Authors' Kit Introduction This information refers only to the full paper proposal. For abstract proposal please refer to the Submission section on this site. The EPE 2016 paper submission and review processes will be entirely electronic and will be conducted online as described in the following. Paper Proposals Authors who wish to participate in the conference need to register with the on-line submission system available in the "Submission" section and then use it to submit their paper proposals. The paper proposal must be completed on or before the "Full paper submission" deadline listed below. Review Process Full paper proposals will be reviewed, using the online review system, by experts selected by the conference Technical Program Committee for their demonstrated knowledge of relevant topics. Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by email. Review results will be ready by the "Full paper submission acceptance" date shown below. Final Papers Authors of accepted paper will prepare a final version of their paper and will submit it using the online submission system. The version of the final paper (up to 6 pages) must conform to the required format and will be substantially the same as the paper proposal but will take into account reviewers' comments. The final paper must be completed and submitted on or before the "Camera ready papers and author early registration" deadline listed below. Registration The final version of an accepted paper will appear in the conference proceedings provided that at least one of the authors registers and presents the paper in the conference sections. Registration must be done on or before the "Camera ready papers and author early registration" deadline shown below. Format To make the review process easy for reviewers, and to assure that paper proposals and final papers are readable through the online review system, authors are asked to submit proposals that are formatted according to the instructions given below. Final papers not conforming to the required format will not appear in the proceedings. Instructions Authors are required to complete the procedures in the following list before the specified deadlines. Detailed guidelines for each of these procedures are provided below. • Step 1: Complete a properly formatted proposal • Step 2: Submit the proposal electronically • Step 3: Revise accepted papers for final submission • Step 4: Verify that your final paper is IEEE Xplore compliant • Step 5: Submit final paper electronically • Step 6: Submit copyright form electronically • Step 7: Register for the EPE 2016 conference • Step 8: Prepare a lecture or poster presentation for EPE 2016 conference Deadlines June 19, 2016 -Full paper submission July 10, 2016 -Full paper submission acceptance August 28, 2016- Camera ready papers and author early registration October 20-22, 2016 - Conference Contact Please make sure that you put the conference name (EPE2016) and the paper number, assigned by the online submission system, on all correspondence. Additional inquiries regarding submission of papers should be directed to: Cristian-Gyozo Haba, epe@ee.tuiasi.ro Step 1: Complete a properly formatted proposal Papers should be formatted for standard A4 size paper using IEEE conference proceedings templates found here. Proposals submitted for EPE 2016 should be prepared in accordance with the general guidelines. Step 2: Submit the proposal electronically Submit your full paper proposal by e-mail to the conference contact person responsible for the track of the conference where you have initially submitted the abstract. When you submit the full paper, provide paper title and paper ID. You will receive an e-mail notification with the details of your submission. If you encounter trouble, please contact the conference contact persons listed above. Step 3: Revise accepted papers for final submission Revising Accepted Papers: If your paper is accepted by the review process for presentation and publication at EPE 2016, you should prepare your final paper for submission. This will be substantially the same as the paper proposal but must take into account reviewers' comments. The EPE2016 Technical Program Committee reserves the right to reject a final paper if the reviewers' comments are not adequately addressed. Final Paper Formatting: When preparing your final document, use the required formatting specifications. Final papers not conforming with the required format will not appear in the proceedings. Step 4: Verify that your final paper is IEEE Xplore compliant EPE2016 papers will be included in IEEE Xplore®. Therefore, all final paper files must adhere to the IEEE Xplore PDF specifications for compatibility. If your final paper file is not IEEE Xplore-compliant then it will be automatically withdrawn from presentation and publication. More details on creating IEEE Xplore-compliant PDF files can be found in section "Step 1: Prepare a properly formatted proposal" discussed above. In order to facilitate the process of creating and verifying PDF files, EPE2016 will register for use of the IEEE PDF eXpressTMtool. This is a free service to IEEE conferences, allowing their authors to make IEEE Xplore-compliant PDFs (Conversion function) or to check PDFs that authors have made themselves for IEEE Xplore-compliance (PDF Check function). In order to verify that your final paper is IEEE Xplore-compliant please follow the steps described here. Step 5: Submit final paper electronically Final Paper Submission: You are required to submit the IEEE Xplore-compliant PDF file of your final paper by the "Camera ready papers and author early registration" deadline shown above. NO EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED BEYOND THE DEADLINE. Kindly note that one of the authors must register (see Step 7) to enable submission of the final paper. Failure to meet the deadline will result in an automatic withdrawal of your paper for presentation and publication. The steps to submit your final paper electronically will be published after the "Notification of acceptance" deadline. Step 6: Submit copyright form electronically Copyright Form: Every EPE2016 paper accepted for presentation and publication MUST have attached to it an IEEE Copyright Transfer and Consent Form. You are required to submit the IEEE Copyright Transfer and Consent Form by the "Camera ready papers and author early registration" deadline shown above. NO EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED BEYOND THE DEADLINE. Failure to submit the IEEE Copyright Transfer and Consent Formby the deadline will result in an automatic withdrawal of your paper for presentation and publication. Please follow the steps described here to submit your IEEE Copyright transfer. Step 7: Register for the EPE2016 conference Author Registration: The final version of your accepted paper will appear in the conference proceedings provided that at least one of the authors registers and presents the paper in one of the conference sections. Registration must be carried out on or before the "Camera ready papers and author early registration" deadline shown above. Registration fees and Instructions for registration will be available under the Registration section. Step 8: Prepare a lecture or poster presentation for the EPE2016 conference Prepare a 15-minute presentation and bring it on a CD or Flash memory. The presentation computer will have installed PowerPoint and PDF Reader. EPE2016 reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference. For information regarding paper presentation click here. Here you can get a Power Point template for the poster presentation.