IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications
15-19 April 2018 // Honolulu, HI // USA

Important Information for Authors

IEEE/ IEEE Communications Society/IEEE INFOCOM Policies and Procedures

MAIN CONFERENCE AUTHORS: Main Conference Authors must register by 10 January 2018

To be published in the IEEE INFOCOM 2018 Conference Proceedings and to be eligible for publication in IEEE Xplore®, an author of an accepted paper is required to register for the conference at the full (member or non-member) rate and the paper must be presented by an author of that paper at the conference unless the TPC Chair grants permission for a substitute presenter arranged in advance of the event who is qualified both to present and answer questions.  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 registration is valid for up to 3 main conference papers.  Accepted and presented papers will be submitted to IEEE Xplore®.

WORKSHOP AUTHORS: Workshop Authors must register by 2 March 2018

To be published in the IEEE INFOCOM 2018 Conference Proceedings and to be eligible for publication in IEEE Xplore®, an author of an accepted paper is required to register for the IEEE WORKSHOPS at the appropriate rate listed below.  (Note the half day workshop only rate is NOT valid for author registrations.) The paper must be presented by an author of that paper at the workshop unless the IEEE INFOCOM Workshop Chairs grants permission for a substitute presenter arranged in advance of the event who is qualified both to present and answer questions.  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 workshop registration is valid for up to 3 workshop papers.  Accepted and presented papers will be submitted to IEEE Xplore®.  If you also have a paper in the main conference you must register for both the conference and the workshop.

POSTER and DEMO SESSION AUTHORS: Poster/Demo Authors must register by 26 March 2018

For the abstract of your poster or demo to be published in the IEEE INFOCOM 2018 Conference Proceedings and to be eligible for publication in IEEE Xplore, an author of an accepted abstract is required to register for the conference for at least ONE DAY REGISTRATION at the appropriate rate for your membership category. In addition, the poster or demo must be presented by an author of the demo/poster unless the IEEE INFOCOM TPC Chairs grant permission for a substitute presenter arranged in advance of the event, who is qualified both to present and answer questions. Non-refundable registration fees must be paid prior to uploading the final IEEE formatted, publication-ready version of the demo/poster abstract. For authors with multiple accepted abstracts, one registration is valid for up to 3 abstracts. Accepted and presented abstracts will be submitted to IEEE Xplore. If you also have a paper in the main conference you must register at the full member/non-member rate.

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 5:00pm US EST, Friday, 6 April, 2018. The TPC Chairs may approve or deny the request by 5:00pm US EST Friday, 13 April, 2018. A no-response by the TPC Chairs after this deadline shall be considered as 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.