21-24, 2000, in Orlando, FL. The Conference is following a policy of reviewing the complete camera-ready papers instead of preliminary abstracts. The accepted papers will be printed in the CICC Conference Proceedings as submitted, without opportunity for further changes. The Paper Preparation Kit contains all the necessary information and forms for the preparation of your submitted paper.

NEW THIS YEAR: Authors presenting papers at the CICC Conference will be required to use PowerPoint (IBM compatible-PC format) as the projection medium. Authors will bring their PowerPoint presentations to the conference on a CD-ROM, zip disk, or floppy disk for downloading onto conference presentation computers.

In order to insure that your submitted paper receives a complete review it is imperative that you follow all the instructions and submit all the required documentation. Enclosed to assist you are:

1. GENERAL GUIDELINES that address the deadlines and required documentation

2. AUTHOR'S GUIDE that provides a detailed description of camera-ready paper preparation

3. TECHNICAL CATEGORIES for paper submission

4. SAMPLE OF A COMPLETED PAGE

5. COPYRIGHT RELEASE FORM giving the conference permission to print the paper if accepted

The deadline for submission of camera-ready papers is December 1, 1999. Your cover letter, camera-ready paper (plus 25 copies), 50 word abstract, and copyright release form NEED TO ARRIVE at the Conference Office by that date. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOUR COMPLETED PAPER MUST OCCUPY NO MORE THAN FOUR PAGES.

The Technical Program Committee will review all submitted papers and authors will receive notification of the Committee's decision on or about January 31, 2000. We thank you for your interest in the CICC. If at any time a question exists, please don't hesitate to contact the Conference Office at 301/527-0900 x316.

GENERAL GUIDELINES - REGULAR PAPER

The Custom Integrated Circuit Conference is the premier conference devoted to ASIC development showcasing original first published technical work and innovations. It provides a forum for circuit designers, CAD developers, manufacturers and ASIC users to present and discuss exciting new developments, future trends fresh ideas and recent advancements. CICC is sponsored by the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society.

Submitted papers should report original and previously unpublished work, including specific results. The CICC Committee reserves the right to disqualify previously presented or published papers.

Circuit oriented work must include measured experimental results.

Accepted papers will be used for publicity purposes and portions of these abstracts may be quoted in pre-conference magazine articles. If this is not acceptable, authors must indicate this in the cover letter when submitting the paper for review.

Prospective authors must submit camera-ready papers for review for acceptance for presentation at the CICC. The accepted papers will be printed in the CICC Conference Proceedings as submitted without opportunity for further changes.

PAPER PREPARATION

In order for your paper to receive full review the following information MUST be included in your submission:

1. Separate cover letter to include:

Title of paper

Name, complete mailing address, email, telephone and fax number of primary author

Names, affiliations, city, state, country of additional authors

Person to whom correspondence should be sent if other than primary author (include complete mailing and email address, telephone and fax numbers)

Technical Category submitted under

2. Camera-ready paper (one original plus 25 copies)

Your complete paper must occupy no more than four pages including illustrations. Accepted papers which exceed this length will only have the first 4 pages printed. Each page can contain about 700 words and two illustrations (assuming each illustration is two-column format). A page could contain as many as six illustrations if they are sized accordingly.

Identify the camera-ready copy as the original. Don't staple this copy. Number the pages on the back.

When preparing the final pages, please follow carefully the instructions in the attached Author's Guide. To ensure adequate reproduction a high contrast black type white background original is required. Please be sure that all illustrations are of the highest quality. Line drawings should be computer generated or in ink. Photographs should be high quality glossy prints.

3. 50 Word Abstract for CICC Home Page (2 hard copies plus a 3.5" IBM compatible disk with a Microsoft Word or WordPerfect copy of the abstract)

The abstract is a brief synopsis of your paper. Accepted paper abstracts will be posted on the CICC home page. The abstract should be prepared on a separate page with title of the paper, authors, affiliations, city, state, country at the top.

4. Copyright release form

5. Pre-Conference Publicity

The accepted papers and supporting information will be used for publicity purposes and portions of these papers may be quoted in pre-conference magazine articles. IF THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, AUTHORS MUST INDICATE THIS IN THE COVER LETTER WHEN SUBMITTING THE PAPERS FOR REVIEW.

Your cover letter, camera-ready paper (plus 25 copies), 50 word abstract, and copyright form must be mailed to reach the Conference Office by December 1, 1999. Please remember that your manuscript must be camera-ready; it will be photographed and printed as it is received. THERE WILL BE NO OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE CHANGES OF ANY SORT TO THE ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT.

You should mail your manuscript to:

Melissa Widerkehr
CICC
Suite 400B
101 Lakeforest Boulevard
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
Telephone: 301/527-0900 X316

AUTHOR'S GUIDE

Please see the complete Author's Kit, or any of the available templates for examples of acceptable two-column format for CICC papers.

TECHNICAL CATEGORIES

Please see the Call for Papers for technical categories in which papers are requested.

IEEE COPYRIGHT FORM

Please see the complete Author's Kit for the IEEE Copyright Form.