AUTHOR'S KIT

DUE DATE FOR FINAL PAPERS, REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT, COPYRIGHT FORMS AND AUTHORS BIOs:
30 MAY 2006 -- HARD DEADLINE


INFORMATION? QUESTIONS? PROBLEMS?

Please, do not hesitate to contact the Conference Secretariat:

Lee Myers
799 N. Beverly Glen, Los Angeles, CA 90077, USA
phone: +1 (310) 446-8280
fax: +1 (310) 446-8390
cimsa2006@ myers-smith.com


Activities List

To prepare and submit the final version of a paper for inclusion in the proceedings, authors must perform ALL the subsequent activities:

  1. prepare the final manuscript
  2. prepare the presenter's bio
  3. send the electronic version of the final manuscript
  4. fill in the copyright form
  5. prepare the author's registration form and payment

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1. Prepare the final version of the manuscript according to the guidelines given below. Please, follow them carefully to guarantee inclusion of your paper in the proceedings. For your convenience, the guidelines are made available in the following formats:

  • HTML: the guidelines in HTML format can be read and printed directly from your network browser
  • RTF: the skeleton for your paper in RTF format with macros for Microsoft Word can be downloaded and used to type your manuscript in the desired format
  • LATEX: the LATEX macro style file can be downloaded and referenced in your LATEX file to obtain the desired format.

    If you will submit your paper to the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, you can use the draft style macros for submission and the final style macros for checking the manuscript appearance in the case of acceptance for publication that are made available at Latex .

For your convenience, an example of the text apperance is provided:

  • PDF: an example of a paper in the PDF format.
REMEMBER: the final version of a paper in the format given above
CANNOT EXCEED 6 PAGES. NO EXCEPTION IS ALLOWED.

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2. PRESENTER'S BIOGRAPHY

Biography information will be used by the session chairperson to introduce the presenter.

For your convenience, the presenter's biography form is made available in ASCII text format.
Fill in the template with information, including a brief description of your career, accomplishments, and highlights.
During submission of the final version of your paper you will be required to fill in the presenter's bio in the web form.


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3. 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 using ONLY this web tool

Please don't try to submit PDF generated with your own tools.
Instructions to use IEEE PDF eXpress are in this file: instructions.pdf.
The system is available.
Please use the link provided in your e-mail notification of paper acceptance to submit your final paper.


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4. IEEE COPYRIGHT TRANSFER

For your convenience, the confirmation page of the final submission contains a link directly to the IEEE copyright web server where you will be able to fill out the copyright form. Our system will receive confirmation that the form has been completed.

NO PAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED WITHOUT THE COPYRIGHT FORM.


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5. AUTHOR'S REGISTRATION FORM

Fill in and sign the author's registration form and pay the registration fee.
Papers will be included in the proceedings only if at least one author has registered and paid the registration fee by the date listed above. Member and non-member full fees only are acceptable for this purpose; student and other discounted fees do not qualify - no exceptions. One full registration covers only one (1) paper. To guarantee inclusion in the proceedings of more than one (1) paper, the author must pay a US$ 50 surcharge for each additional paper.

On-line Registration

Credit card is the preferred method of payment. For payment by bank transfer, you must add the US$ 25 processing fee charged by all banks.

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

Remember that your paper cannot be included in the proceedings without the signed IEEE copyright transfer form, author's registration and payment, and the presenter's bio.

IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR WEB AND INTERNET POSTING

If authors like to post their papers electronically on any web site, any ftp site, or any other electronic dissemination technique, they must include the IEEE Copyright notice on the initial screen displaying the IEEE-copyrighted material.