Before registering to the conference, it is important to prepare your paper in accordance to IEEE requirements, which are necessary for the publication of your papers in IEEEXplore. Also, you must transfer the copyright of your paper to IEEE. Please, follow the guidelines carefully and double-check your results. Don't hesitate to contact the organization in the case of doubts.

Templates

Your paper(s) must follow the templates recommended by IEEE, available at https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html. Please note that your final paper should not contain any page numbers, headers or footers, and it must not exceed 8 pages (plus maximum 2 extra pages with an extra-fee of 100 € per page). Please, do avoid any changes in format, size, borders, etc.

Latex users

• Use default class options;
• If you use bibtex, choose IEEEtran.bst as bibliography style; otherwise place references according to the guidelines provided in the template.

Word users

• Use the template for US-letter documents.

Copyright notice

Your paper must include a copyright notice, which should be placed in the first page, on the bottom left. The copyright notice depends on the type of authors.

• For papers in which all authors are employed by the US government, the copyright notice is: U.S. Government work not protected by U.S. copyright
• For papers in which all authors are employed by a Crown government (UK, Canada, and Australia), the copyright notice is: 978-1-7281-4384-2/20/$31.00 ©2020 Crown
• For papers in which all authors are employed by the European Union, the copyright notice is: 978-1-7281-4384-2/20/$31.00 ©2020 European Union
• For all other papers the copyright notice is: 978-1-7281-4384-2/20/$31.00 ©2020 IEEE

Latex users

• Place the following latex snippet just before \begin{document}:

%%%% BEGIN COPYRIGHT NOTICE

\makeatletter

\def\ps@IEEEtitlepagestyle{

  \def\@oddfoot{\mycopyrightnotice}

  \def\@evenfoot{}

}

\def\mycopyrightnotice{

  {\footnotesize 978-1-7281-4384-2/20/\$31.00 ~\copyright~2020 IEEE\hfill} 

  \gdef\mycopyrightnotice{}

}

\makeatother

%%%% END COPYRIGHT NOTICE

• Please, consider to replace the bold text with the appropriate copyright notice in accordance to the type of authors.

Word users

• Replace the footnote "XXX-X-XXXX-XXXX-X/XX/$XX.00 ©20XX IEEE" on the first page with "978-1-7281-4384-2/20/$31.00 ©2020 IEEE" or the appropriate copyright notice in accordance to the type of authors.

IEEE PDF eXpress®

Proofread your source document thoroughly to confirm that it will require no revision.

All the papers to be included in IEEEXplore should be validated through PDF eXpress for Xplore compatibility.

Creating your PDF eXpress Account

1. Log in to the IEEE PDF eXpress site
2. First-time users should do the following:
3. Select the New Users - Click Here link.
4. Enter the following:
   • 48028XP for the Conference ID
   • your email address
   • a password
5. Continue to enter information as prompted.
6. Once the paper is approved, click on "Approve for collection" and follow instructions.
7. Download the pdf from PDFXpress and upload this file in EasyChair

An Online confirmation will be displayed and an email confirmation will be sent verifying your account setup.

Previous users

If you already used PDF eXpress for another paper in the same conference, follow this steps:

1. Log in to the IEEE PDF eXpress site
2. Enter the following:
   • 48028XP for the Conference ID
   • your email address
   • the same password that was used for previous papers
3. Continue to enter information as prompted.
4. Once the paper is approved, click on "Approve for collection" and follow instructions.
5. Download the pdf from PDFXpress and upload this file in EasyChair

Camera ready re-submission on EasyChair

Once your pdf has been approved by IEEE PDF eXpress, the camera ready of your paper must be finally uploaded into EasyChair. Notice that you can download the camera ready from PDF eXpress once your paper is approved. The approved pdf has filename PIDxxxxxxx.pdf.

• Log in to EasyChair and select IEEE EAIS 2020
• From the submissions list, select the "view" link related to the paper you want to update
• Select "update file": you can now update the file with the camera ready

Copyright Transfer (eCF)

IEEE requires all authors or their employers who intend to publish in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library to provide a transfer of copyright.

Authors will receive an e-mail with a link to the online eCF wizard, as well as a unique login name and password to access their own copyright forms. When an author completes the online copyright transfer process and submits the form, he/she will receive an automated confirmation email letting him/her know that the transfer has been completed successfully.

Registration

Once you completed the entire process, you can register to the Conference. Registration is mandatory to get the paper included into the proceedings.