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Things to do:
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Read the Paper Preparation instructions first,
regarding the format of your paper. You should use the sample
and templates to help you prepare your manuscript |
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Prepare a camera-ready paper, at most 4 pages long, including
figures and references, and find an appropriate subcategory from the paper
categories for your paper. |
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Prepare the Paper Cover Sheet. |
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Fill out one copy of the IEEE
Copyright Form. |
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Mail the package following the mailing instructions,
and submit a postscript or a PDF copy of the paper
electronically following the electronic submission
guidelines. |
Things not to do:
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No papers will be accepted by FAX. |
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No individual may appear as an author on more than four papers. |
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Papers exceeding 4-pages long will be rejected without review. |
PAPER PREPARATION
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All manuscripts must be in English. |
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The paper must be no longer than four (4) pages. It may be shorter,
but papers with pages in excess of four will be rejected without review. |
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To achieve the best viewing experience both for the Proceedings and
the CD-ROM, we strongly recommend to use Times-Roman 10-point font
(the LaTeX style file as well as the Word template files use Times-Roman).
In addition, this will give the proceedings a more uniform look. |
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The use of the supplied templates is recommended for typesetting using
Latex or Microsoft Word. Look at the sample paper and
templates for details. |
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To be included in the Proceedings, the paper must be in the following
format:
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Single-spaced.
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Two (2) columns.
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Printed or typed in black ink.
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Times-Roman 10-point type font throughout the paper, including figure captions.
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Number the pages (1...4) in light erasable lead pencil at the
extreme top right of each page. Write in small characters so that
the page number will not overlap the text region of the page. This is necessary,
since the page number must vanish before scanning your paper for the (hard-copy)
proceedings. |
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Any text or other material outside the following margins will
not be printed:
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All text and figures must be contained in a 175 mm x 226 mm (6.9 inch x
8.9 inch) image area.
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The left margin has to be 19 mm (.75 inch).
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The top margin has to be 25 mm (1.0 inch).
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Center each page within this image area in a two-column format.
Follow the style of the sample paper that is included with regard to
title, authors, addresses, abstract, heading, and subheadings. Page numbers,
session numbers, and conference identification will be inserted when the
paper is included in the proceeding.
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Print the paper on 8.5 inch x 11 inch (216 mm x 280 mm) white
paper or A4 white paper, following the exact margins described in
this kit. The sample paper provides an example of how the paper should
look. |
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The first page should have the paper title, author(s), affiliation(s)
and email address(es), centered on the page across both columns. The remainder
of the text must be in the two-column format, staying within the indicated
image area. |
Additional Instructions
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The use of a dot-matrix printer is strongly discouraged, but if this
is the only option, print out an enlarged image of your paper and then
photo-reduce it to the proper size. |
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Print half-tone figures either as part of the paper or attach
an original figure at the appropriate place. Please: Use wax or
a glue stick if such a procedure is necessary. All copies of your manuscript
should contain original photographs (glued on) where appropriate. |
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The paper title must appear in capital letters, boldface, centered
across the top of the two columns on the first page as indicated above. |
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The authors' name(s), affiliation(s) and email address(es) appear below
the title in capital and lower case letters. The template indicates the
image area where the title and author information should go. These items
need not be strictly confined to the number of lines indicated; papers
with multiple authors and affiliations, for example, may require two or
more lines for this information. However, the placement of the title should
be immediately below the top line. |
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Each paper should contain an abstract of about 100-150 words that appears
at the beginning of the paper. |
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Major headings appear in capital letters, boldface, centered
in the column. Examples of the various levels of headings are included
in the sample paper. |
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Sub headings appear in capital and lower case, either underlined or
in boldface. They start at the left margin on a separate line. |
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Sub-sub headings appear in capital and lower case, indented like a
paragraph and on a separate line. They may be underlined or in italics. |
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List and number all references at the end of the paper. The
references can be numbered in alphabetic order or in order of appearance
in the document. When referring to them in the text, type the corresponding
reference number in square brackets as shown at the end of this sentence
[1].
[1] D. E. Ingalls, "An Important Paper," IEEE Trans. ASSP, vol. ASSP-36,
pp. 1932-1948, 1988.
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Illustrations must appear within the designated margins, and must be
furnished positioned within the paper. They may span the two columns.
If possible, position illustrations at the tops of columns, rather than
in the middle or at the bottom. Caption and number every illustration.
All half-tone illustrations must be clear black and white prints. Line
drawings may be made in black ink on white paper. Do not use any colors
in illustrations. |
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Authors are encouraged to include the WWW URL address in the paper
and/or abstract to refer to any online information related to the paper,
like accompanied audio/video files, links of relevant publications and
demos. The URL link information allows authors to share proper and updated
information with (re)viewers. |
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It is important that the printer produces clean, high-quality output,
since there will be no sharpness-enhancing reduction of the hard-copy provided.
If a suitable printer is not available, authors can type or print the paper
at a larger size and reduce it on a photocopying machine to the specified
dimensions. |
SAMPLE PAPER AND TEMPLATES
Sample paper in different formats:
Templates:
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LaTeX: Please read the usage information in the style files before using
them. If the paper is typeset using LaTeX, please download the style file
spconf.sty
that produces the proper format.
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Microsoft Word: A Microsoft Word template, isspa2001.doc
is
also available.
PAPER COVER SHEET
The paper must be accompanied by a cover sheet containing the following
information:
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Paper title. |
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Names of all authors. |
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Details of contact author (name, telephone, facsimile, email, etc). |
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Technical area of paper (see
Call For Papers). |
MAILING INSTRUCTIONS
The paper must be received on
or before 1st March, 2001. This does not
mean postmarked; it means in the conference management office.
Please mail the paper in a large rigid envelope
to prevent bending. Do not fold the paper to fit a standard envelope.
The following materials must be sent to the Conference
Management Office:To be finalised at a later date.
Send this material all together contained in a single
envelope to:
ISSPA 2001 Secretariat
DSP Lab, Dept. of Microelectronics and Computer Engineering,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM-Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
Tel: (60) 7 - 550 5216 / 5089
Fax: (60) 7 - 556 6272
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION
The paper must be received on or before
1st March, 2001.
During electronic submission, ensure that all the details are completed
adequately, otherwise your paper may be rejected.
Note that the IEEE
Copyright Form must still be submitted. It may be mailed or faxed
to:
ISSPA 2001 Secretariat
DSP Lab, Dept. of Microelectronics and Computer Engineering,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM-Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
Tel: (60) 7 - 550 5216 / 5089
Fax: (60) 7 - 556 6272
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