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The submission and review process is handled similar to past IGARSS events with some key changes in the abstract format.
The review process is being conducted entirely online. To expedite the review process, and to assure that the abstract submissions will be readable through the online review system, we request that authors submit abstracts that are formatted according to the Paper Kit instructions included here. For similar reasons, authors are strongly encouraged, though not required, to format the submissions using these tools as well.
Templates for MS Word and LaTeX are available in the Templates Section.
If your abstracts are accepted, you may consider to submit a proceeding paper. Guidelines about preparing and submission of your manuscript will be provided at a later date.
Students paying a reduced student registration may register one presentation at the symposium. Regular delegates will be allowed to register up to two presentations.
Use the following guidelines when preparing your manuscript:
LENGTH: You are allowed a minimum of 2 pages and maximum of 4 pages for your manuscript. These limits include all figures, tables, and references. Any documents that exceed the 4 page limit or fail to meet the 2 page minimum will be rejected.
LANGUAGE: All proposals must be in English.
MARGINS: Documents should be formatted for standard letter-size (8.5 in. by 11.0 in.) or A4 (210mm by 297mm) paper
COLUMNS: Manuscripts should be in 2-column format. The title and author block on the first page should span across the two columns. Wide figures may span across two columns. However, the use of wide figures should be limited if possible.
A format sheet with the margins and placement guides is available in PDF format:
These files contain lines and boxes showing the margins and print areas. If you print one of these files, then stack it atop your printed page and hold it up to the light, you can easily check your margins to see if your print area fits within the space allowed.
TYPE:
Face: To achieve the best viewing experience for the review process and conference proceedings, we strongly encourage authors to use Times-Roman or Computer Modern fonts. If a font face is used that is not recognized by the submission system, your proposal will not be reproduced correctly.
Size: Use a font size that is no smaller than 10 points and no larger than 12 points throughout the paper, including figure captions.
TITLE: The paper title should appear in boldface letters and should be in ALL CAPITALS. Do not use LaTeX math notation ($x_y$) in the title; the title should be representable in the Unicode character set. Also try to avoid uncommon acronyms in the title.
AUTHOR LIST: The authors’ name(s) and affiliation(s) appear below the title in capital and lower case letters. Proposals with multiple authors and affiliations may require two or more lines for this information. The order of the authors on the document should exactly match in number and order the authors typed into the online submission form.
BODY: Major headings appear in boldface CAPITAL letters, centered on the page. Subheadings appear in capital and lower case, either underlined or in boldface. They start at the left margin of the page on a separate line. Sub-subheadings are discouraged, but if they must be used, they should appear in capital and lower case, and start at the left margin on a separate line. They may be underlined or in italics.
REFERENCES: List and number all references at the end of the document. The references can be numbered in alphabetical order or in order of appearance in the paper. When referring to them in the text, type the corresponding reference number in square brackets as shown at the end of this sentence [1]. The end of the document should include a list of references containing information similar to the following example:
[1] J. P. Kerekes and J. E. Baum, "Full-Spectrum Spectral Imaging System Analytical Model," IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 571-580, Mar. 2005.
[2] A. B. Tarokh and E. L. Miller, "Subsurface Sensing under Sensor Positional Uncertainty," IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 675-688, Mar. 2007.
ILLUSTRATIONS & COLOR: Illustrations must appear within the designated margins. If possible, position illustrations at the top of pages, rather than in the middle or at the bottom. Caption and number every illustration. All illustrations should be clear when printed on a black-only printer. Be sure that your images are acceptable when printed in black and white (the USB and online IEEE Xplore proceedings will retain the colors in your document).
PAGE NUMBERS: Do not put page numbers on your document. Appropriate page numbers will be added to accepted papers when the conference proceedings are assembled.
The following style files and templates are available for users of LaTeX and Microsoft Word:
The following style files and templates are available for users of LaTeX and Microsoft Word:
We recommend that you use the Word file or LaTeX files to produce your document, since they have been set up to meet the formatting guidelines listed above. When using these files, double-check the paper size in your page setup to make sure you are using the letter-size (8.5 in. by 11 in.) or A4 (210mm by 297mm) paper layout. The LaTeX environment files specify suitable margins, page layout, text and a bibliography style.
In particular, with LaTeX, there are cases where the top-margin of the resulting PDF file does not meet the specified parameters. In this case, you may need to add a \topmargin=0mm command just after the \begin{document} command in your .tex file. The spacing of the top margin is not critical, as the page contents will be adjusted on the proceedings. The critical dimensions are the actual width and height of the page content.
The review process will be performed from the electronic submission of your manuscript. To ensure that your document is compatible with the review system, please adhere to the following compatibility requirements:
Papers must be submitted in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) format.
Please make sure that you submit a valid PDF to the submission system. Adobe Acrobat is the preferred way of generating a PDF file, but there are many other options which produce quality PDFs as well.
PDF files:
ALL FONTS MUST be embedded in the PDF or PostScript file. There is no guarantee that the reviewers of the abstract have the same fonts used in the document. If fonts are not embedded in the submission, you will be contacted by CMS and asked to submit a file that has all fonts embedded. Please refer to your PDF file generation tool’s user guide to find out how to embed all fonts.
Generating a PostScript file is straightforward for all LaTeX packages we are aware of. When preparing the proposal under LaTeX, it is preferable to use scalable fonts such as Type I, Computer Modern. However, quite good results can be obtained with the fonts defined in the style file recommended above (spconf.sty).
PDF files with Postscript Type 3 fonts are highly discouraged. PDF and PostScript files utilizing Type 3 fonts are typically produced by the LaTeX system and are lower-resolution bitmapped versions of the letters and figures. It is possible to perform a few simple changes to the configuration or command-line to produce files that use PostScript Type 1 fonts, which are a vector representation of the letters and figures.
For most installations of LaTeX, you can cause dvips to output Type 1 fonts instead of Type 3 fonts by including -Ppdf option to dvips. The resulting PDF file will reference the Type 1 Computer Modern fonts, rather than embedding the bitmapped Type 3 versions, which cause problems with printers.
You may also need to tell dvips to force letter sized paper with the option: -t letter.
Most current LaTeX installations also include pdflatex, which produces acceptable PDF files as well.
Authors will be permitted to submit a document file up to 5 MB (megabytes) in size. To request an exception, contact the paper submission technical support at: papers@2023.ieeeigarss.org.
The filename of the document file should be the first author’s last name, followed by the appropriate extension (.pdf). For example, if the first author’s name is Johan Smith, you would submit your file as ”smith.pdf“.
The paper submission process will append the filename with a unique identifier when it is stored on our system, so multiple submissions with the same name will not overwrite each other and will be distinguishable.
When you have your document file ready, gather the following information before entering the submission system:
To submit your document and author information, go to the Paper Submission link on the IGARSS 2023 homepage:
https://2023.ieeeigarss.org/papers.php
The submission system will present an entry form to allow you to enter the paper title, paper topic, and author contact information.
ALL authors must be entered in the online form, and must appear in the online form in the same order in which the authors appear on the PDF.
After you submit this information, the system will display a page with the data that you entered so that you may verify its accuracy. If you need to change the data to fix a mistake, you may use the back button on your browser to return to the information entry form. Once you approve of the data that you have entered, you may choose your document file for upload at the bottom of the verification page. When you click on the button labelled 'Continue' at the bottom of this page, the page will check the filename extension to make sure it matches the submission criteria, then your browser will upload your file to our server. Depending on the size of your file and your internet connection speed, this upload may take a few minutes. At the end of a successful upload, you will see a confirmation page displaying the paper number that is assigned to you, and an email message will be sent to the corresponding authors' email addresses to confirm that the file has been uploaded. If you do not see the confirmation page after uploading your file, we may not have successfully received your file upload. If you encounter trouble, contact the paper submission support at: papers@2023.ieeeigarss.org.
A committee of reviewers selected by the conference committee will review the manuscripts and rate them according to quality, relevance, and correctness. The conference technical committee will use these reviews to determine which abstracts will be accepted for presentation in the conference. The result of the technical committee’s decision will be communicated to the submitting authors by email, along with any program committee comments, if any.
After you submit your document, you may monitor the status of your paper as it progresses through the submission and review process by using the Paper Status website available at:
https://2023.ieeeigarss.org/papers.php
Authors will be notified of paper acceptance or non-acceptance by email as close as possible to the published author notification date. The email notification will include the presentation format chosen for your paper and may also include the presentation date and time, if available.
The notification email may include comments from the reviewers and/or program committee members. The conference cannot guarantee that all of the reviewers will provide the level of detail desired by you. However, reviewers are encouraged to submit as detailed comments as possible.
If there appears to be a logistical error in the reviewer comments, such as the reviewer commenting on the wrong paper, etc., please contact IGARSS 2023 at papers@2023.ieeeigarss.org.
Be sure that at least one author registers to attend the conference using the online registration system available through the conference website. Each accepted paper being presented must have at least one author registered, with the payment received by the author registration deadline (see above) to avoid being withdrawn from the conference.
https://2023.ieeeigarss.org/papers.php
If you plan to publish a copy of an accepted paper on the Internet by any means, you MUST display the following IEEE copyright notice on the first page that displays IEEE published (and copyrighted) material:
Copyright 2023 IEEE. Published in the 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2023), scheduled for 16 - 21 July, 2023 in Pasadena, California, USA. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works, must be obtained from the IEEE. Contact: Manager, Copyrights and Permissions / IEEE Service Center / 445 Hoes Lane / P.O. Box 1331 / Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331, USA. Telephone: + Intl. 908-562-3966.
If you post an electronic version of an accepted paper, you must provide the IEEE with the electronic address (URL, FTP address, etc.) of the posting.
Please make sure to put the conference name (IGARSS 2023) and the paper number that is assigned to you on all correspondence.
Additional questions regarding submission of papers should be directed to the following address:
If your abstracts are accepted, you may consider to submit a proceeding paper.
Use the following guidelines when preparing your manuscript:
LENGTH: You are allowed a minimum of 2 pages and maximum of 4 pages for your manuscript. These limits include all figures, tables, and references. Any documents that exceed the 4 page limit or fail to meet the 2 page minimum will be rejected.
LANGUAGE: All proposals must be in English.
MARGINS: Documents should be formatted for standard letter-size (8.5 in. by 11.0 in.) or A4 (210mm by 297mm) paper
COLUMNS: Manuscripts should be in 2-column format. The title and author block on the first page should span across the two columns. Wide figures may span across two columns. However, the use of wide figures should be limited if possible.
A format sheet with the margins and placement guides is available in PDF format:
These files contain lines and boxes showing the margins and print areas. If you print one of these files, then stack it atop your printed page and hold it up to the light, you can easily check your margins to see if your print area fits within the space allowed.
TYPE:
Face: To achieve the best viewing experience for the review process and conference proceedings, we strongly encourage authors to use Times-Roman or Computer Modern fonts. If a font face is used that is not recognized by the submission system, your proposal will not be reproduced correctly.
Size: Use a font size that is no smaller than 10 points and no larger than 12 points throughout the paper, including figure captions.
TITLE: The paper title should appear in boldface letters and should be in ALL CAPITALS. Do not use LaTeX math notation ($x_y$) in the title; the title should be representable in the Unicode character set. Also try to avoid uncommon acronyms in the title.
AUTHOR LIST: The authors’ name(s) and affiliation(s) appear below the title in capital and lower case letters. Proposals with multiple authors and affiliations may require two or more lines for this information. The order of the authors on the document should exactly match in number and order the authors typed into the online submission form.
BODY: Major headings appear in boldface CAPITAL letters, centered on the page. Subheadings appear in capital and lower case, either underlined or in boldface. They start at the left margin of the page on a separate line. Sub-subheadings are discouraged, but if they must be used, they should appear in capital and lower case, and start at the left margin on a separate line. They may be underlined or in italics.
REFERENCES: List and number all references at the end of the document. The references can be numbered in alphabetical order or in order of appearance in the paper. When referring to them in the text, type the corresponding reference number in square brackets as shown at the end of this sentence [1]. The end of the document should include a list of references containing information similar to the following example:
[1] J. P. Kerekes and J. E. Baum, "Full-Spectrum Spectral Imaging System Analytical Model," IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 571-580, Mar. 2005.
[2] A. B. Tarokh and E. L. Miller, "Subsurface Sensing under Sensor Positional Uncertainty," IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 675-688, Mar. 2007.
ILLUSTRATIONS & COLOR: Illustrations must appear within the designated margins. If possible, position illustrations at the top of pages, rather than in the middle or at the bottom. Caption and number every illustration. All illustrations should be clear when printed on a black-only printer. Be sure that your images are acceptable when printed in black and white (the USB and online IEEE Xplore proceedings will retain the colors in your document).
PAGE NUMBERS: Do not put page numbers on your document. Appropriate page numbers will be added to accepted papers when the conference proceedings are assembled.
The following style files and templates are available for users of LaTeX and Microsoft Word:
We recommend that you use the Word file or LaTeX files to produce your document, since they have been set up to meet the formatting guidelines listed above. When using these files, double-check the paper size in your page setup to make sure you are using the letter-size (8.5 in. by 11 in.) or A4 (210mm by 297mm) paper layout. The LaTeX environment files specify suitable margins, page layout, text and a bibliography style.
In particular, with LaTeX, there are cases where the top-margin of the resulting PDF file does not meet the specified parameters. In this case, you may need to add a \topmargin=0mm command just after the \begin{document} command in your .tex file. The spacing of the top margin is not critical, as the page contents will be adjusted on the proceedings. The critical dimensions are the actual width and height of the page content.
When we send the review results for your paper by email, that email message will specify whether accepted papers have been assigned for presentation in a poster session or oral session. To help authors prepare for oral and poster presentations, the following suggestions have been created:
Some of the oral presentations will be given in quite large lecture halls. We recommend that you prepare your slides according to the following guidelines to ensure that the entire audience will be able to see your presentation. Your Session Chair might contact you in advance of the conference to request copies of your visual aids for approval before the conference.
Presentation time is critical: each paper is allocated 12 minutes for oral session. The sessions are split into 12-minute oral talks, followed by 15 minutes of interactive discussion among all the presenters and audience, in the same room. We recommend that presentation of your slides should take the entire 12 minutes. Questions about your paper may be asked during the discussion portion. To achieve appropriate timing, organize your slides or viewgraphs around the points you intend to make, using no more than one slide per minute. A reasonable strategy is to allocate about 2 minutes per slide when there are equations or important key points to make, and one minute per slide when the content is less complex. Slides attract and hold attention, and reinforce what you say - provided you keep them simple and easy to read. Plan on covering at most 6 points per slide, with 6 to 12 spoken sentences within about two minutes.
Make sure each of your key points is easy to explain with aid of the material on your slides. Do not read directly from the slide during your presentation. You shouldn’t need to prepare a written speech, although it is often a good idea to prepare the opening and closing sentences in advance. It is very important that you rehearse your presentation in front of an audience before you give your presentation at IGARSS. Surrogate presenters must be sufficiently familiar with the material being presented to answer detailed questions from the audience. In addition, the surrogate presenter must contact the Session Chair in advance of the presenter's session.
Pre-recorded presentations are NOT ALLOWED, and the person giving the presentation MUST be able to take and answer questions regarding the content of the paper and associated research. The presenter must be present in the room, remote virtual presenters are NOT allowed.
A computer-driven slideshow for use with a data projector is recommended for your talk at IGARSS. All presentation rooms will be equipped with a computer, a data projector, a microphone (for large rooms), and a lectern.
It is important that the sessions remain on time. The session chair(s) are responsible for keeping presentations on schedule. Any setup time you use is part of your overall 12-minute oral presentation time, so it is a good idea to check your visual aids before the session begins.
You should arrive to your session room 15-20 minutes before the session begins to meet with the session chair, who should be near the stage/lectern. If you wish to practice setting up your slides or pre-load them onto the provided computer, you should do so before the session begins.
Please do not attempt to use your own computer to connect to the projector. For speed and efficiency, use only the conference-provided computer for displaying your presentation visual aids.
Poster sessions are a good medium for authors to present papers and meet with interested attendees for in-depth technical discussions. In addition, attendees find the poster sessions a good way to sample many papers in parallel sessions. Thus, it is important that you display your message clearly and noticeably to attract people who might have an interest in your paper.
Your poster should cover the key points of your work. It need not, and should not, attempt to include all the details; you can describe them in person to people who are interested. The ideal poster is designed to attract attention, provide a brief overview of your work, and initiate discussion. Carefully and completely prepare your poster well in advance of the conference. Try tacking up the poster before you leave for the conference to see what it will look like and to make sure that you have all the necessary pieces.
For each paper accepted within a poster session, one board is reserved for your use. Each board has a usable width of 239cm (7 ft. 10 in.) and a usable height of 117cm (3 ft. 10 in.) The poster is not required to fill this entire space, but it cannot be any larger than the allocated size.
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The boards will be arranged in rows. Each reserved paper space will be assigned a number. Every paper being presented at the same time will also be assigned a number. The number, called the Board Number, will identify the place to post your poster.
IMPORTANT: There MUST be a presenter standing at the poster during the scheduled poster time. A poster that is mounted to the board, but without any person presenting it will be considered a no-show! If you are covering multiple posters, please make a note on the poster board the time you intend to be in front of the poster during the scheduled poster time.
If you need to print poster on site, you can do so at nearby FedEx Office Ship Center. Here are the FedEx recommended places:
Posters shall be on display during the part of the day dedicated to your specific poster session. Authors are invited to be on stand-by near their posters during the session breaks and must be near their poster during the dedicated poster session time.
The title of your poster should appear at the top in CAPITAL letters about 25mm high. Below the title put the author(s)' name(s) and affiliation(s). The flow of your poster should be from the top left to the bottom right. Use arrows to lead your viewer through the poster. Use color for highlighting and to make your poster more attractive. Use pictures, diagrams, cartoons, figures, etc., rather than text wherever possible. Try to state your main result in 6 lines or less, in lettering about 15mm high so that people can read the poster from a distance. The smallest text on your poster should be at least 9mm high, and the important points should be in a larger size. Use a sans-serif font (such as "cmss" in the Computer Modern family or the "Helvetica" PostScript font) to make the print easier to read from a distance.
Make your poster as self-explanatory as possible. This will save your efforts for technical discussions. There will not be any summaries given at the beginning of the poster sessions at IGARSS 2023, so authors need not prepare any overhead slides for their poster presentations. You may bring additional battery-operated audio or visual aids to enhance your presentation.
Prepare a short presentation of about 5 minutes that you can periodically give to those assembled around your poster throughout the 90-minute poster session. If possible, more than one author should attend the session to aid in presentations and discussions, and to provide the presenters with the chance to rest or briefly view other posters.