Important IEEE Policy Announcement:
The IEEE 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.

Papers are reviewed on the basis that they do not contain plagiarised material and have not been submitted to any other conference or periodicals at the same time (double submission). These matters are taken very seriously and the IEEE will take action against any author who has engaged in either practice.

IEEE Web Page on Plagiarism: http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/rights/Plagiarism_Guidelines_Intro.htm .
IEEE Web Page on Double Submission: http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/rights/Multi_Sub_Guidelines_Intro.html .

PLEASE NOTE: To be published in the ICAST 2011 Conference Proceedings and IEEE Xplore, an author of an accepted paper is required to register for the conference at the FULL or LIMITED (member or non-member) rate and must present the paper at the conference. Non-refundable registration fees must be paid prior to uploading the final IEEE formatted, publication-ready version of the paper. For authors with multiple accepted papers, one FULL or LIMITED registration is valid for up to 3 papers. Accepted papers will be published in the ICAST 2011 Conference Proceedings. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the ICAST 2011 Conference Proceedings and in IEEE Xplore.

Paper Submission: During the initial paper submission process via ConfTool online conference management system, details of the authors MUST NOT appear in the paper to allow double-blind peer-review process. However, authors should clearly register their details at ConfTool prior to paper submission. Please note that the author list of an accepted paper can NOT be changed in the final manuscript.

All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of six (6) printed pages (10-point font) including figures without incurring additional page charges (maximum 2 additional page with overlength page charge if accepted). Note that the maximum number of pages for a paper is 8; 6 pages plus 2 additional page allowed with a charge per additional page of of USD100 if accepted. Papers exceeding 8 pages will not be accepted at ConfTool, nor reviewed at all. Papers should be written to adhere to the standard IEEE format. Standard IEEE Transactions templates for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats are found at here.

Alternatively you can follow the sample instructions in template.pdf: click here for the pdf

Only PDF files will be accepted for the review process and all submissions must be done through ConfTool. Please contact ICAST 2011 Secretariat if you have any questions about submitting your manuscripts.