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Guidelines to Authors for Initial submission and Final Paper for Hardcopy Publication

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Initial submission (selection stage)

Authors are invited to submit unpublished work in a maximum of 10 A4 size pages including figures, appendices and references. The submissions will undergo double-blind reviews: authors must not indicate their names or affiliations anywhere in the text, and if possible, in the references. The submissions should represent original contributions and should not have been submitted to other forums, printed journals or conferences. Reusing material from published work, even if the authors' own is tantamount to plagiarism and is strongly discouraged.

Note: All submissions should be in PDF, with a max. 5MB size. Papers must be uploaded to the specified website, as mentioned in the curent year's VDAT webpages, and should not sent be by mail.

Please ensure that you have mentioned all the authors at the time of submission. You may not add or delete authors later. It is imperative that one of the authors will register and present the paper if the paper gets accepted.

Final submission (for accepted papers)

Authors of accepted papers will be notified individually, and the list will also be put up under the year's VDAT webpages. Please follow the below notes to prepare final submission, to be compliant with hardcopy publication formatting.

Authors of accepted papers will be required to submit full papers, and Presentation Foils of their talks in PowerPoint or PDF format. Final submissions (full papers or presentations) will be made available as Proceedings.

Page limit (including text, figures, tables, references and bibliography) for hardcopy:
Full papers/ Embedded tutorials: 10 pages
Short Papers: 8 pages
Poster Papers: 1 page with Title, author names, abstract and keywords.

Please follow the guidelines to format Paper size, Margin, Font and Font sizes to ensure the paper is within the limit.
Rs.1000/= per each extra page would be charged when it exceeds.
Since the printed size differs from the softcopy, these guidelines enable compatibility with the publisher's output.
Papers must be formatted using MS Word format. We are sorry, we cannot accept PDF, PS, or other formats.

You may download (Right-click to Save Target As...)
The DOC template file to work on straight away, and this help file in PDF through the links on the left.

Note: For the softcopy of proceedings, full papers of Poster category are to be submitted. 1 page restriction applies to only hardcopy. Regular and short papers may also be submitted without page restrictions to allow large images, tables and other details if needed.


1.Go to Page Setup


2. Set Margins. The Header/ Footer may be done away with. Nothing should appear in Header/ Footer.
Do not include page numbers or other info.


3. Set Paper size.


4.Go to Document properties.

Initial Submission

Document properties for Initial submission, before selection.
Leave all the fields blank
   Final Submission

Document properties for Final submission of selected paper.
Fill up details if needed, so they appear in the PDF when converted.
 
5. Since all the submitted papers undergo a blind review in Stage-1, your initial submission shouldn't carry any reference of the submitting authors or their affiliations etc., Follow the above for initial or final submission stage.


Arrangement of the Manuscript

The manuscript should contain following points arranged in the order specified below.
Please use Times New Roman font throughout. Font sizes vary for Title, Author names, body and Section heading as indicated against each:


6. Title: The Title of the paper shall be in BOLD LETTERS with center justification at the third line of the first page in 16-points size.
Do not type TITLE: as shown above, as an indication. Type only the paper title.
Example:
Built-in Self Test based on Multiple On-chip Signature Checking


7. Authors/s: Name/s of the author should be in BOLD 12-points font size. Leave one line space in between the title of the paper and the name/s of the author.
Do not type Author: as shown above, as an indication. Type only the author name/s.
Example:
Abdulla 1, Ravikumar 2 and Anshul Kumar 3


8. Reference to their title(s)/ affiliation should be in Superscript.


9. Abstract: Synopsis of not more than 200 words should be written on a new paragraph leaving one line space after the name(s) of the author(s).
Use 10-points font size. The abstract should clearly focus on the scope of the paper and the main conclusions reached.

10. Keywords (Index): List out key words in Italics and 10 points size.
  • Keywords to be shown after the abstract.
  • Keywords must have no spaces between the words.


    • 11. Footnote: Affiliations/ Author Title/s must appear only in the footnote, within the printable area. Do not type in the footer area.

    12. Text matter: The manuscript should be typewritten in single line spacing and standard font spacing, with 10 points font size in Times New Roman script.
    Do not use double-column layout. Text should spread accross the width.

    13. Tables and Figures: All graphic items must fit within the print area. Lettering within the tables and figures should be 10 points.
    Do not insert an image or a table inside a textbox. It wouldn't appear when converted to PDF. Please generate a PDF of the final paper before sending to ensure all items are displayed. PDF is used for the softcopy.

    14. Sections: Number your Sections 1, 2, 3 etc., and Subsections 2.1, 3.2.1 etc.,
    15. References: Within the text references should be indicated by citing the surname of the author(s) followed by the year of publication. The abbreviated author and date references should be placed in parentheses when citing a reference, e.g:

    Abdulla, Ravikumar and Ashul Kumar (1998), or Cheng and Agrawal (1993).

    Here is a sample reference:
    [1] M.F. Abdulla, C.P. Ravikumar and Anshul Kumar (1999). Built-in Self Test based on Multiple On-chip Signature Checking. Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications, Kluwer Publishers, 1999, 227-244.

    References should not be in capitals.

    16. Copyrights: Any necessary rights or permission to reproduce quoted material or illustrations published elsewhere remain the responsibility of the author(s). To Safeguard authors' right, the copyright of all material published in the proceeding is vested in the publisher.

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    Slides

    Authors of selected papers must submit the presentation foils in Power Point format (PPT) no later than the set date.
    The session chairs would review the foils and changes suggested must be incorporated.
    Please use at least 36-point for titles of the slides and at least 18-point font size for the text in your slides.

    The idea of the presentation is not to be a cut and paste from the abstract. It is to convey to the audience the main concepts in an easy and comprehensible manner.

    Full papers get 20 minutes and Short papers 15 minutes to present. Please plan your slides accordingly.

    PPT Template ... ppt 45KB | PPT Template ... zip 13KB