Instructions to Authors

Authors are required to submit an extended abstract (maximum of 2 pages) for each paper through EDAS. A notification of acceptance/rejection will be sent to each author.

The final, camera ready paper (maximum of 5 pages) must be submitted through EDAS Please note a paper will only be presented at the conference and published in the proceedings if the following steps are completed by July 14, 2013. 1. The camera-ready paper has been uploaded. 2. The copyright of papers has been transferred to the IEEE. 3. At least one of the authors has registered for the conference and paid the appropriate registration fee.

At least one of the authors of each accepted paper is required to register for the conference and present the paper at the conference. IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference.

Doctoral Workshop

The Doctoral Workshop is a more interactive session than a regular conference paper presentation, with a panel of experienced mentors from academia and industry providing specific advice for improvement on the author’s paper and presentation style, as well as broader advice on which research direction to pursue for a successful PhD and onward career trajectory. PhD students are invited to present their research work in this Workshop selecting the check box in EDAS when they upload the paper. The best papers will be selected to participate in this workshop.

Final Submission of Accepted Papers

If your paper has been accepted for presentation at IEEE 2013 ICCE-Berlin, please consider the comments by the reviewers and upload the final version of your paper via EDAS by July 14, 2013 . In contrast to the initial abstract submission, the camera ready version may be extended up to 5 pages. For formatting use the templates below.

Only PDF documents will be accepted. To make sure your pdf is IEEE compliant, please go to the IEEE PDF eXpress site at www.pdf-express.org Click on the link "New Users - Click Here" and fill in your information. You will need the Conference ID which is 'icceberlin13x' (without quotes ' '). Also, if needed click here for the PdfeXpress Getting Started kit.

Templates

Authors are required to use one of the following templates for the generation of their papers:

An overview of all templates is available at IEEE.

IEEE copyright form

Papers will be published by IEEE. Therefore, authors need to fill out the IEEE copyright form in order to have their paper published in the Conference Proceedings. The copyright form can be filled out online at EDAS.


Instructions to Poster Presenters

We advise to prepare a single poster and not Power Point slides. Poster sizes may be up to A0 (841 mm x 1189 mm). IEEE 2013 ICCE-Berlin org. committee will provide boards and easels for conference posters. Authors are responsible for printing and mounting their posters.


Important Dates

Abstract Submission: May 19, 2013 April 28, 2013 April 14, 2013

Notification of Acceptance: June 16, 2013 May 26, 2013 May 12, 2013

Camera-ready Submission July 14, 2013 June 30, 2013 June 16, 2013


Contact

info@icce-berlin.org