Author Information & Submission Process

Call for Recent Results/Appel aux Résultats Récents

Call for Papers/Appel à Communications

Tracks Description

The tracks descriptions can be consulted here.

Call for Special Sessions

The CCECE 2018 Call for Special Sessions is available for consultation below. You can also download it.

Proposals are invited that can extend the areas of interest of the conference or highlight specific hot topics within these areas. In keeping with the conference theme of Innovation for a Better World, each special session is encouraged to contain one overview paper that addresses the impact of the topic in the special session on humanity, society, and/or the environment.

Submission

Prospective organizers of Special Sessions should submit proposals via e-mail in a single PDF file to specialsessions@ccece2018.org. no lather than Sunday, December 10, 2017. Notifications of acceptance will be issued by Monday, December 18, 2017. Note that organizers should not contribute more than one paper in their session. Please include the following information:

• Title;
• Motivation, indicating the novelty of the topic, any possible interdisciplinary flavor and links with the conference theme of Innovation for a Better World;
• Short biography of the organizers;
• List of six (6) contributed papers, including titles, authors, contact information of the corresponding author, and a short abstract of each contribution.

Evaluation Criteria

Proposals will be evaluated based on the timeliness of the topic and on the qualifications of the organizers and of the authors of the contributed papers as well.

Review Process

The papers in each accepted Special Session will undergo a review process similar to the other regular papers. It is the responsibility of the organizers to ensure that their Special Session papers meet CCECE quality standards. In case a paper submitted in a Special Session does not meet the expected quality, it will be rejected and an effort will be made to draw papers from the regular papers pool to fill in the gap. If too many papers for a given Special Session are not accepted and we are unable to find suitable substitutes from the regular review pool, the session may be canceled.

Call for Tutorials

The CCECE 2018 Call for Tutorials is available for consultation below. You can also download it. Tutorials will be held in the morning and the afternoon of Sunday, May 13, 2018. Each tutorial will should be three (3) hours long, including a 30 minutes break.

Tutorial Proposals are invited in all areas of interest of the conference, including, but not limited to:

• Circuits, Devices and Systems
• Communications & Networking
• Computer & Software Engineering
• Signal Theory & Signal Processing
• Optoelectronics & Photonics
• Non-Destructive Testing
• Control & Robotics
• Bioengineering & Biomedical Apps
• Power Electronics & Energy Systems
• Machine & Computer Vision
• stainable Energy

Submission

Proposals must be submitted to tutorials@ccece2018.org in a single PDF file no later than Sunday, December 10, 2017. Notifications of acceptance will be issued by Monday, December 18, 2017.

All Tutorial proposals should contain a proposed title, as well as the following information:

• A description of the tutorial topic, providing a sense of both the scope and depth of the tutorial, along with a tutorial outline;
• Address the importance and timeliness of the proposal, and its relevance to researchers and engineers;
• Names, affiliation, email and mailing address, and a two-page resume of each presenter;
• NOTE: If the tutorial was previously given, indicate where and when, and provide planned modifications for CCECE 2018. If possible, provide a link to slides of the previous presentation.

Evaluation Criteria

Proposals will be evaluated using the following criteria:

• Timeliness of the proposal: Importance of the topic in 2018 and relevance to CCECE;
• Quality of the proposal: Coverage of topic, coherence, and experience of speakers;
• Spectrum of the proposal: Is the topic of interest to academia and/or industry, researchers and/or engineers? Is it likely to attract CCECE 2018 attendees?

• Submitted papers must be unpublished and should not be submitted elsewhere for publication;
• Accepted paper must not exceed 6 pages. Papers longer than 4 pages will be charged CAD 100 extra for the 5th page and CAD 200 for the 6th page;
• Papers should be formatted in IEEE two-column Conference Proceedings style;
• Papers should be submitted as PDF files through the EDAS paper submission system. All submitted papers will be peer reviewed by at least three independent reviewers;
• Notwithstanding point 1 above, authors are invited to submit extended versions of their presented conference papers for consideration in the CCECE 2018 Special Issue of the IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (CJECE) within four weeks of the conference final day. CJECE is indexed on IEEE Xplore and accepts submissions via the ScholarOne Manuscript portal. Please see the CJECE journal page  for more information;
• For authors with multiple accepted papers, one full registration is valid for one paper and the author pays an additional CAD 250 dollars for each additional paper up to a total of 3 papers. One full registration is required for every 3 papers (e.g. 4 papers will require 2 Author registrations). However, only one copy of the proceedings will be provided.

Important Note

To be published in the CCECE 2018 Conference Proceedings, and to be eligible for publication in IEEE Xplore, at least one author of an accepted paper is required to register for the conference at the full (member or non-member) rate, and at least one author of that paper must present it in person at the conference. Live videoconference and pre-recorded videos will not be accepted.

In some cases, the TPC may grant permission for a substitute presenter (proxy). Such proxy arrangements must be made will in advance of the event, and agreed upon in writing by one of the Technical Program Chairs. To be accepted as a proxy, the substitute presenter must be qualified to present the paper and to answer questions.

Upon paper acceptation, authors be will be notified to upload the final version of their papers. This final version may incorporate minor changes as deemed required by the author(s) or as required by the reviewers. Additional details can be found by clicking on the "Final Upload" button below.

All papers must be backed by at least one Author registration at either the IEEE member or non-member rate. These registrations must be received and paid by the Author/Early-Bird deadline of March 18, 2018. Please consult the registration page for further details.