INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS OF ACCEPTED PAPERS

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Camera ready upload instructions for EDAS can be found here.

In order for your paper to be in the conference proceedings and IEEE Xplore you need to complete these five steps:
1. Revise your Paper
2. Check your paper with IEEE PDF eXpress
3. Register for the conference with payment
4. Submit your copyright transfer
5. Upload the Final Version of your paper in EDAS

1. Revise your Paper

Please read the reviews of your paper and follow the reviewers' recommendations for revising it and preparing the final version. When you are done with the revision, please print out your paper and carefully proof read it. The final manuscript must NOT contain page numbers.

Review formatting requirements can be found here.

Your final manuscript should have no page numbers and no headers/footers. Use a non-zero PDF top and bottom margins (typically, at least 0.5 inches) to help indicate if there are any page numbers.

2. Check your paper with IEEE PDF eXpress

IEEE PDF eXpress has been made available (http://www.pdf-express.org) for checking the IEEE Xplore compatibility of PDF files and provide assistance to authors to correct problems with their files.
The conference ID for IEEE PDF eXpress is "secon11xp".

IEEE is very strict about the requirements for converting application files or PostScript files to full-text PDF for inclusion in IEEE Xplore. The new IEEE Xplore Requirements for PDF will be enforced. All conference articles submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore must be in Xplore-compatible PDF format.

According to the new IEEE Xplore Requirements for PDF, 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).

It is important to note that submitting a file to IEEE PDF eXpress is only for creation of a compliant PDF file, you must still submit your final paper through EDAS.

Instructions for IEEE PDF eXpress for IEEE SECON 2011 can be found here.

IEEE PDF eXpress converts the following file types to PDF: Rich Text Format
Freelance
(La)TeX (DVI and all support files required)
PageMaker
FrameMaker
QuarkXpress
Word Pro
Microsoft Word
WordPerfect

For documents created in formats that do not embed source files, include all support files with the final manuscript in a folder. Put this folder in a compressed archive for submission. If it is possible to embed images in the source document, you should do so to avoid potential issues,such as missing graphics.

IMPORTANT: A DVI (DeVice Independent file) is required for LaTeX conversions, in addition to all associated image files. Make sure that your LaTeX system can output a DVI, otherwise it cannot be converted. Be sure also to check that your images are properly referenced, and that DVI can handle the image file types used (DVI does not handle some newer image types, such as *.png).

3. Register for the conference

You MUST register for the conference with payment before you can upload your paper. You will need your Registration Code (confirmation). If you are submitting your registration by Fax please allow at least 3 business days for your registration to be processed before you will receive your code by e-mail.

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To be published in the IEEE SECON 2011 Conference Proceedings and IEEE Xplore®, at least one Author of an accepted paper is required to register for the conference at the FULL Rate (R01, R02 or R03) and the paper must be presented at the conference. Non refundable registration fees must be paid prior to uploading the final IEEE formatted, publication ready version of the paper.

For authors with multiple accepted papers, one full registration is valid for up to three (3) papers. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE SECON 2011 Conference Proceedings and in IEEE Xplore®. 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.

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4. IEEE copyright form

Before you upload your Final Paper paper, you will need to submit your IEEE copyright form using the IEEE electronic copyright mechanism. Please follow the link provided on the EDAS paper submission page.

5. Upload your paper

Your Final paper must be uploaded in EDAS by April 30th, 2011. The final manuscript must NOT contain page numbers.

To submit your Final Paper paper, please go to EDAS, click on the “My Papers” button, and then upload your paper on the link provided. DO NOT go to "Papers/Submit paper". If you experience any problems during the upload process of your paper on EDAS, please contact help@edas-help.com.