Due to very tight publication schedules, authors of accepted papers should CAREFULLY follow the deadlines to ensure your papers can be included in the conference proceedings.
Feb 04: Authors contact the shepherd with a detailed proposal on what changes they will make to the paper to satisfy the reviewers' comments
Feb 07: Shepherds respond with any comments
Feb 11: Authors send an initial draft revision to Shepherds for any comments
Feb 15: Shepherd responds with any concerns
Feb 18: Authors upload a complete version to IEEE database and also send to Shepherd, the Publication Chair (Andreas Savvides) and to the PC Chairs (Rob Nowak and Mani Srivastava for Main Track papers; Rajesh Gupta and Bill Kaiser for SPOTS Track papers)
Feb 21: Authors can still upload if IEEE permits but we cannot guarantee
Apr 15: Authors send draft slides or poster for their presentation to the shepherd, and to the PC Chairs (Rob Nowak and Mani Srivastava for Main Track papers; Rajesh Gupta and Bill Kaiser for SPOTS Track papers)
Apr 20: Shepherds respond with comments on the slides or the posters
The paper submissions for IPSN are handled through the IEEE Press online database.
To submit the final version of your paper visit http://www.ieee.org/conferencepublishing
and enter the conference id: ipsn05
Follow the instructions to submit your files. Before submitting your files,
please ensure that you have followed the checklist below:
Action |
Deadline |
| Authors send an initial draft to shepherd using the required paper format |
Feb 11 |
| Shepherd responds with any concerns |
Feb 15 |
| Authors submit the final version to
IEEE database and mail a copy to the publication and program
committee chairs listed below: For IPSN main track: Andreas Savvides (andreas.savvides@yale.edu) Mani Srivastava (mbs@ee.ucla.edu) Robert Nowak (nowak@ece.wisc.edu) For SPOTS track: |
Feb 18 |
The page limit is 8-pages for IPSN papers and posters and 6-pages for IPSN./SPOTS papers.
Conference manuscripts should adhere to the standard IEEE two-column format for conferences. The two most important elements of manuscript layout are:
1) Margin requirements: these must be strictly followed. Papers cannot be accepted until proper margins are used.
| US Letter | |
| Top margin | 0.75 inch |
| Bottom margin | 1 inch |
| Side margins | 0.625 inch |
2) Manuscript should NOT have
* Page numbers
* Headers
* FootersPlease follow the instructions included the provided MS Word and LaTeX templates to format your manuscript.