Author’s Kit

This page will help you to prepare and submit your full paper to EPE 2007.   
Last and final deadline to upload your full paper: Thursday, June 14th, 2007. 

Full papers presented at EPE 2007 will be included in IEEE Xplore®. Therefore, EPE 2007 has registered for the use of IEEE PDF eXpress™. This feature will help you to either check whether the PDF-file of your full paper is IEEE Xplore®-compliant (PDF check function), or it will help you to create an IEEE Xplore® compliant PDF-file (conversion function).  No other format will be accepted!

Next to converting their full paper into a IEEE Xplore®-compliant PDF, the authors must upload their full paper into the EPE 2007 submission system for inclusion in the EPE 2007-Proceedings.  This requires an access code which will be sent to you when the conference fee related to your registration is received by EPE 2007.  

The new IEEE Xplore® requirements for PDF are in effect since 2005. Every full paper submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore® and in the EPE 2007-Proceedings must therefore correspond with the IEEE Xplore® PDF-specifications for compatibility.

EPE 2007 - Steps to create and submit your full paper:

1. Register and pay for the EPE 2007-Conference: Click here
   
   
2. Write your paper according to the instructions stated below. Keep the eventual comments of the reviewers and topic chairs of your synopsis in mind.  
   
   
3. Use IEEE PDF eXpress™ to check whether your PDF-file is IEEE Xplore®-compliant (PDF check function), or use IEEE PDF eXpress™ to create an IEEE Xplore® compliant PDF-file.
   
   
4. Upload your full paper, the IEEE Xplore®-compliant PDF-file, into the EPE 2007 submission system. (Before you can upload your full paper into the EPE 2007 submission system, the payment of your registration must have been received.)

EPE 2007 – IEEE Xplore® / IEEE eXpress™

1. Write your full paper. Don’t forget to take into account the reviewer’s comments which you (eventually) received in the notification e-mail. The full paper must be written in English.
   
   
2. Download the Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)- and/or the MS Word (.doc) template
3. Finalize and proofread your full paper. Check the lay-out of the full paper according to the formatting guidelines BEFORE you start using IEEE PDF eXpress™. If you do not want to use IEEE PDF eXpress™ to converse your source file(s), but only to check your PDF-file, use the appropriate Xplore_distiller-file to help you to create the PDF-file. Click here for the eXplore_distiller-files.
   
   
4. Create your IEEE PDF eXpress™ account at http://216.228.1.34/pdfexpress/log.asp using the Conference ID: epe07 Useful information about how to access and use IEEE PDF eXpress™ is also available here: Accessing and using IEEE PDF eXpress™

• Use IEEE PDF eXpress™ at http://216.228.1.34/pdfexpress/log.asp to check your PDF-file or to converse your source file(s). (Click here for the eXplore-Distiller-files)

• When you have received the confirmation that EPE 2007 has received your payment, and accordingly the upload code, submit the IEEE Xplore® compliant PDF-file to the EPE 2007- submission system:  Click here.

EPE 2007 – Specifications for the Electronic File Format:

The full paper MUST be submitted as a IEEE Xplore® compliant PDF-file, saved as PDF 1.4 (Acrobat 5), PDF 1.5 (Acrobat 6) or PDF 1.6 (Acrobat 7). Scanned PDF-files are not allowed.

The files must be created using a PDF-distiller, all fonts must be embedded, there may NOT be any form of security and must NOT contain bookmarks, links or multiple files in a single PDF file.

The following PDF-characteristics are mandatory. IEEE will only load PDF-files to IEEE Xplore® if they meet all the requirements:

1. For best results, do not embed or subset fonts in graphics files
2. Embedded subset fonts are also allowed

The following PDF-characteristics are recommended, but not mandatory:

3. For compatibility with PDF version 1.5 (Acrobat 6) and earlier, avoid using Open Type Fonts

The following PDF-characteristics are suggested, but not mandatory:

If you do not want to use IEEE PDF eXpress™ to converse your source file(s), but only to check your PDF-file, use the appropriate xplore_distiller-file to help you to create the PDF-file: Click here.

If you want to read more about the PDF-specifications for IEEE Xplore®, click here.

The full paper should not exceed ten (10) A4-pages and the file size may not exceed 1.5 Megabyte.

Paper title, headings and body text should be written in Times New Roman, formulas in SYMBOLS – MS Equation Format – MathType Format. A special care should be taken for countries that use special fonts: double byte fonts (Asian countries), East European fonts,… and make sure that all fonts are embedded.

All graphics must be inserted in the PDF document. Graphics, pictures and other non-text elements could increase unnecessarily the file size. To avoid this, graphics must be prepared at the right size and color depth before including them into the final document. Avoid cropping or other distortion to ensure a good printed quality of your document. The use of JPG or GIF format is the best solution to decrease the total file size of your document.

We suggest:

Formatting Instructions for the EPE 2007 Proceedings

Main Title : TIMES NEW ROMAN 14 Bold
Centered Spacing : 6 pt before, 18 pt after

Name
COMPANY
Address
City, Country
Telephone number/Fax number
E-mail address
URL (if any)
(Author Information : TIMES NEW ROMAN 12 pt Centered)

1.- General Information

The authors should write the paper on one column only !

2.- Acknowledgments (optional)

The acknowledgments directly follow author information (TIMES NEW ROMAN 11 pt).

3.- Keywords

Please insert the keyword list for your document (separated with « , ». Keywords are limited to the attached list.)

4.- Abstract

Start the abstract on this page. Body text : TIMES NEW ROMAN 11 pt.
Type Abstract (First level head style) then the body of your text with maximum 20 lines.

5.- Margins

Set your Top, left, right and bottom margin to 2.5 cm.

6.- Styles

First-Level Heads (Style Header 1)
First level heads are TIMES NEW ROMAN 14 points bold, in upper and lower case.
Spaces before are set to 12, spaces after to 6.
First level heads should not be more than 1 line.

Second Level Heads
Second level heads are TIMES NEW ROMAN 12 point Bold, in upper and lower case.
Spaces before and after are set to 6.
Second level heads should not be more than 1 line.

Third level heads
Third level heads are TIMES NEW ROMAN 11 point Bold, in upper and lower case.
Spaces before and after are set to 6.

Normal style
Normal style is TIMES NEW ROMAN 11 points.

Please note: Between paragraphs, you should insert one blank line.

7.- Lists

• To format bullet lists, use the style « Bullets 1 ».
• For multi-level bulleted lists, use normal indentation.

To format numbered list, use the style « Numbers ».
1. Single space each item
2. For numerals, use English standards.
3. ….

8.- Equations

For equations, use the style Equations : Normal with 0,4 inch (1 cm) left indent.
In equations, you can mix TIMES and SYMBOL fonts (11 points).
You can also use the MS-EQUATION (v. 2 or upper) format or MathType format.
The equations need to be numbered successively on the right-hand side of the page.

9.- References

References are in TIMES 10 pt. Space before and after must be set to 3 points.
Entries in reference lists are numbered to correspond to text citations.
They precede punctuation within square brackets: ex. : [1]. Do not use superscripts to preserve legibility.

For example :

[1] Vanderkeyn Ralf W.: Example of fast switching component, EPE Journal Vol 20 no 5, pp. 48-56
[2] Deboe B. D.: A novel type of grid converter, EPE 2011, paper 0321
[3] Perret François: Development of GaN diodes for high voltage applications, EPE Journal Vol 19 no 6 pp 63-72

10.- Figures and tables

• Figures must be numbered as referred to in the text. They must have an explicit caption
  (normal style).
  Fig. 1: Typical figure caption
• Tables will have a title (Second level Heads) and be numbered using Roman numerals.
  (ex : Table I, Table II,…).

EPE 2007 – Authors Kit - Downloads:

Download the MS Word (.doc) template
Download the Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) template
Download the LaTeX (.tex) template
Download the: Xplore Distiller Files
Download the keyword list.
Download the document: Specifications for the full paper-layout
Download the document: Accessing and Using IEEE PDF eXpress™
Download the document: PDF-specifications for IEEE Xplore®