Initial Papers Submission
All contributions must be written in English and should be submitted by web upload only as full papers (not only the abstract)
For the MS Word and LaTeX templates (A4 format) provided by IEEE eXpress Conference Publishing, please visit: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html.
Important note: If you are using the MS Word template, please remove the footer of the first page (XXX-X-XXXX-XXXX-X/XX/$XX.00 ©20XX IEEE) before generating the PDF and uploading it to the PaperCept platform.
For the initial submission, any warnings about the PDF margins can be ignored. Authors are advised to read PaperCept’s Getting Started Manual for Authors and PDF Compliance Guidelines carefully. Only PDF files will be accepted. Detailed instructions for the final submission will be provided in due time. Maximum six pages A4 in double column format are allowed. Authors may upload a longer manuscript up to a maximum of eight pages total. However, each page in excess of six will incur a charge of 50 Euros.
Before starting the submission
To submit a paper for the conference, a Personal Identification Number (PIN) is needed for each author. To find your own or someone else’s PIN, to retrieve your password (if you have a PIN but no password), or to register a new PIN (if you never obtained a PIN before) go to https://controls.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/pinwizard.pl
How to submit your paper
In order to send your contribution (a regular paper or a paper dedicated to an invited session), go to PaperCept Conference Management System and select the link Submit a contribution to ICSTCC 2026.
On this new page, click on the appropriate Submit link to submit either a Contributed Paper (regular paper) or an Invited Session Paper. This takes you to the corresponding submission form.
On this form, you will be required to fill in the following data:
- Code: Only for Invited Session Papers.
- Paper title: Please use sentence case and ASCII characters only.
- Number of authors: Enter the right number.
- Author PINs: In each field, enter a valid PIN for each co-author. Click on “Check” to verify that you entered the correct PIN or PINs.
- Keywords: Select conference-designated keywords for paper classification. Unless you select these keywords, you will not be able to proceed.
- Click on “Click to choose an ordered set of keywords” next to “Keywords”.
- Select up to three keywords from the given set.
- To save the keywords suitable for your paper and to return to the main submission page, click on the “Submit” link on top of the page.
- Abstract: Include the abstract of the paper.
- Commitment: Check the checkbox “I agree” to agree with conference policy.
Click on Next to go to the File Upload page.
On the File Upload page, click on the Browse button to locate the pdf file on your computer. Please make sure that the filename and file path are all ASCII. You may receive an error message otherwise. Click on the desired Pdf file. The file is uploaded as soon as it has been selected. You will see a progress report and a status report when the upload has been completed.
Click on Submit to finalize the submission process. All the authors of the paper will be notified by email about the submission.
Only the corresponding author can Update Paper Title, Abstract, Author list, Re-upload or Withdraw the Paper, Submit the final version of the accepted paper. To do so, she/he needs to Log in on this page using the correct PIN and password.
By logging in, all authors can:
- View the details of their submission (any time)
- Download previously uploaded files (any time)
- Inspect and review the decision email you received and the reviews (after acceptance/rejection)
Detailed instructions about the submission process and management of authors’ accounts can be found here.
