Author Instruction

Authors of the accepted papers are requested to submit the final paper by 15^th August 2021.

Final papers can be prepared and submitted following these steps:

1 – PREPARE YOUR FINAL PAPER

· Paper must be written in English using the LaTeX or Microsoft Word manuscript templates for A4 format available at https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html

· Formatting of these templates should not be altered.

· Minimum 4 pages and maximum 6 pages are required per paper in standard IEEE format.

2 – ADD COPYRIGHT INFORMATION TO THE FIRST PAGE OF THE PAPER

The appropriate copyright notice appears on the bottom of the first page of each paper according to the guidelines set forth for an IEEE Conference Publication as given below.

· 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

3 – PDF EXPRESS

Prior to submission, it is the responsibility of the author(s) to ensure that the paper complies with the IEEE PDF format. Make sure that the paper has passed the PDF eXpress Test at http://ieee-pdf-express.org Papers that are not IEEE-compliant will not be included in the proceedings nor published.

Before Creating a PDF

· Add the copyright notice to the bottom of the first page of your source document. If necessary, contact Publication Chairs at iicaietconference@gmail.com for the appropriate copyright notice.

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

Creating your PDF eXpress Account

· Log in to the IEEE PDF eXpress site https://ieee-pdf-express.org/

· First-time users should do the following:

o Select the New Users

Enter the following:

o 51634X for the Conference ID

o your email address

o a password

o Continue to enter information as prompted.

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

Previous users of PDF eXpress need to follow the above steps but should enter the same password that was used for previous conferences. Verify that your contact information is valid.

4 – SIGN THE COPYRIGHT FORM FOR EACH PAPER

Each of the corresponding authors of the accepted paper will receive an email with detailed instructions on how to a sign copyright agreement through EasyChair. Please complete the IEEE Electronic Copyright Transfer Form (eCF) by 15^th August 2021.

5 – UPLOAD YOUR FINAL PAPER

The final paper should be uploaded through the PAPER SUBMISSION menu on the Conference website. Alternatively, you can click the link below.

https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=iicaiet2021

Please double check the information that you provide during online submission:

· title of the paper

· name, affiliation, email address of the authors

· name of the corresponding author, complete mailing address, and email address of the corresponding author

6- SIMILARITY RATE

IEEE policy requires all submissions to its journals and conference proceedings to be screened through a plagiarism detection process. IICAIET uses IEEE’s CrossCheck portal to check for similarity index. Please ensure that the overall similarity score of your final paper is less than 30%, and no individual source has more than 10% similarity using any of the plagiarism check software such as Turnitin. According to IEEE regulations, any paper with a similarity score of more than 30% will be dropped and will not be included for presentation or publication at IICAIET.

7- REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT

Each paper should have a registration with full payment by the Registration deadline given on the conference website. Please take note that the payment information will be provided in the acceptance letter. Any paper without registration will be dropped automatically. Authors can complete their registration at the link available on the conference website.