33^rd IEEE -- International Performance Computing and Communications Conference

IPCCC 2014 (December 5-7) Austin Texas USA

Manuscript Submission Instructions

Information regarding page limits for papers is below. A paper will not be included in the conference proceedings if its length exceeds its page limit.

1. Page Limits for Regular Conference Papers: each regular conference paper may have up to 8 pages without extra charge, and may have up to 2 extra pages at $100 per extra page. Payment for extra page charges (if applicable) must be submitted with your camera-ready manuscript.

2. Page Limits for Poster Abstracts: each poster abstract may have up to 2 pages without any extra page allowance.

To prepare the camera-ready manuscript, please make sure that you follow the format and templates available at: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html

Failing to do so may result in your paper not included in the conference proceedings.

IEEE policy requires that prior to publication all authors or their employers must transfer to the IEEE in writing any copyright they hold for their individual papers. More information about copyright transfer and IEEE Copyright form can be found at: http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/rights/copyrightmain.html.

Please send the signed form (only page 1 is required) via email to  registration@ipccc.org or by fax to 1-512-532-6471, attention Jack Chen.

The appropriate copyright clearance code notice is to appear on the bottom of the first page of each paper according to the guidelines set forth in the Cataloging/Copyright Instructions for an IEEE Conference Proceedings. Before you create your PDFs, please insert the following copyright notice to the bottom of the first page of your paper.

• 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:

978-1-4799-7575-4/14/$31.00 ©2014 Crown 

• For all other papers the copyright notice is:

978-1-4799-7575-4/14/$31.00 ©2014 IEEE

For more information about IEEE Intellectual Property Rights, please visit the following URL:

http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/rights/index.html

The camera-ready manuscript must be uploaded via the IEEE PDF eXpress Plus, NOT via the EDAS system.

     IEEE PDF eXpress Plus Access Info:
     URL: http://www.pdf-express.org/plus/
     Conference ID: 34208XP

For first-time users, click link “New Users – Click Here” to enter the conference ID, your email address and choose a password of your own, then click “Submit”. The next time you should use the conference ID (34208XP), your email address and password to login to IEEE PDF eXpress Plus directly. The site is open now until the submission deadline October 17, 2014. You can find information on how to use IEEE PDF eXpress Plus at:

 http://www.pdf-express.org/plus/frhelpnologin.asp

To access the Publication Support Center for IEEE PDF eXpress, click the following URL:

http://ieee.custhelp.com/app/answers/list/p/12. If you do not find an answer in the “Find Answers” tab, go to the “Ask a Question” tab. Your question will be forwarded to IEEE PDF Support and answered within 3 business days.

If you have any problem with the camera-ready manuscript submission, please contact the Publications Chair, Peixiang Liu (lpei@nova.edu).

No Show Policy:

Please be notified that your paper may be excluded from being published and included in the IEEE Xplore and the CSDL should your paper fail to be presented at the conference. Please refer to the IEEE No Show Policy in this page: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/organizers/pubs/final_program.html. Authors are required to present their paper at the conference in order for a paper to appear in the conference proceedings. Registration receipts and proceedings will be available (at the conference) only for papers that are presented.

Registration:

Please follow the instructions at http://www.ipccc.org/ipccc2014/main.php?page=7 to register for the conference.

Hotel:

The hotel information can be found at http://www.ipccc.org/ipccc2014/main.php?page=13 to register for the conference.

Visa Invitation Letter:

The general chair will issue visa invitation letters to authors of accepted main conference papers and poster abstracts. When you contact the general chair at yu.wang@uncc.edu for a visa invitation letter, please make sure that you include all necessary information (such as name, affiliation, mailing address, title and ID of accepted paper) in your email to the general chair. If there is insufficient information for the visa invitation, your request may be declined.