ASP-DAC 2019 Submission GUIDE for Camera-Ready Manuscript

Deadline for Final Version:

5 PM AOE (Anywhere on Earth, UTC-12) November 5 (Mon.), 2018

Requirements for the Final Submission

  • You cannot add or remove any author and cannot change author names in the final manuscript. Any modifications of authors are allowed by TPC chairs (UDC chairs, resp.) only. If you have a proper reason, please contact TPC (UDC) at
    TPC:
      aspdac2019-tpc [at] mls.aspdac.com
    UDC:
      aspdac2019-udc [at] mls.aspdac.com
  • Changing the paper title is not allowed, as far as it reflects the technical contents of the paper.
  • Fundamental changes in the technical contents of the paper are not allowed. If there is a wide degradation in the technical contents of a paper, the paper will not appear in the conference proceedings.
  • Page size of the final manuscript must be US Letter, and all texts, figures, tables, and footnotes (if any) must be placed within 181mm x 250mm (7.13in x 9.84 in) region in each page.

  • The final manuscript must be in IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF format. There are requirements on graphics resolution and font embedding.
  • The final paper submission page requires Registration ID, when submitting the final manuscript of a regular paper or a paper for University LSI Design Contest. If Registration ID is not given, your paper will not appear in the conference proceedings. At least one author per accepted paper must register to ASP-DAC 2019.
    The on-line registration site is now open. Before submitting your final manuscript, please follow the link in Registration Page.
  • In addition to a PDF file of the final manuscript, its source files (MS-Word file, LaTex files, image files, etc.) must be submitted from the final paper submission page. A zipped file that includes all files used to create the PDF file should be submitted if the PDF file is created by LaTex.

  • Unless copyright is transferred to ACM, your paper will not appear in the conference proceedings.
    ACM has an automated rights management form collection system for ACM published proceedings. As rights management emails are sent from the automated system, there is a chance that emails sent will wind up in SPAM folders. Please make sure that you and your authors set email SPAM settings to allow emails from "rightseview@acm.org".

Paper Format and Templates

For the proceedings of ASP-DAC 2019, all manuscripts need to be submitted in the ACM format. The following is its templates:

ACM Templates PDF Files
LaTex (sigconf) sample-sigconf.pdf
MS-Word interim-layout.pdf

If you have any problem on the templates, please contact acmtexsupport{at}aptaracorp.com.

IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF Format

All conference articles submitted to IEEE sponsored conferences must be in IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF format. IEEE offers PDF eXpress as a free service to IEEE conference authors, allowing you to make Xplore-compatible PDFs (Conversion function) or to check PDFs you have created yourself for Xplore compatibility (PDF Check function).

Please visit here and check your final manuscript is in IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF format.

If you experience trouble in creating your PDF, please contact

pdfsupport [at] ieee.org

Final Manuscript to be Submitted, no later than November 5, 2018, thru the final paper submission page.

Page Limit Policy and Page Charge

Invited Papers & Designers' Forum Papers
The number of pages per paper is limited up to eight (8) pages. No extension is allowed.
Regular Papers
The number of pages per paper is limited up to six (6) pages. This limit can be extended up to eight (8) pages by paying an additional page charge.
For example, if your final manuscript has eight (8) pages,
     15,000 x 2 = 30,000 yen
is charged. Please refer to Additional Page Charge Payment Form (pdf, English), (pdf, Japanese)
Papers for University LSI Design Contest
The number of pages per paper is strictly limited up to two (2) pages. No extension is allowed.

Other Forms to be Prepared

- Speaker's Biography
It is used to introduce the speaker prior to the presentation. Please prepare the text version of biography.

Checking List

All authors must prepare item 1 and 2. Item 3 is required for a paper with additional pages.

  1. Electronic Files (IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF and its source files).
  2. Speaker's Biography.
  3. Additional Page Charge Payment Form (pdf, English), (pdf, Japanese).
  4. Reprint Order Form (pdf, English), (pdf, Japanese). Optional.
  • Please put Items 1 and 2 through the final paper submission page no later than November 5, 2018
  • Please make soft copies of Items 3 and 4 with your scanner and send them via e-mail. The destination address is:
    aspdac2019-sec [at] mls.aspdac.com
  • If you have any difficulties in making soft copies of above items, please send them via FAX or postal mail to the following address. Submissions sent via the postal mail must be postmarked by November 5, 2018.

    ASP-DAC 2019 Secretariat
    Japan Electronics Show Association
    12F Ote Center Bldg.,
    1-1-3 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004, JAPAN
    Phone +81-3-6212-5231
    FAX +81-3-6212-5225

The due date for Item 1 and Item 2 is November 5, 2018.
The due date for Item 3 and Item 4 is November 5, 2018 (Postal mail must be postmarked by the due date).

Questions & Comments

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Publication Chairs: Hiroki Nakahara & Shinobu Nagayama:

aspdac2019-pub [at] mls.aspdac.com
Last Updated on: September 26, 2018