IEEE SECON 2009

Manuscript Layout and Templates

NOTE: Manuscripts that do not conform to the formatting guidelines below (PDF format, 9-page limit, margins, font size, embedded fonts etc.) will be removed from further consideration without review.

Manuscript submissions should be in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) only. The page limit is 9 pages.

The three most important elements of manuscript layout are:

Margins: These must be strictly followed. Manuscripts cannot be accepted for review until proper margins are used.

	US Letter	A4
Top margin	0.75 inch	19 mm
Bottom margin	1 inch	43 mm
Side margins	0.625 inch	13 mm

When you upload your PDF, EDAS should report the margins are no less than 0.625 x 0.625 x 1 x 0.75 with a text region no more than 7.25 inches x 9.25 inches on a standard US Letter document (8.5 inches x 11 inches). The minimum line spacing should be 11pt. The minimum font size is 10pt. Of course, your margins, font sizes, and line spacing can be larger than this. If you have problems setting the individual margins, please set 1 inch margins all around.

Please run the paper formatting check on EDAS yourself by clicking on the icon under the Check Format column in the Files row in the basic paper view page.

Authors should make a strong attempt, check each page manually, print on paper and check the margins with a ruler as a final option if they continue to have margin problems. If there is a problem with EDAS format checks, we will definitely ignore it in your favor.

Manuscript should NOT have
- Headers
- Footers (except for "Page number" information)
Pages in the manuscript should be numbered
- Except the first page
- Preferably at the top right or bottom center
Additions to IEEEtran template to achieve this are provided below. Please include these statements at the top of your LaTeX file.
\documentclass[conference]{IEEEtran}
%% SECON 2009 addition:
\makeatletter
\def\ps@headings{%
\def\@oddhead{\mbox{}\scriptsize\rightmark \hfil \thepage}%
\def\@evenhead{\scriptsize\thepage \hfil \leftmark\mbox{}}%
\def\@oddfoot{}%
\def\@evenfoot{}}
\makeatother
\pagestyle{headings}

You are free to use good judgment in the presentation of your information. These guidelines are meant only as helpful tools. However, basic adherence to layout specifications is expected.

Use the sample manuscript (LaTeX source: here) as a visual aid for formatting. The IEEE maintains the Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings
LaTeX users: Note new LaTeX templates IEEEtran LaTeX Class (template) V1.7 packages and IEEEtran V1.12 BibTeX (bibliography) packages. Be sure to use the template's conference mode. See template documentation for details.

To create a PDF file on different platforms, please see the PDF Generation Instructions page (Courtesy: NSF Fastlane). To avoid printing problems due to missing fonts, please use Postscript Type 1 fonts and embed these fonts in the PDF file.

This page borrows heavily from the IEEE INFOCOM 2008 instructions to authors.