Copyright Form Authors of accepted papers must electronically complete and sign the IEEE Copyright Form found here. If however they experience difficulties, they can fill a .doc or .pdf version and fax it to +30 2610 367520 or +30 2610 361106 no later than March 30, 2009.

Alternatively, they could Email a scanned version of the signed IEEE Copyright Form to info@dsp2009.org.

 
 
- Sample Word document template
- Sample Latex document template

Requirements

IMPORTANT: Authors should prepare IEEE Xplore compatible pdf documents for their submissions. Conversions and checking for Xplore compatibility, can be performed by www.pdf-express.org. Authors need to register (for free) before using the facility. The Conference ID required, is "dsp09x".

Please use the following guidelines when preparing your document:

LENGTH: You are allowed a total of 6 pages for your document (for special sessions only, the limit is 8 pages). This is the maximum number of pages that will be accepted, including all figures, tables, and references. Any documents that exceed the 6 (or 8 for spesial sessions) page limit, will be rejected.

LANGUAGE: All proposals must be in English.

MARGINS: Documents should be formatted for standard letter-size (8-1/2" by 11" or 216mm by 279mm) paper. Any text or other material outside the margins specified below will not be accepted:

* All text and figures must be contained in a 178 mm x 229 mm (7 inch x 9 inch) image area.
* The left margin must be 19 mm (0.75 inch).
* The top margin must be 25 mm (1.0 inch), except for the title page where it must be 35 mm (1.375 inches).
* Text should appear in two columns, each 86 mm (3.39 inch) wide with 6 mm (0.24 inch) space between columns.
* On the first page, the top 50 mm (2") of both columns is reserved for the title, author(s), and affiliation(s). These items should be centred across both columns, starting at 35 mm (1.375 inches) from the top of the page.
* The paper abstract should appear at the top of the left-hand column of text, about 12 mm (0.5") below the title area and no more than 80 mm (3.125") in length. Leave 12 mm (0.5") of space between the end of the abstract and the beginning of the main text.

FACE: To achieve the best viewing experience for the review process and conference proceedings, we strongly encourage authors to use Times-Roman or Computer Modern fonts. If a font face is used that is not recognized by the submission system, your proposal will not be reproduced correctly.

SIZE: Use a font size that is no smaller than 9 points throughout the paper, including figure captions. In 9-point type font, capital letters are 2 mm high. For 9-point type font, there should be no more than 3.2 lines/cm (8 lines/inch) vertically. This is a minimum spacing; 2.75 lines/cm (7 lines/inch) will make the proposal much more readable. Larger type sizes require correspondingly larger vertical spacing.

TITLE: The paper title must appear in boldface letters and should be in ALL CAPITALS. The title must be representable in the Unicode character set. Also try to avoid uncommon acronyms in the title.

AUTHOR LIST: The authors' name(s) and affiliation(s) appear below the title in capital and lower case letters. Proposals with multiple authors and affiliations may require two or more lines for this information. The order of the authors on the document should exactly match in number and order the authors typed into the online submission form.

ABSTRACT: Each paper should contain an abstract of 100 to 150 words that appears at the beginning of the document. Use the same text that is submitted electronically along with the author contact information.

INDEX TERMS (KEYWORDS): Enter up to 5 keywords separated by commas.

BODY: Major headings appear in boldface CAPITAL letters, centred in the column. Subheadings appear in capital and lower case, either underlined or in boldface. They start at the left margin of the column on a separate line. Sub-subheadings are discouraged, but if they must be used, they should appear in capital and lower case, and start at the left margin on a separate line. They may be underlined or in italics.

REFERENCES: List and number all references at the end of the document. The references can be numbered in alphabetical order or in order of appearance in the paper. When referring to them in the text, type the corresponding reference number in square brackets as shown at the end of this sentence [1]. The end of the document should include a list of references containing information similar to the following example:

[1] P. G. FIingals, "Signal Processing for Experts," IEEE Trans. ASSP, vol. ASSP-36, pp. 1912-1918, 2001.

ILLUSTRATIONS & COLOR: Illustrations must appear within the designated margins. They may span the two columns. If possible, position illustrations at the top of columns, rather than in the middle or at the bottom. Caption and number every illustration. All halftone illustrations must be clear in black and white. Since the printed proceedings will be produced in black and white, be sure that your images are acceptable when printed in black and white (the CD-ROM and IEEE Xplore proceedings will retain the colours in your document).

PAGE NUMBERS: Do not put page numbers on your document. Appropriate page numbers will be added to accepted papers when the conference proceedings are assembled.

PDF CREATION AND SUBMISSION: Authors should prepare IEEE Xplore compatible pdf documents for their submissions. Please be careful that ALL used fonts should be embedded and the version of Acrobat should be >=5.0. The "dsp09x" conference id is not working any more, however conversions and checking for Xplore compatibility, can be performed by www.pdf-express.org using codes of other IEEE sponsored conferences (e.g. "iti2009x". If you still encounter problems, please send the pdf file directly to us and we will send you the corresponding report.