Instructions for Authors

The use of artificial intelligence (AI)–generated text in an article shall be disclosed in the acknowledgements section of any paper submitted to an IEEE Conference or Periodical. The sections of the paper that use AI-generated text shall have a citation to the AI system used to generate the text.

 

Double-Anonymous Reviewing

The review process for WCCI 2024 will be double-anonymous, i.e. reviewers will not know the authors' identity (and vice versa). Authors should ensure their anonymity in the submitted papers. In brief:

  • authors' names should not be included in the submitted pdf;
  • please refer to your prior work in the third person wherever possible;
  • a reviewer may be able to deduce the authors' identities by using external resources, such as technical reports published on the web. The availability of information on the web that may allow reviewers to infer the authors' identities does not constitute a breach of the double-anonymous submission policy.

Note that anonymizing your paper is mandatory, and papers that explicitly or implicitly reveal the authors' identities may be rejected.

Paper Submission

Please read the following paper submission guidelines before submitting your papers:

  • Each paper should not reveal author's identities (double-anonymous review process).
  • Papers will be checked for plagiarism. The Program Committee reserves the right to desk-reject a paper if it contains elements that are suspected to be plagiarized.
  • Submissions should be original and not currently under review at another venue.
  • Each paper is limited to 8 pages, including figures, tables, and references. A maximum of two extra pages per paper is allowed (i.e, up to 10 pages), at an additional charge of $100 per extra page.
  • All papers must be submitted through the IEEE WCCI 2024 online submission system. For special session papers, please select the respective special session title under the list of research topics in the submission system.
  • In order for your papers to be included in the congress program and in the proceedings, final accepted papers must be submitted, and the corresponding registration fees must be paid by May 1, 2024 (11:59 PM Anywhere on Earth).
  • IEEE WCCI 2024 will present the Best Overall Paper Awards and the Best Student Paper Awards to recognize outstanding papers published in each of the three conference proceedings (IJCNN 2024, FUZZ-IEEE 2024, IEEE CEC 2024). The awards will be judged by an Awards Committee and the recipient of each award will be given a certificate of the award and a cash prize.
  • It is the policy of WCCI 2024 that new authors cannot be added at the time of submitting final camera ready papers. Please ensure that you are following this guideline to avoid any issues with publication.

If you encounter any problems with the submission of your papers, please contact the WCCI 2024 Paper Submission Chairs.

Paper submission system

WCCI 2024 adopts EDAS as the submission system, available at the following link: 

https://edas.info/N31614

LaTeX and Word Templates

To help ensure correct formatting, please use the IEEE style files for conference proceedings as a template for your submission. These include LaTeX and Word style files.

In order to implement the double-anonymous policy, please use the following author statement in the latex file:
\author{\IEEEauthorblockN{Anonymous Authors}}

If you use Word, just use "Anonymous Authors” as authors’ names.

Violations of any paper specification may result in rejection of your paper.

Manuscript Style Information

  • Only papers in PDF format will be accepted.
  • Paper Size: A4 (210mm x 297mm).
  • Paper Length: Each paper should have 6 to MAXIMUM 8 pages, including figures, tables and references. A maximum of two extra pages per paper is allowed (i. e., up to 10 pages), at an additional charge of $100 per extra page.
  • Paper Formatting: double column, single spaced, #10 point Times Roman font. Please make sure to use the official IEEE style files provided above.

Note: Violations of any of the above specifications may result in rejection of your paper.

Camera Ready

 In the camera-ready version of your article, please address all the issues arise by the reviewers. Failing to do so may result in the rejection of your paper.

Please make sure to include authors' names and affiliations in the  IEEE Template format.

IEEE WCCI 2024 will be primarily an in-person conference. However, the organization acknowledges that for a wide variety of reasons not all members can physically attend the conference and that traveling may simply be impossible. Therefore, the conference will provide the possibility for remote presentation (live online talk with live online Q&A) for remote authors. At least one remote author must register for the conference (regular registration, as IEEE Member or Non-Member).

In addition to delivering the live online talk, remote authors are also asked to provide a recording their talk, which will be made available to all attendees to be viewed at their own convenience. The recorded talk will also be used as a backup just in case there are Internet connection problems during the live online talk. Remote attendees can attend only online sessions whereas on-site attendees can attend all sessions (i.e., both online and on-site sessions).

 

Important: Papers co-authored by conference chairs (e.g. special session, conference, paper submission, technical and general chairs) with any potential access to the review or paper handling systems should NOT be submitted directly to the target track of the conference. Instead, such papers must be submitted to the Conflict Of Interest (COI) track of the respective conference, selecting the target track in the Topic section. All submissions will be checked for COI prior to processing.