SOCC 2010: PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Extended paper submission deadline: May 3, 2010
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
All papers must be in English, and submitted in PDF format through the web page.
Please comply with the following guidelines. In certain cases, non-compliance may lead to paper rejection or exclusion from publication. Additional details can be found in the “Paper template”.
- The paper must discuss only new and previously unpublished results.
- The paper must be formatted according to the IEEE double-column format. New: The paper should have a minimum of four pages and must not exceed 6 pages, including figures and references.
- The paper must address at least one category specified in the Call for Papers.
Each accepted paper is required to have at least one full registration by July 31, 2010, from one of the authors. Student registration will not be counted towards this requirement. - SOCC conducts a blind review process. In submitting your manuscript for the review process, you must leave the author and affiliation section in the manuscript blank. Also, you must remove any information in the manuscript that refers to the author identity or affiliation (such as acknowledgements). Not respecting the blind review requirements may lead to paper rejection.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: The organizers of SOCC 2010 as well as our attendees expect all accepted papers to be presented 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.
In addition, we keep track of no-shows and will exclude any organization from paper submission for one year if accepted papers from the specific organization were not presented at the conference for two years in a row.
FORMAT
- Text should appear in TWO EQUAL-SIZE COLUMNS, with a 7 mm (0.28 inch) space between the columns.
- The margins should be set to the nominal values tabulated below. The final printed page must satisfy the specified values for the top margin, left margin, text width, and text height. The bottom and right margins are given only for your convenience. Note that most printers suffer from a small amount of page jitter and size variation of the printed text. You may need to vary the word processor margin settings in order to achieve the desired margins.
- Page size: 8.5 by 11 inches (21.59 x 27.94 cm) {set Word processor to "Letter size" paper}
- Top margin: 0.85 +/- 0.05 inch (2.16 +/- 0.13 cm)
- Bottom margin: 1.25 inch (3.175 cm)
- Left margin: 0.9 +/- 0.05 inch (2.28 +/- 0.13 cm)
- Right margin: 0.9 inch (2.28 cm)
- Text width: 6.70 inch (17.08 cm)
- Text height: 8.90 inch (22.61 cm)
FONT SIZES AND DOCUMENT STYLE
A template document is available in Word and PDF format. If you are using another template, please follow the guidelines below.
- Use Arial font.
- Title: 14-point, boldface, capitalize all letters, centered across the two columns, with a blank line before the authors' names
- Section headings: 10-point, boldface, capitalize all letters, left justified in the column, using capital roman numbering
- Subsection headings: 10-point, italic, boldface, capitalize only the first letter of major words, left-justified in the column, using capital alphabetic numbering
- Body of text: 10-point, full justification within the column, line spacing no denser than 2.4 lines/cm (6 lines/inch)
- Abstract: 10-point, boldface, in the left column, with an unnumbered "ABSTRACT" heading
- References: 8-point, numbered in alphabetical order at the end of the paper; formatted using IEEE Transactions style. References to unpublished work at the time of submission of camera-ready paper and references to web-pages are not accepted. References to work “In-press” at the time of submission of camera-ready paper are accepted, but should be limited to one such reference per manuscript. References to text books must include the pages of relevance for the manuscript.
- Page Numbers: Do not place page numbers on your document
ILLUSTRATIONS
- Avoid illustrations with dark background.
- Gray-scale ILLUSTRATIONS SHOULD BE HALFTONED (no more than 100 lines per inch) and properly sized and positioned on the paper. Illustrations may span two columns if necessary
A pdf file should be prepared using the following guidelines:
- Any file security should not be set on any files.
- ALL fonts must be accurately included in the PDF file as an "Embedded Subset."
We require use of the Arial font throughout. - Avoid the usage of non-English fonts, especially Asian fonts.
SUBMISSION
Submit the PDF of your paper via our submission server:
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