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CDC 2021 Submission and Registration Policies

All papers submitted to the CDC 2021, whether for review or publication upon acceptance, must be written in English and formatted in the standard 2-column format provided on PaperPlaza. Submission site opens in January 2021.
For the purpose of “review”, all regular and invited papers are limited to eight (8) pages. PaperPlaza will not permit longer papers to be uploaded. The decision regarding the acceptance of each paper is at the discretion of the conference’s Technical Program Committee.
For “publication” in the conference proceedings, all accepted and invited papers are limited to six (6) pages. Authors may upload longer manuscript up to a maximum of eight (8) pages total. However, each page in excess of six will incur an additional overlength page charge.
If the paper is accepted, at least one of the authors listed on the paper must attend the conference and present the paper according to the scheduling decided by the conference’s Technical Program Committee.
In the event that the presenter is unable to attend the conference for any reason, it is his/her responsibility to insure that the paper is presented by a qualified colleague.
At least one of the authors listed on the paper must register for the CDC 2021to upload the final manuscript.
Student registrants may upload one final paper.
Regular registrants may upload up to three final papers.
Additional papers can be uploaded with an overlength page charge.
All submissions will be tested for similarity and overlap with prior published material using the iThenticate tool. Results of such overlap will be made available to the Program Committee for evaluation. In case of possible violations of the IEEE ethics rules in publishing, the case will be investigated by a committee that reports to the VP for Publications.

Paper submission instruction

All papers must be submitted electronically using PaperPlaza. Submission site opens in January 2021.

Only PDF files will be accepted. A maximum file size of 2MB for all uploaded papers is enforced. Click here for information on creating IEEE Xplore-compatible PDFs.

Page size requirement: http://css.paperplaza.net/conferences/support/page.php

Caution: US Letter and margins settings below are required for the final submission.

Paper Spec	Dimensions
Paper Size	8.5 x 11.0 in 21.59 x 27.94 cm
Top Margin (1st Page)	1.0in \| 2.54cm
Top Margin (Pages 2+)	0.75in \| 1.9cm
Left Margin	0.75in \| 1.9cm
Right Margin	0.75in \| 1.9cm
Bottom Margin	0.75in \| 1.9cm

Margins, formats & templates

Note: Initial submissions may be up to 8 pages. However, for final submission, paper should be 6 pages long. Any page over 6 pages will incur an overlength page charge up to a maximum of two extra pages.

Caution: Style files and templates provided here have been created to ensure that margin requirement is adequately met.

REMINDER: Authors are responsible for submitting their paper in the required format. All papers that are accepted will be published as submitted by the Author. The Conference is NOT responsible for editing or correcting errors in the paper.

MS WORD	LaTeX
MS Word template: ieeeconf_letter.dot Sample Documents: sample_letter.doc	LaTeX style file: ieeeconf.cls LaTeX sample document: sample.tex

MS WORD

LaTeX

MS Word template:

ieeeconf_letter.dot

Sample Documents:

sample_letter.doc

LaTeX style file:

ieeeconf.cls

LaTeX sample document:

sample.tex

Create IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF

The Paperplaza CDC 2021system supports compliant conversion of pdf files. Upload the pdf file of your submission and the system converts it to compliant pdf, satisfying all technical requirements regarding pdf version and font embedding.
Be sure to use the Word template or LaTeX style file provided by the conference and follow the conference instructions concerning paper size, number of pages and page margins while preparing your contribution.
If needed, more instructions can be found here.
PDF compliance can also be tested, here before uploading.