Initial Author Instructions

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Paper submissions must be made through the online submission system.

Regular papers will be reviewed as finished papers; preliminary submissions will be at a disadvantage. Research papers with open-source software are highly encouraged where the software will be made publicly available (via GitHub or similar) with the camera-ready version if the paper has been accepted. For protecting the authors’ identities in the double-blind review process, please do not include direct link to the non-anonymized software but indicate the open-source contribution on a textural basis only. Authors wanting to share GitHub repositories may want to look into using anonymous.4open.science which is an open-source tool that helps you to quickly double-blind your repository.

Authors are asked to submit their work in two stages. In stage one (abstract submission), a title, abstract, and a list of all co-authors must be submitted via the ICCAD web submission site. In stage two (paper submission), the paper itself is submitted whereby the submitted abstract of stage one can still be modified. Authors are responsible for declaring COIs, ensuring that their paper submission meets all guidelines, and that the PDF is readable.

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT AND PAPER SUBMISSIONS

The abstract submission deadline is Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 23:59 AOE. No abstract submissions will be possible after this deadline.

The paper submission deadline is Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 23:59 AOE.

We always have several authors contact the ICCAD office asking for a deadline extension. Due to the limited review cycle, NO extensions will be granted for ANY reason.

REGULAR PAPER SUBMISSIONS

All papers must be in PDF format only, with savable text and embedded fonts in included
graphics.

  • Each paper must be no more than 8 pages (including the abstract, figures and tables), double-columned, 9pt or 10pt font. One page of references is allowed, which does not count towards this 8-page limitation.
  • ICCAD follows a double-blind review policy. Your submission must not include information that serves to identify the authors of the manuscript, such as name(s) or affiliation(s) of the author(s), anywhere in the manuscript, abstract, or in the embedded PDF data. References and bibliographic citations to the authors’ own published works or affiliations should be made in the third person.
  • Submissions of workshop papers without archived proceedings (or where the authors chose not to have their paper appear in the archived proceedings) or pre-prints, e.g., published on arXiv are allowed. Note, however, that the authors are expected to follow all reasonable efforts to ensure that the submission is compliant with the double-blind review process.
  • Submissions not adhering to these rules or determined to be previously published or simultaneously submitted to another conference, or journal, will be summarily rejected. Internal memoranda with full content not publicly available, and with author names not divulged, may be submitted.
  • By submitting your article to an ACM Publication, you are hereby acknowledging that you and your co-authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies, including ACM’s new Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects. Alleged violations of this policy or any ACM Publications Policy will be investigated by ACM and may result in a full retraction of your paper, in addition to other potential penalties, as per ACM Publications Policy.
  • Please ensure that you and your co-authors obtain an ORCID ID, so you can complete the publishing process for your accepted paper. ACM has been involved in ORCID from the start and we have recently made a commitment to collect ORCID IDs from all of our published authors. We are committed to improve author discoverability, ensure proper attribution, and contribute to ongoing community

IMPORTANT: Final camera-ready versions must be identical to the submitted papers with the following exceptions: inclusion of author names/affiliation, correction of identified errors, addressing reviewer demanded changes. No other modifications of any kind are allowed including modification of title, change of the author list, reformatting, restyling, rephrasing, removing figures/results/text, etc. The TPC Chairs reserve the right to finally reject any manuscripts not adhering to these rules.

TEMPLATES: Paper templates can be found here and authors are recommended to format their papers based on the ACM Primary Article Template. 

NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: Authors will be notified of acceptance on or before, June 30, 2024. Final paper guidelines will be sent at that time.

PROCEEDINGS: The deadline for final camera-ready papers is August 14, 2024. Accepted regular papers or invited papers are allowed six pages plus one page of references in the conference proceedings free of charge. Each additional page (except references) beyond six pages is subject to the page charge at $150.00 per page up to the eight-page plus one page of references. ACM will hold the copyright for ICCAD 2024 proceedings. Authors of accepted papers must sign an ACM copyright release form for their paper.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION: At least one author per accepted regular paper or invited paper must be registered by August 14, 2024 in the conference. Failure to register will result in your paper being removed from the conference proceedings. ACM reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from the official proceedings) if the paper is not presented at the conference.

ACM/IEEE WILLIAM J. MCCALLA ICCAD BEST PAPER AWARD: Two papers from this year’s ICCAD conference will receive this prestigious award. The winners will be chosen from nominated papers after a thorough and competitive process by the area specific selection committees and announced at the conference opening session. 

ICCAD TEN-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE MOST INFLUENTIAL PAPER AWARD: One paper from the 2014 and 2015 editions of ICCAD will be selected for the 10-year retrospective most influential paper award as evidenced by impact on the research community as reflected in citations, on the vendor community via its use in an industrial setting or on new research venues as initiated by the paper during the past decade. Nominations from the community are welcome and can be sent to Deming Cheng, Technical Program Vice Chair at dchen@illinois.edu.