Information for how to prepare your Camera Ready paper came from the CNSM 2013 Web site. If any of these instructions are unclear, please contact Shannon Keith-Marsoun as soon as possible.

The Camera Ready paper, Xplore compliance check PDF document, and the completed and signed copyright form MUST be submitted to the SVM 2013 Organizers no later than August 8, 2013. There are no exceptions to this deadline.

General Information

Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their paper will be presented at the conference. Every paper accepted at SVM 2013 must have an associated registration at the speaker rate. At least one author of each accepted paper must be registered for the conference by the August 19, 2013 author registration deadline in order for that paper to appear in the proceedings and to be scheduled for presentation. For a paper in which all authors are students, one student author must register at the speaker registration rate. For authors presenting multiple papers, one speaker registration is valid for two papers at most. For detailed information on the hotel registration go to the CNSM 2013 Hotel Registration page.

Formatting and IEEE Xplore® Compliance

Your accepted paper will appear on IEEE Xplore® — the IEEE Digital Library — and it is important that your submitted PDF file meets the specification for IEEE Xplore®. Failing to submit an IEEE Xplore® compatible PDF file may result in the file not being included in the conference proceedings. Please refer to the IEEE document "Simplified Requirements for Creating PDF Files for IEEE Xplore®" for more information. In order to assure that all submitted PDF files are IEEE Xplore® compliant, your paper must pass the format check in IEEE PDFXpress. You must use IEEE PDF eXpress™ to generate or verify an IEEE Xplore® compliant PDF. We strongly recommend that all final submissions be created using the IEEE PDF eXpress™ service. The IEEE PDF eXpress™ service can convert your paper from a wide range of formats to IEEE Xplore®-compatible PDFs. The service is free of charge for SVM 2013 authors and can be accessed using the following information:

• Go to the IEEE PDF eXpress™ Login Page
• Click on the link "New Users - Click Here" and fill in your information. You will need the Conference ID "CNSM2013x"

The following information is intended to guide you on formatting your final paper, ensuring your PDF file is IEEE Xplore® compliant.

Page Limit

The page limit for regular (full) and workshop papers is eight (8) pages, plus references. Please note that it is not possible to purchase extra pages.

Templates

Please format your final submission using the guidelines provided in IEEE_conf_layout.pdf. The guidelines are implemented in IEEE templates. LaTex authors please verify you are using the following documentclass:
\documentclass[conference]{IEEEtran}

Only in case you are unable to use LaTex, other text processors may be used at your own risk. IEEE provides a template for Word in US-Letter size. Your final submission must follow all IEEE conference formatting requirements (e.g., font sizes, margins, and layout). Thus, check them really carefully.

Margins must be:

• Top: 0.75 inch = 1.91 cm
• Left/right: 0.62 inch = 1.58 cm
• Bottom 1.0 inch = 2.54 cm

Further important requirements:

• Title is set in 24 pt non-bold
• Any running headers/footers or page-numbers must be removed
• Columns should be balanced, i.e. have same length on each page
• Blue-underlining for URLs and email addresses should be removed
• Papers must be in US-Letter size. A4 or other sizes are not allowed

Please note that you should prepare the final manuscript with no page numbering.

Paper Submission

Send an email to [email protected] containing the following documents:

• Camera Ready Copy (PDF) of your paper
• Xplore compliance check PDF
• Completed and signed IFIP copyright form (PDF)

IFIP Copyright Form

Authors are required to transfer the copyright of their accepted papers to IFIP.

IMPORTANT NOTE: You must submit the camera-ready version of your paper and submit the IEEE copyright form no later than August 8, 2013. If you fail to comply, the paper will not be published in IEEE Xplore®.

Click here to get the IFIP copyright form.

Open Access

All paper appearing in CNSM 2013 and collocated Workshops (SVM 2013) will appear as open access at the date of the conference and will be made available on the CNSM Web site.