Submit A Paper

Technical paper summary submissions for this symposium must be uploaded electronically to the submission site no later than 8 December 2008.

I. Paper Summary Submission Aids:

• Brief author's overview instructions: PDF
• Complete author's instructions: PDF
• Optional Manuscript Template: MS Word and PDF
• Optional LaTeX information and a LaTeX manuscript template: ZIP and PDF
• Electronic submission of papers can be completed online by clicking here
• For questions regarding the Student Paper Competition please see contest rules: PDF
• IEEE Copyright forms are not required for the Paper Summary
• Please note that this year, Paper Summaries can be submitted to Focus and Special Sessions in addition to the Technical Areas listed in the Call for Papers.

Authors of paper summary submissions accepted for presentation at the symposium must submit a separate “Final Manuscript” electronically no later than 20 March 2009.

II. Final Manuscript Submission Aids:

• Instructions for submitting your Final Manuscript: (Coming in February 2009)
• The IEEE Copyright Form must be submitted with the Final Manuscript version of accepted papers. This year copyrights will be submitted electronically. During the submission of your final manuscript, you will be automatically taken to the IEEE electronic copyright form (eCF) web site.
• "Your Paper Has Been Accepted" Simple advice for preparing your presentation.
• Guidelines for preparing slides and an optional IMS2009 Slide Template for your presentation in power point format.

A WARNING to authors about ITAR & obtaining clearance to publish (PDF).

Hard copies will not be accepted, all submissions must be made in PDF format via the electronic paper submission site!

Authors are responsible for formatting. All font embedding must be IEEE compatible.