Submission Guidelines for Regular/Special Tracks

1. Preparation of Camera Ready Manuscript

• First of all register for the conference (registration link)
• Send the scan copy of registration detail including completed registration form and payment slip in advance to cict2025@iiitdm.ac.in.
• Download the copyright form and send filled electronic copy with registration detail.
• In accordance with the IEEE policy, plagiarism in any form, at any level, is unacceptable. Therefore, the conference reserves the right to reject the final manuscript which is found to have high degree of plagiarism after registration without refund.

2. Validate Your Camera Ready Manuscript Using IEEE PDFeXpress

• Incorporate the comments received from the experts
• Strictly follow the IEEE style (Link)
• Ensure that the length of final manuscript in IEEE format should not exceed 6 pages.
• Please make sure that the paper should have the similarity score within the permissible limit set by the IEEE.
• Your paper should not include any header or footer information (e.g., page numbers) in the top/bottom margins. If your paper has been prepared using Microsoft Word, please ensure that you have used the most current version, which will help reduce word-to-pdf conversion issues such as embedded fonts, bookmarks, etc.
• MSWord users can use: Insert Text box, insert the appropriate copyright notice in the textbox, and place the box (without border) at the bottom left on the first page.

3. Submission of Camera Ready Manuscripts and IEEE eCopyright Form to CICT2025

Before creating your PDF

• Proofread your source document thoroughly to confirm that it will require no revision.

Creating your PDF eXpress Account

• Log in to the IEEE PDF eXpress site

• First-time users should do the following:

  1. Create Account
  2. Enter the following:
     • 67193X for the Conference ID,
     • your email address
     • a password
  3. Continue to enter information as prompted.

  An Online confirmation will be displayed and an email confirmation will be sent verifying your account setup.

• Previous users of PDF eXpress need to follow the above steps but should enter the same password that was used for previous conferences. Verify that your contact information is valid.

4. TRANSFER OF COPYRIGHTS

In order to have your paper published in the conference proceedings and in the IEEE Xplore, you need to transfer a copyright form for each accepted paper. We use the electronic copyright form (eCF) tool of the IEEE.

Follow these two steps to submit your copyright form:

Step 1: Initiate the Copyright Submission from Author Console

From your Author Console, find your accepted paper and click on the Submit IEEE Copyright Form link under the 'Actions' column.

Reference: Step 1 (Author Console)

Step 2: Complete the E-Copyright Form and Download PDF

You will be redirected to the Copyright Form Submission page. Click the hyperlink (labeled 'here') to be redirected to the official IEEE Copyright Web Site.

• Complete the required fields on the IEEE site to transfer the copyright.
• IMPORTANT: Upon completion, you MUST download the completed IEEE Copyright Form in PDF format.
• Once finished, you will be redirected back to the Author Console. The system should register the completion automatically, meaning you usually do not need to upload the file.
• ACTION REQUIRED: Check the Author Console status. ONLY if the status remains "Pending" after completing the eCF, or if the conference instructions explicitly tell you to, then manually upload the downloaded PDF file on that page.

Reference: Step 2 (Copyright Submission Page)

Synopsis Submission Guidelines for Symposiums

Four symposiums namely PhD Symposium, MTech Symposium, Start Up Symposium and Patent Symposium will be organized in CICT2025.

The Candidates may submit 10 page synopsis in the relevant symposium in the given IEEE format. The short listed submissions will be invited for presentation and the best few in each category shall be awarded with some token prize money and certificate of merit. However, neither the copyright shall be collected nor will it be published on ieeeXplore. Submission page URL : Symposium Submission Form

Eligibility:

• If the date of successful final defense for PhD Thesis OR Patent published status falls during 1st Oct 2024 to 30th Sept 2025 then only the submissions shall be considered.
• Start ups registered during last 3 years may be considered.
• MTech thesis/ BTech Project successfully defended in Jan-Jun 2025 semester may be considered.