Camera Ready

All final versions of the papers, revised according to the reviewers' comments should be prepared and uploaded on the submission web site by Aug. 1, 2014.

Format and Submission Guidelines

All papers must conform to the IEEE Formatting Guidelines to be published in the conference electronic proceedings and in the IEEE Digital Library. Submissions must be in PDF format.

Short and long papers are allowed 6 pages in proceedings, following the IEEE conference template, 2-columns style. Authors can purchase up to two extra pages, at the time they perform their author registration.

All papers should be formatted as close as possible to the final format: A4 or letter sheets, two-columns, single spaced, Times or equivalent font of minimum 10pt (templates are available here below for your convenience).

Make sure that you are using the correct IEEE style file: the title should be typeset in 24pt font and the body of the paper should be typeset in 10pt font. Use either the MS Word template or the LaTeX class.

We strongly encourage the use of LaTeX for the preparation of the paper: please use \documentclass[conference]{IEEEtran}.

This year it is necessary to add the copyright notice at the bottom of the first page:
For those using the latex style, add the following command after the \IEEEoverridecommandlockouts command:

\IEEEpubid{\makebox[\columnwidth]{978-1-4799-6155-9/14/\$31.00 \copyright 2014 IEEE \hfill} \hspace{\columnsep}\makebox[\columnwidth]{ }}
at the beginning of the main file.

IEEE Style Check

When preparing the camera ready of the accepted papers, it is be possible to verify the the IEEE Xplore compatibility using IEEE PDF eXpress. The specific conference ID is 34352X necessary to access the verification tool. Please create a login and submit the paper. In addition, IEEE PDF eXpress can also be used to create the PDF file from your source files, such that the PDF file is automatically IEEE Xplore-compatible.

PDF eXpress

  1. Access the IEEE PDF eXpress Plus site at: http://www.pdf-express.org/
  2. First-time usersPrevious users, but using it the first time for a new conferenceReturning user
    Click "New Users - Click Here" Enter 34352X for the Conference ID, your email address, and enter the password you used for your old account. Enter 34352X for the Conference ID, email address and password
    Enter 34352X for the Conference ID, your email address, and choose a new password. Continue to enter information as prompted. When you click "Login", you'll receive an error saying you need to set up an account. Simply click "Continue". By entering your previously used email address and password combination, you will enable your old account for access to this new conference.
    Check that the contact information is still valid, and click "Submit" You will receive online and email confirmation of successful account setup.
  3. For each conference paper, click "Create New Title".
  4. Enter identifying text for the paper (title is recommended but not required).
  5. Click "Submit PDF for Checking" or "Submit Source Files for Conversion".
  6. Indicate platform, source file type (if applicable), click Browse and navigate to file, and click "Upload File". You will receive online and email confirmation of successful upload.
  7. You will receive an email with your Checked PDF or IEEE PDF eXpress Plus-converted PDF attached. If you submitted a PDF for Checking, the email will show if your file passed or failed.

 

Copyright

Please sign the IEEE copyright form available here, scan it and send it by email to the Publication Chair, Qiaoyan Yu (email: Qiaoyan.Yu _AT_ unh.edu).

Submission web site

Camera ready are managed by means of EasyChair, the same website used for the initial submission using your existing login at EasyChair to access the DFT 2014 area for submission at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dfts2014