Final Manuscript Submission:

• Quick Instructions
• Full Instructions (includes instructions for using the submission website)

Time for submission of proposals and paper summaries has passed. Disposition letters for submitted papers were sent to authors around the end of January. Those instructions are available for reference here.

1. Dates and Deadlines
   The deadlines for submission of final manuscripts and workshop notes are given below. All deadlines absolutely must be met. Submissions will not be accepted after the deadline. Final papers and workshop notes must be submitted by the deadline so that digest CDs can be produced in time for distribution at the conference.
   
   
   • Final manuscript of accepted papers: 11 March 2011
   • Final manuscript of workshop notes: 18 March 2011
2. Manuscript Preparation: Essential Information for Submission
   An extremely important WARNING to authors about ITAR and publication clearances (PDF).
   
   Withdrawal of accepted papers after 11 March 2011 may result in the author being held liable for all costs should the paper need to be redacted from the Conference Digest.
   
   
   Final Manuscript Submission
   
   • Conference registration is required prior to submitting your paper. Register for the conference and obtain a registration number at the IMS Registration Site.
   • You must use the IEEE PDF eXpress site (conference ID: ims11x) to convert your manuscript to an IEEE Xplore-compliant PDF or to verify that your own PDF is compatible before uploading.
   • It is important that you read the instructions before uploading (PDF):
     

     Quick Instructions
     Full Instructions (includes instructions for using the submission website)

   • Please remove all page numbers from your final manuscript.
   • Completion of the Digest Paper submission process is required.
   • Papers will not be published without completion of the IEEE Copyright Form. This will be completed electronically as part of the final manuscript submission process. Paper forms are no longer used.
   • Go to the submission website to begin the final manuscript submission. You will need the 12-character Registration Key issued when you submitted the original summary.
   • All submissions must be made in PDF format via the electronic paper submission site. Hard copies of papers will not be accepted.
   • Manuscript Template: MS Word and PDF.