ASP-DAC 2017 Submission GUIDE for Camera-Ready Manuscript

Deadline for Final Version:

5 PM AOE (Anywhere on Earth, UTC-12) November 7 (Mon.), 2016

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:
      aspdac2017-tpc [at] mls.aspdac.com
    UDC:
      aspdac2017-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. One author of each paper must register to ASP-DAC 2017.
    The on-line registration site will be ready in Oct. Before submitting your final manuscript, please follow the link in Registration Page.
  • Without IEEE Copyright Form, your paper will not appear in the conference proceedings.
    You are recommended to submit the form online from here.
    If any difficulties in online submission, you can download the electronic file from here and submit a soft copy via e-mail. "IEEE PUBLICATION TITLE" in the form should be "2017 22nd Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC)".

Paper Format and Templates

The paper size is US Letter (8.5in x 11in). Arrange your text region in each page as follows;

Paper Size Text width Text Height Margins
Top Bottom Left Right
215mmx279mm
8.5in x 11in
181mm
7.13in
250mm
9.84in
14.7mm
0.58in
14.7mm
0.58in
17.45mm
0.685in
17.45mm
0.685in

You can refer to Preparation GUIDE for Camera-Ready Manuscript (pdf) as a template for your manuscript.

File Format Download File(s)
LaTeX tex file template, style file
LaTeX2e tex file template, style file
MS Word word file template

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 7, 2016, thru the final paper submission page.

You can submit Electronic IEEE Copyright Form by clicking "Copyright Submission" after the required fields below are entered.

Paper title
Author(s) (full name)
Paper ID
Author E-mail

* Only the e-mail of the author connecting is required. If more than one author has written the paper then you can pass multiple e-mails separated by commas.

** In the copyright form, "37448-" is added to your paper ID, which is used to identify the conference in IEEE.

*** All authors' name of the paper must be given.

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, 2, and 5. Item 2 is recommended to be registered via the Electronic IEEE Copyright Form. Item 3 is required for a paper with additional pages.

  1. Electronic File (IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF).
  2. IEEE Copyright Form.
    Recommended to be submitted via Electronic IEEE Copyright From from here.
    If you have any difficulties, you can submit via e-mail using the form download from here.
  3. Additional Page Charge Payment Form (pdf, English), (pdf, Japanese).
  4. Reprint Order Form (pdf, English), (pdf, Japanese). Optional.
  5. Speaker's Biography.
  • Please put Items 1 and 5 through the final paper submission page no later than November 7, 2016
  • Please make soft copies of Items 3 and 4 with your scanner and send them via e-mail. Additionally, you need to send Item 2 via e-mail when you do not use Electronic IEEE Copyfight form. The destination address is:
    aspdac2017-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 7, 2016.

    ASP-DAC 2017 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 5 is November 7, 2016.
The due date for Item 2 and Item 3, and Item 4 is November 7, 2016 (Postal mail must be postmarked by the due date).

Questions&Comments

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Publication Chair: Masashi Imai & Shinobu Nagayama:

aspdac17publication 
[at] hal.eit.hirosaki-u.ac.jp
Last Updated on: 9 29, 2016