Papers guidelines

Papers must satisfy the following conditions:

1. Papers should be original, written in English and not currently under review in another conference or journal.

2. Use IEEE template for conference proceedings available at https://template-selector.ieee.org/secure/templateSelector/publicationType (choose Conferences > LaTeX | Word). Please, do not add page numbers.

3. No mention of author names (the reviewing policy is double-blind). Authors using latex have to use the following statement in their file: \author{\IEEEauthorblockN{Anonymous Authors}}

4. Authors should submit the original version of their paper in PDF format as well as the source Word file (or the zip archive of the Latex source files used to generate the PDF file).

5. Paper Size: A4 (210mm x 297mm).

6. Paper Length: long papers should have 4 to 6 pages, short papers for posters 2 to 3 pages, including figures, tables and references. Authors of short papers accepted should prepare a poster for presentation at one of the poster sessions. The poster should be under A0 format following the template (see A0 poster template PPT format or A0 poster template ODP format ).

7. New authors cannot be added after submission deadline.

Before starting paper submission

An account on Sciencesconf.org (or HAL or Episciences.org) is needed in order to register or submit a paper to IC_ETC 2026.

You can create your Sciencesconf account by connecting here (the default language is french – see FR on the right; It can be changed to english or spanish).

You can also create your account through the IC_ETC 2026 conference website by using the button that is close to « login ».

Before submitting your paper, you need to connect to your Sciencesconf account.

Review Process

All submitted papers will be reviewed by independent reviewers.
All papers must be formatted according to the given IEEE template.
Paper acceptance will be based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of presentation.
Authors must make sure that they submit previously unpublished papers to this conference.

Awards & Participation

All accepted papers that are presented will be awarded a presentation certificate.
The Best Paper certificate will be awarded to the author(s) of the best paper. The selection will be based on reviewers' comments and recommendations of the session chair.

Proceeding Publication

All papers accepted and presented from the conference will be submitted for publication in IEEE Xplorer or Scopus indexed Proceedings Series.