All papers must be in English and submitted in PDF format through EDAS.info (Please check the guideline posted on the left panel). Please comply with the following guidelines. In certain cases, non-compliance may lead to paper rejection, exclusion from publication, and/or corrective actions.

The paper must be formatted according to the IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings (posted on the left panel), have a minimum of 4 pages, and must not exceed 6 pages, including figures and references.

The paper must address at least one category specified in the Call for Papers.
IETSEC conducts a double-blind peer-review process. In submitting your manuscript for the review process, you must leave the author and affiliation section in the manuscript blank. Also, you must remove any information in the manuscript that refers to the author’s identity or affiliation (such as acknowledgments). Submissions not respecting the blind review requirements will be rejected.

IETSEC conducts a plagiarism check on all submitted papers. Plagiarism and self-plagiarism apply to all previously published work, irrespective of whether the other publication is inside or outside of IEEE.

Multiple submissions of the same paper or a paper with substantial overlap is not allowed. If the authors alert the program chair that a submitted paper is under review elsewhere (with either an IEEE or non-IEEE publication), they will be asked to withdraw other versions from consideration or withdraw the IETSEC paper. If the program chair is not alerted, a duplicate submission will be considered self-plagiarism and will be immediately rejected.

Each accepted paper is required to have at least one “Full Conference” (member or non-member) registration paid by 15 April, 2021, from one of the authors. Student or IEEE life member registrations will not be counted towards this requirement. For authors with multiple accepted papers, one full registration is valid for up to two papers.