Instructions to Sign the Copyright Agreement and Submit Your Camera-Ready Paper at LASCAS 2025

1. DISCLAIMER:

To have your paper published in the IEEE Xplore digital library, it is required that you present your paper in person, in Bento Goncalves, Brazil. If you do not make your presentation for any reason, your paper will be excluded from IEEE Xplore. Also, one author must be registered by December 1st, 2024, 23:59 (BRT). You are allowed to cover a maximum of two papers with a single full (non-student) registration.

2. COPYRIGHT NOTICE:

All accepted papers must include the IEEE copyright notice at the first page left footer.

  • For papers in which all authors are employed by the US government, the copyright notice is:

    • U.S. Government work not protected by U.S. copyright

  • For papers in which all authors are employed by a Crown government (UK, Canada, and Australia), the copyright notice is:

    • 979-8-3315-2212-4/25/$31.00 ©2025 Crown

  • For papers in which all authors are employed by the European Union, the copyright notice is:

    • 979-8-3315-2212-4/25/$31.00 ©2025 European Union

  • For all other papers, the copyright notice is:

    • 979-8-3315-2212-4/25/$31.00 ©2025 IEEE

Position of the Copyright Notice: The copyright notice should appear about 1 cm below the left column, and should be aligned to the left with the same left margin as the column. This is an example of how it should be placed.

If You Are Using LaTeX:

If you are using LaTeX to create your paper, follow these steps to add the copyright notice:

  1. Add the following code before the \maketitle command:
    2. \IEEEoverridecommandlockouts
\IEEEpubid{\makebox[\columnwidth]{979-8-3315-2212-4/25/\$31.00~\copyright2025 IEEE \hfill}
\hspace{\columnsep}\makebox[\columnwidth]{ }}
  2. Add the following code after the \maketitle command:
    3. \IEEEpubidadjcol

Make sure to use the appropriate IEEE copyright notice string, as explained above. If you are not using LaTeX, use a PDF editor to add the notice.

3. COPYRIGHT SIGNING:

You will also need to sign the copyright of your paper at EasyChair. To accomplish this, you will need to login at EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lascas2025) and find the “proceedings author (IEEE Proceedings)” option. After that, click on “Sign Copyright Agreement” and follow the required steps.

4. CAMERA-READY VERSION:

The camera-ready version of your paper must be submitted in PDF format by Nov 15, 2024, 23:59 (BRT) at EasyChair. The PDF must be created using IEEE PDF eXpress (instructions below). As you prepare your final submission, make sure to carefully implement comments for improvements as suggested by reviewers. Notice that your final paper will be submitted for plagiarism checking to the IEEE Crosscheck system. To upload the camera-ready version, you will need to login at EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lascas2025), then click on “proceedings author (LASCAS 2025)”, and then click on “Upload new version”.

XPLORE COMPLIANCE PROCEDURE:

It is required that all PDF submissions be IEEE Xplore compliant. If your file does not meet Xplore compliance it will not be published. To meet this requirement, you must FIRST check to ensure that your PDF file is compliant by using the IEEE PDF eXpress system BEFORE you submit your paper to the conference final submission website.

  1. The IEEE PDF eXpress system for LASCAS 2025 will open on November 1st, 2024
  2. Go to the IEEE PDF eXpress website: https://ieee-pdf-express.org
  3. Use this conference ID: 64004X
  4. Use PDF eXpress to check or create your PDF file