Authors


A message to authors of accepted papers


Our warmest congratulations on the acceptance of your paper. We look forward to meeting you at INFOCOM 2015 in Hong Kong, April 27-30, 2015.


INFOCOM 2015 received 1,640 papers, of which 316 papers were accepted after a thorough review process, with an acceptance ratio of 19%.


All submitted papers were reviewed in a double-blind fashion by a Technical Program Committee with over 400 members, and overseen by 46 Area Chairs. Over 5,000 reviews were written, with each paper receiving at least 3, and as many as 6, reviews. One third of the reviews were manually assigned by the Area Chairs, and the remainder were assigned by a new automated review assignment system that optimizes the match between papers and reviewers across the board. Based on extensive online discussions, 126 papers were accepted before the TPC meeting, whereas 365 papers were discussed in-person at the TPC meeting, held in Philadelphia, PA, on November 8th, 2014.


A list of all accepted papers will soon be made available at the Program at a Glance section of the INFOCOM 2015 website.


Preparing the final manuscript


Please pay attention to the reviewer comments when you prepare the final manuscript, particularly those comments regarding the quality of writing. A paper that is not well written is unlikely to be widely cited. The deadline to submit your final manuscript is January 15th, 2015 (hard deadline). Detailed instructions on preparing your final manuscript can be found in this PDF document. The PDF eXpress Instructions for checking the validity of your PDF document can be found in the PDF Instructions for Authors document. The PDF eXpress website can be found at www.pdf-express.org, and the conference ID for INFOCOM 2015 is 30874X.


Author registration policy


According to IEEE and IEEE Communications Society policies, an accepted paper must be accompanied by a full conference registration fee (member or non-member). For authors of multiple papers, one full registration is valid for up to three papers. Non-refundable registration fees must be paid prior to uploading the final IEEE formatted, publication-ready version of the paper. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE INFOCOM 2015 conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore®.

Online registration for the conference is now open.


Policies on no-shows and substitute presenters


Each paper must be presented by an author of the paper in person at the conference. Presentations via teleconference (e.g., Skype) or pre-recorded tape are not permitted. Permission to have the paper presented by a substitute presenter may be granted by the TPC Chairs under certain extraordinary circumstances. Authors with travel contingencies should consider arranging a substitute presenter. A substitute presenter must be qualified to answer questions regarding the paper. A request of a substitute presenter must be sent to the TPC Chairs no later than 5:00 pm US EDT, Monday, April 20th, 2015. The TPC Chairs may approve or deny the request by 5:00 pm US EDT Friday, April 24th, 2015. No response by the TPC Chairs is considered a denial.


A paper not presented or presented by a non-author without prior written approval by the TPC Chairs will be removed from the final conference proceedings before uploading to IEEE Xplore®. No refund will be made to authors of these papers.


Policy on registration transfers


All requests for registration transfers must be submitted via email to INFOCOMreg@ieee.org and received by Friday, April 10th, 2015. A $75 processing fee will be charged.


Visa letters


If you need a visa assistance letter, you can obtain one from EDAS. On your paper information page, there will be a letter shaped icon (visa letter). Once you click on it, a PDF of the visa letter will be generated. If you require a hard copy letter, please follow the instructions on the conference website.