Information for Authors
Page Limits and Formatting:
FCCM will accept 8-page papers for oral presentation and 4-page short
papers for short oral and poster presentation. Authors are encouraged
to submit preliminary work using the 4-page format. This category is
intended for new projects and early results. These submissions will be
accepted one week later than the 8-page papers. Do not submit the same
work to both streams.
All submissions are to be written in the English language and must be
formatted to IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscript Formatting
Guidelines.
An online submission link is available on the
Submission
Page.
Upon submission, the names of all authors and co-authors must be
entered into the on-line system. The addition of new co-authors will
not be permitted after paper submission. A detailed description of
the IEEE authorship guidelines and responsibilities is available
here.
Review Process
FCCM uses a double-blind reviewing system. Manuscripts must not
identify authors or their affiliations. Authors are encouraged to cite
their own work but must not implicitly identify themselves. For
example, references that clearly identify the authors ("We build on
our previous work...") should be written as "This work builds on XYZ
[cite]" where [cite] is the real reference. Unless absolutely
necessary to maintain anonymity, do not put a "deleted for
double-blind" entry in the reference section (without proper
references to the prior work, reviewers will not be able to determine
the contribution of the submission). In the case of widely-available
Open Source software, authors should embrace the website(s) but not
claim to own them. Authors should also remember to mask grant numbers
and other government markings during the review process. Papers that
identify authors will not be considered.
Reviewer Conflict
Authors must register any program committee conflicts as they submit
their paper. Conflicts can include those that have co-authored a
paper (in the past 3 years), those that have current or recent shared
institutional affiliation, or other situations in which the
relationship prevents a reviewer from being objective. Conflicts for
all co-authors should be taken into account. Note that if an
undeclared conflict is discovered, or a conflict is declared in an
attempt to "game" the review process, the paper may be rejected. If
you believe you may have a conflict with the program chair, please
contact the program chair well in advance of the submission deadline.
Simultaneous Submissions:
Papers must not be simultaneously under review or waiting to appear at
another conference or in a journal, and must not be essentially the
same as any paper that has been previously published. If a paper
contains text or technical content that is similar to a previously
published or submitted paper, that other paper should be cited in the
FCCM submission, and the differences made clear.
Presentation
At least one author of each accepted submission is expected to attend
the conference and present their work. Failure to present in person at
the conference will result in the removal of the submission from IEEE
Xplore.