|  Paper
Submission 
Important
Dates
February
1, 2006: Deadline for submission of proposals for special
sessions
March 30, 2006 (Extended):
Deadline for submission of papers (full papers only)
May
15, 2006: Notification of acceptance
July
10, 2006: Final camera-ready papers due
What
is the exact closing time for the paper submission process?
The
system time is based on GMT-12:00. Taipei, the conference vanue,is
GMT+8:00.
Authors in American and over the world can surely submit papers
according to their local time.
Paper
Management System
Before submitting a paper, you must create an account, and you use
this account to submit all your papers. Please
note that you also have to fill ALL authors' information when submitting
a paper (how?),
and the system will guide you to create an account for each author
if he/she doesn't have one.
Paper
Formatting Style--Create or check your PDF by IEEE eXpress
SMC2006
has registered for use of a new IEEE tool: IEEE PDF eXpress™
The
new IEEE Xplore® Requirements for PDF will be enforced as of
2005. All conference
articles submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore must adhere to the
IEEE Xplore PDF
specification for compatibility.
IEEE
PDF eXpress is a free service to IEEE conferences, allowing their
authors to make IEEE
Xplore-compatible PDFs (Conversion function) or to check PDFs that
authors have made
themselves for IEEE Xplore compatibility (PDF Check function).
Steps
for submission:
- Create
your manuscript(s). (Click
here to download
the pre-formatted Microsoft Word template and model paper; here
to download the LaTex template.)
-
Proofread and check layout of manuscript (it is highly recommended
that you do this
BEFORE going to IEEE PDF eXpress.)
-
Go to IEEE PDF eXpress. Create
IEEE PDF eXpress account (Your IEEE PDF eXpress account
and paper ID DO NOT relate to your account and paper ID on the
paper submission system of SMC2006.)
-
Upload source file(s) for Conversion; and/or PDF(s) for Checking
- Use
IEEE PDF eXpress to attain IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF(s). The
site contains
extensive instructions, resources, helpful hints, and access to
technical support.
-
Submit final, IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF(s) to the paper
submission system of SMC2006.
Paper
Length
The
minimum number of pages for your paper is 5. The maximum number
of pages accepted is 8. Extra page charges will be incurred for
any paper of more than 6 pages in length. Example: No additional
charges for papers of 5 or 6 pages in length; an extra page charge
will be incurred for page 7 and again for page 8. (Do not play with
the margins to fit it between 5 and 6 pages.) Changing the formats
described in the template may result in exclusion from the proceedings
if repeated in your final accepted camera-ready paper.
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collect some frequently asked questions regarding the Paper Management
System of SMC2006.