The appropriate copyright clearance code notice is to appear on the bottom of the first page of each paper according to the guidelines set forth in the Cataloging/Copyright Instructions for an IEEE Conference Proceeding.

The copyright notice to be added depends on the circumstances as follows:

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: 978-1-7281-3949-4/19/$31.00 ©2019 Crown

For papers in which all authors are employed by the European Union, the copyright notice is: 978-1-7281-3949-4/19/$31.00 ©2019 European Union

For all other papers the copyright notice is: 978-1-7281-3949-4/19/$31.00 ©2019 IEEE

Tips for adding the IEEE copyright notice to your pdf:

• MSWord users can use: ‘Insert’ ➝ ‘Text box’, insert the appropriate copyright notice in the textbox, and place the box (without border) at the bottom left on the first page. 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.
• If you are preparing your paper in LaTeX and you are using the IEEEtran document class, this may help:
  • Add the following code before the \maketitle command:
    \IEEEoverridecommandlockouts
    \IEEEpubid{\makebox[\columnwidth]{978-1-7281-3949-4/19/\$31.00~\copyright2019 IEEE \hfill} \hspace{\columnsep}\makebox[\columnwidth]{ }}
  • Add the following code after the \maketitle command:
    \IEEEpubidadjcol
  • Make sure you use the appropriate IEEE copyright notice string, as explained above.
• If necessary, contact Jenny Torres at jenny.torres@epn.edu.ec for the appropriate copyright notice.

Before Creating a PDF

The format of the paper conference is Two-Column IEEE Conference Format. If the paper does not meet this requirement, the paper could fail to be published in the IEEE Xplore.

All submissions should be written in English with maximum of eight (8) printed pages including text, figures and references.

Add the copyright notice to the bottom of the first page of your source document. If necessary, contact Jenny Torres at jenny.torres@epn.edu.ec for the appropriate copyright notice.

Proofread your source document thoroughly to confirm that it will require no revision.

Creating your PDF eXpress Account

Log in to the IEEE PDF eXpress TM site

First-time users should do the following:

1. Select the New Users
2. Enter the following:
   • 47905X for the Conference ID
   • your email address
   • a password
3. Continue to enter information as prompted.

An Online confirmation will be displayed and an email confirmation will be sent verifying your account setup.

Previous users of PDF eXpress need to follow the above steps, but should enter the same password that was used for previous conferences. Verify that your contact information is valid.