International Test Conference Program Development Process
Submitting a Poster
The International Test Conference offers design and test professionals the opportunity to present a poster in the field of Electronic Design and Test.
· Scope:
Your poster must fall within the scope of ITC as outlined in the Call for Papers.
· Title:
Select a succinct yet unique title for your work that expresses the essence of
the poster and its contribution. Try to restrict the title to one line of 60 or
fewer characters (absolute maximum is 160 characters).
· Authors
and Affiliation: List name,
affiliation at the time the work was conducted, mailing address, e-mail
address, phone and fax number for each author.
· Abstract:
Write an abstract of about 35 words to summarize your poster and its
contribution.
· Topic:
Select one or two topic(s) which most closely fits the main subject matter of your
poster from the topic list. If there is no topic which seems appropriate, then
your poster may not fall within the scope of ITC. If you feel it is within ITC
scope, however, and no topic appears quite right, enter a new suggested topic
in the space provided.
· Content:
Submit a one page summary of your poster. This page is what will appear in the
proceedings if your poster is accepted. You will have limited opportunity to modify
this page before it is published if your poster is accepted, so please write it
carefully as a final version. Please use the format as described in the following
subsection. Begin your poster summary with an introduction that provides background information,
so that the reader understands the general subject area, the relevance of the topic area to the industry
in general, relevant previous works in the topic area, and how the work addresses problems in previous
approaches, or addresses totally new problems. In the second section, summarize the idea, and perhaps
show how it evolved from studying the problem or previous approaches, highlight the main contributions,
key lessons learned, and reasons for a new course of action. Finally, list any references used.
Note that you may include figures, illustrations, and graphs in the one page summary.
· Format:
You poster summary submission must follow the required format so that it is ready to be published
in the proceedings. Please follow the appropriate Microsoft Word template. There are three templates.
Choose the one that corresponds to the employer of the author(s). If all authors are employed by the
U.S. Government, use
PosterTemplate_USGOV; if all authors are employed by
a Crown Country (e.g., U.K., Canada, Australia, etc.) use
PosterTemplate_CROWN;
for all other papers use
PosterTemplate_ALL_OTHER. Please read
the template, even if you do not plan to use Microsoft Word to write your poster summary.
Note that if you use the template, it will automatically take care of the formating
requirements including adding the footer.
Title
- Title and authors should be full page width. The abstract and body of the poster summary should
be two-column format, with the possible exception of large diagrams.
Font Selection
- For the body of your text, use single-spaced 10-point TimesNewRoman (or a similar typeface)
with 12-point interline spacing in a two-column format. Make the title 14-point boldface
upper and lower case, centered over both columns. For author name(s) and affiliation(s),
use 12-point, non-boldface centered type. Section headings should be 12-point boldface type,
flush left. Subsection headings should be 11-point boldface type, flush left. Please do not
use any footers other than the ones prescribed in this document. Additional details are
provided in the Word Template.
Abstract
- Your abstract can be up to 3" (7.6 cm) long. You may use italic type for the abstract.
Leave two spaces between the abstract and the text.
Illustrations, Graphs and Photographs Artwork
- May cross columns if necessary, but keep all text in two columns. If you use photographs,
you must scan them into a PostScript or PDF format. Use the best quality photographs and
illustrations possible. Since the ITC Proceedings is no longer printed, color illustrations
are permitted.
Footnotes and References
- Use footnotes sparingly. Place them at the bottom of the column in which they are referenced.
List and number bibliographical references at the end of the paper. When referenced in the text,
enclose the number in square brackets [ ].
Page Limits
- Your poster summary must not exceed 1 page. You cannot "purchase" extra space in the Proceedings.
Footer Requirements
- Your poster summary page must include the following two items:
(See the appropriate Word Template for an example.)
1. On the left side of the bottom margin area, the word "POSTER" must appear.
2. In the center of the bottom margin area, put the string "INTERNATIONAL TEST CONFERENCE"
in all capital letters. Again, this is done automatically in the Word template file.
Flush left on the line below "POSTER", put the IEEE copyright notice string. The notice
used will depend upon the author's employers. If all authors are employees of the
U.S. Government use: U.S. Government work not protected by U.S. copyright
If all authors are employed by a Crown Government (e.g., U.K., Canada, Australia, etc.)
use: 1-4244-4203-0/08/$20.00 ©2008 Crown
For all other papers use: 1-4244-4203-0/08/$20.00 ©2008 IEEE
If you use the appropriate Word template, this too will be done automatically.
Please put all footer text in 12-point non-boldface.
· File Submission:
For the poster summary submission, ITC accepts only PDF format. IEEE requires
all conferences to comply to certain PDF formatting requirements in order to be
compatible with the IEEE Xplore document provision service. In order to ensure
this compliance, they provide the "PDF eXpress" web-based PDF generation/checking
utility. The URL for PDF eXpress is
http://216.228.1.34/pdfexpress/log.asp. Click on the link "New Users - Click Here" and
fill in your information. You will need the Conference ID which is: itc08
Detailed instructions on the use of PDF eXpress are available at the following links:
What is PDF Express?
How does IEEE PDF eXpress work?
What is the conference ID?
Does IEEE PDF eXpress collect my submissions for the conference?
How do I find out my conference ID?
PDF eXpress provides two different services - PDF generation from source files
and PDF checking for author-generated PDF files. ITC strongly recommends that
authors submit source files and use the PDF generation mechanism and not attempt
to generate PDF themselves. There are two reasons for this recommendation:
1) Experience shows that most author-generated PDFs fail the PDF checks.
The primary reason is lack of embedded fonts. Many authors have experienced
difficulty in finding fonts and changing the Adobe settings to force it to embed the fonts.
2) PDF eXpress limits the number of uses of their service. By default, users are
allowed 3 attempts to check PDF but 10 attempts to generate PDF. After having generated
PDF using PDF eXpress, authors should check it thoroughly to make sure that it matches
the source document and complies with page limits and other document preparation guidelines.
If the document is prepared with Microsoft Word, please note that the appearance of the
document can vary based on the type of printer selected when the document is being viewed.
It is recommended that authors should choose a PDF printer option, since this selection is
most likely to match the outcome from PDF eXpress file creation. The PDF printer option is
provided by Adobe Distiller software. Alternatively, there are several free PDF creator options
available via the web. Otherwise, choose from the printers available, but be sure to check the
generated PDF for accuracy. Depending on the printer selected, the Word template may not look
as intended when viewed in Microsoft Word.
Authors using TeX/LaTeX are cautioned that PDF eXpress sometime produces documents that are
formatted as A4 size instead of US 8.5x11 inch format. Authors should ensure that the PDF is
formatted to US 8.5x11 inch paper size.