ASP-DAC 2021 Submission GUIDE for Camera-Ready Manuscript

Deadline for Final Version:

5 PM AOE (Anywhere on Earth, UTC-12) November 30 (Mon.), 2020

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:
      aspdac2021-tpc [at] aspdac.com
    UDC:
      aspdac2021-udc [at] 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.
  • In addition to a PDF file of the final manuscript, its source files (MS-Word file, LaTex files, image files, etc.) must be submitted. A zipped file that includes all files used to create the PDF file should be submitted if the PDF file is created by LaTex.

  • 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 2021.

  • 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".

  • The final manuscript MUST include the correct rights text and bibliographic strip at the bottom left corner in the first page. You will receive the rights text and bibliographic strip to be placed in the manuscript from ACM after transferring the copyright. Unless the manuscript include the rights text and bibliographic strip, the manuscript will not be published.

Paper Format and Templates

For the proceedings of ASP-DAC 2021, all manuscripts need to be submitted in the ACM format. Specifically, the final manuscript MUST include the correct rights text and bibliographic strip at the bottom left corner in the first page. You will receive the rights text and bibliographic strip to be placed in the manuscript from ACM after transferring the copyright. Unless the manuscript include the rights text and bibliographic strip, the manuscript will not be published.
The following is its templates:

ACM Templates PDF Files
LaTex (sigconf)
(original sources)
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 30, 2020, 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)
  • Please put Items 1 and 2 through the final paper submission page no later than November 30, 2020
  • Please make a soft copy of Item 3 with your scanner and send it via e-mail. The destination address is:
    aspdac2021 [at] aspdac.com

The due date for all the Items is November 30, 2020.

Reprint Service

The service has been discontinued.

Questions & Comments

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

aspdac2021-pub [at] aspdac.com
Last Updated on: October 27, 2020