Submission of Full-length Papers

Papers presented at the conference will be part of the conference proceedings and included in the IEEE Xplore® digital library and indexed by EI/Compendex. The conference proceedings will have a separate ISBN for its printed and electronic versions.

Guidelines for the preparation of full-length papers are provided below.

Initial Submission of Full-Length Papers until May 21, 2016

Submission of Special Session Proposals

Each special session proposal should include an overview of the topic that identifies the relevance of the topic and introduces the papers to be presented. Additionally, special session proposals are more likely to be accepted if they include at least 5 invited papers. Detailed information on how to prepare proposals is provided here.

A proposal can be submitted in plain text or PDF, by email to the special session chairs (special-sessions@mfi2016.org).

Submission of Special Session Proposals until May 1, 2016

Submission of Workshop and Tutorial Proposals

Tutorials should cover a single topic in detail and should present the state of the art about a frontier topic, enabling attendees to fully appreciate the current issues, main schools of thought and possible application areas. Workshop and tutorial proposals should include the information stated here.

A proposal can be submitted in plain text or PDF, by email to the tutorial and workshop co-chairs, Adrian Bishop (adrian.bishop@uts.edu.au), Joris Sijs (joris.sijs@tno.nl), and Marco Huber (marco.huber@ieee.org) with the subject: 'MFI 2016 Tutorial Proposal' or 'MFI 2016 Workshop Proposal'.

Submission of Tutorial and Workshop Proposals until May 21, 2016

Guidelines for Paper Submission

Submitted papers published in the MFI 2016 Conference Proceedings must meet IEEE and RAS standards and requirements. These apply to post-conference distribution of the Conference Proceedings as well, including submission to IEEE Xplore. Submitted papers must strictly adhere to the formatting instructions.

Formatting and Templates

All papers must be formatted according to the IEEE RAS template (letter size paper). Templates and other supporting files can be downloaded using the following links:

• Download LaTeX template
• Usage instructions for LaTeX template
• Download Microsoft Word template

Detailed instructions and support for the templates is provided under the links

• LaTeX template
• Word template

It is recommended to use these templates also for the preparation of the initial papers.

Steps of Final Paper Submission

Check for Compliance and Submit Paper

Submit the IEEE Compliant PDF file of your paper via the PaperPlaza web page. Note that the PDF file must not exceed 2MB. During the submission process, an electronic Copyright Form has to be signed.

Please check that

• all authors and their order are identical in the PaperPlaza submission system and the paper. Please write names with only the first letter capitalized, i.e., "Firstname Lastname".
• the PDF is compliant with Paperplaza adhering to these instructions.

Choose Format of Presentation

To be included in the MFI 2016 Conference Proceedings, papers must be presented at the conference. During the final submission process, authors can give a preference to one of the formats of presentation:

• Oral presentation (15 minutes talk plus 5 minutes discussion)
• Interactive presentation (poster)

Prepare Digest

The Template for the Conference Digest can be downloaded here. Please send the completed slide back to noack@kit.edu and include your submission number in the email's subject.