Step 1: Prepare your revised final manuscript

• Please address reviewers' comments and revise your paper accordingly before submitting the final camera-ready version.
• Please make sure that all Figures and Tables are of high quality.
• Please don't use author titles (Dr., Ing., etc.) in front of names and avoid using positions such as Professor, Lecturer, Scholar, Ing., etc.
• Please ensure that the submission information (including title, authors, abstract etc.) is updated with your most recent version.
• Remove all headers and footers including page numbering except the conference title and copyright notice as described below.

Step 2: Add Copyright Notice

The appropriate copyright clearance code notice is to appear on the bottom of the first page of the paper as shown in the footer of the template.

• 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:
  979-8-3503-8010-1/24/$31.00 ©2024 Crown
• For papers in which all authors are employed by the European Union, the copyright notice is:
  979-8-3503-8010-1/24/$31.00 ©2024 European Union
• For all other papers (including INDIAN Authors), the copyright notice is:
  979-8-3503-8010-1/24/$31.00 ©2024 IEEE

Step 3: Add Conference Title

• Add the title of the Conference to the header so that it appears in 1st page of your paper (as shown in the template):
  28^th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test (VDAT-2024)

Step 4: Final submission of IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF

• The final paper must be converted into PDF with settings compliant with the requirements of the IEEE Xplore digital library. To this purpose, the IEEE PDF eXpress (https://ieee-pdf- express.org/) tool should be used. PDF files generated in a unique way might not be IEEE Xplore-compliant and could be rejected.
• The instructions to generate an IEEE-Xplore-compatible PDF file using the IEEE PDF eXpress web tool are listed below. https://ieee-pdf-express.org/
• Log in to the IEEE PDF eXpress TM site | https://ieee-pdf-express.org/

First-time users should do the following:

• 1. Select the New Users - Click Here
• 2. Enter the following:
  • o 63601X for the Conference ID
  • o your email address
  • o a password
• 3. Continue to enter information as prompted | Create Account (if you don't have yet) An online confirmation will be displayed, and an email confirmation will be sent verifying your account setup.

Previous users

Previous users of PDF Xpress 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. Upload the PDF validated by IEEE PDF Xpress via the CMT login under Author console page of your paper before the deadline (3rd August, 2024). If you have any questions about the above steps, please contact the Technical Program Chair: vdat.tpc@vit.ac.in

Step 5: Submit Camera-Ready Paper to CMT login

• Submit your final Camera-Ready paper to CMT

Step 6: Complete and digitally sign the IEEE Electronic Copyright Form

Papers without completed copyright forms will not appear on the conference proceedings and will not be published in IEEE Xplore. The IEEE copyright transfer form can be filled in online easily through CMT.
To do so, please follow the procedure below:

• Login into CMT and prompt to Author console.
• By clicking on the 'Submit IEEE copyright form' link in the Author Console, authors will be redirected to the IEEE eCF site to submit the copyright form. After filling out the IEEE copyright form on eCF site, Authors need to download the form and upload it into CMT.

Step 7: Author Registration details

The details regarding registration process and dates are available in the conference website. (https://vit.ac.in/vdat2024/registration.html). The Early Bird Registration for the conference is due on 18^th August, 2024.