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The deadline for paper submission is April 18, 2011, midnight PST.
Please forward questions regarding submission to Aurangzeb Khan (akhan@citiusconsulting.com).
PAPER FORMAT
Submitted papers for both lecture and poster presentation are limited to 4 pages
including illustrations.
You will need to submit your paper in a PDF file format. Authors are requested to
use the IEEE PDF eXpress program to distill their files to PDF in order to meet IEEE eXpress
requirements. When the submission site is active, you will able to access that program below.
Please review the following files which give complete instructions for preparing your PDF file
paper to meet IEEE requirements:
Sample Manuscript:click here for the Sample Manuscript which has
instructions on how to format your paper. Please put the paper title centered at the top of the paper.
Put the authors, their affiliations, City, State, and if not USA, the Country, centered under the title, as
illustrated in the Sample Manuscript.
IEEE-PDF-Specs.pdf:click here to access a PDF file with key information on preparation of your
paper in IEEE Xplore compatible PDF format
To automatically set your Adobe Distiller to IEEE PDF requirements:click here to access a file with Acrobat
settings for IEEE Xplore compatible PDF format
Read the introduction and instructions on IEEE PDF eXpress (click here).
This takes you to the log in page. Click on the "New Users - Click Here" and fill in the informtion. The Conference ID is cicc11x.
Read all about PDF eXpress by clicking on "Using IEEE PDF eXpress
on the menu on the left.
Paper Submission Instructions
Before you go online, prepare two files (your paper and a 50 word abstract) that will need to be downloaded
to the site.
1. Prepare your camera-ready, 4-page paper (formatting instructions are in the Author-PDF-Guide (above).
2. Next, distill your paper to a PDF file using IEEE PDF eXpress. Please use the IEEE PDF eXpress
program to distill your file to PDF.
Click here to distill your
PDF file using IEEE eXpress. Conference ID is cicc11x.
3. Finally, prepare an ASCII text file of your 50 word abstract. The abstract is a brief synopsis of your
paper.
4. Go online and follow these directions for completing the electronic submission page:
Click here to activate
online submission.
1. In the Title of Submission box, fill in the title of the paper using Initial Caps
2. In the Author boxes, first list all the authors and companies in a memo field. Follow the formatting instructions on the web site.
In the next author information boxes include the First Name, Last Name, Email Address, and Affiliation
of all the authors of the paper.
3. Fill in the Corresponding Author's name, complete mailing address, phone, fax and email.
4. In the File box, download the PDF file of your paper
5. In Submission type, choose the type of paper you are submitting, Regular Lecture Presentation,
Regular Poster Presentation, Student Lecture Presentation, Student Poster Presentation. If your submission
is a special invited paper. choose Invited Paper.
6. In the Subcommittee box, choose the subcommittee you are submitting the paper to
for review (Please see the Call for Papers for submission categories and their descriptions).
7. In the Summary box, type or paste your 75 word abstract. The abstract is a brief synopsis of your paper. Don't put the title and authors at the top of the abstract. Accepted abstracts will be posted on the CICC website.
8. To submit your paper for review, click the Submit Paper button.
9. The next screen tells you if the submission was successful or if there were problems. If there was a problem, read the screen to see what the problem was. Follow the directions to solve the problem.
10. If the submission was successful, you will receive a confirmation email (sent to the email address you put on the Submission Page) with your confirmation ID# and a password to re-enter your submission to make updates if necessary. Keep this email, the CICC does not have access to your password and we won't be able to tell you what it is, if you forget it.
11. Complete the copyright form and fax it to CICC at 301-527-0994. Please click here to open the Copyright Form. AUTHORS MUST SUBMIT THE SIGNED COPYRIGHT FORM WHEN THEY SUBMIT THEIR
PAPER FOR REVIEW. PAPERS SUBMITTED WITHOUT A SIGNED COPYRIGHT FORM WILL BE DISQUALIFIED AND NOT BE REVIEWED
For Your Information
The accepted papers 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 email the conference office at cicc@his.com by April 5. Please indicate your submission paper number on the email.
Best Student Paper - Papers presented by students and based on their work will be
considered for the Best Student Paper Award IF THE PAPER IS IDENTIFIED AS A STUDENT PAPER AT THE TIME OF SUBMISSION. If a student submitter wants the paper considered for the Best Student Paper Award, he/she should indicated "Student" in the Submission Type on the online submission page.
The Technical Program Committee will review all submitted papers and authors will receive
notification of the Committee's decision on or about June 24, 2011.
Accepted papers (lecture and poster) will be printed in the CICC proceedings volume and CD ROM as submitted, without the opportunity for further changes.
Submitted papers require a signed copyright form in order to be reviewed and which gives the CICC permission to print the accepted paper in the conference proceedings
volume and CD ROM. Please click here to open the Copyright Form. Complete the form and fax it to CICC at 301-527-0994. Be sure to put your paper ID number on the top of the form.
You received this Paper ID number on your submission confirmation email. AUTHORS MUST SUBMIT THE SIGNED COPYRIGHT FORM WHEN THEY SUBMIT THEIR
PAPER FOR REVIEW. PAPERS SUBMITTED WITHOUT A SIGNED COPYRIGHT FORM WILL BE DISQUALIFIED AND NOT BE REVIEWED.
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