2026 IEEE International Conference on AI and Data Analytics
(ICAD 2026)
June 11 – 12, 2026
Boston, Massachusetts
Final Paper Preparation and Submission
Deadline for submitting your final paper is April 20, 2026
Conference Plagiarism Policy
IEEE defines plagiarism as the reuse of someone else’s prior processes, results, or words without explicitly acknowledging the original author and source. It is important for all IEEE authors to recognize that plagiarism in any form, at any level, is unacceptable and is considered a serious breach of professional conduct, with potentially severe ethical and legal consequences.
Additional information and resources can be found here: https://www.comsoc.org/conferences-events/conference-plagiarism-policy
Prepare
Prepare your paper according with the instructions below.
Check
Check your paper for IEEE compliance through the IEEE PDF eXpress Tool.
Upload
Upload your IEEE compliant pdf file to the ICAD submission site; electronically sign your copyright form through the IEEE eCF portal. There is no need to upload your copyright form to the CMT submission site, as we will have record of it in the IEEE eCF.
Prepare
All paper submissions must be in IEEE dual-column format and must be 6 pages (minimum) to 8 pages (maximum) in length including figures, tables & references. Additional pages pay be purchased at a fee of $100. per page. Please contact Karen Safina at k.safina@ieee.org if you need to purchase pages. Your final paper must be submitted in PDF format via the Conference Management Tool. The paper must comply with the following specifications:
Paper Text:
- Paper size of US Letter (8.5” x 11”) or A4 (210 mm x 297 mm)
- Figures can be in color or grayscale
- All fonts embedded within the PDF file
- Maximum size of 10.0 MB
- No page numbers
- No application of security settings
Your paper will be included in the proceedings exactly as submitted. Authors must therefore follow the IEEE standards in preparing their final papers. Please use the IEEE provided templates when preparing your paper.
Check
An electronic version of your final paper in IEEE Xplore®-compatible PDF format must be submitted to the ICAD submission site no later than April 20, 2026. Please note: All pdf files are required to be IEEE Xplore compliant. ICAD has registered for use of the tool IEEE PDF eXpress®. IEEE PDF eXpress is a free service to IEEE conferences, allowing authors to make IEEE Xplore-compatible PDFs (by using the conversion function) or to check PDFs that authors have made themselves for IEEE Xplore compatibility (by using the PDF Check function).
Steps for using the IEEE PDF eXpress® tool:
- Create your manuscript(s)
- Proofread and check layout of manuscript (it is highly recommended that you do this BEFORE going to IEEE PDF eXpress).
- Create IEEE PDF eXpress account. The url to use this tool is: https://ieee-pdf-express.org/. All authors will receive the conference ID via email.
- Upload source file(s) for Conversion; and/or PDF(s) for Checking
- Use IEEE PDF eXpress to obtain IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF(s).
- Once you have a compliant PDF file, log in to the ICAD Submission Site and submit your compliant PDF for collection.
The PDF eXpress site contains extensive instructions, resources, helpful hints, and access to technical support. Should you encounter issues, please use the resources available.
Upload
Steps for submitting your final paper and copyright form for collection:
- Log in to the ICAD submission site and make sure you select the role of author https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ICAD2026/
- Click ‘Create Camera Ready Submission’ to begin the process. IMPORTANT: Please enter the title, authors and their associated affiliations, and your abstract exactly as you want them to appear when published in the proceedings and on the conference web site. All content for the proceedings will be extracted directly from your submission. So, double-check your accuracy!
- Once you’ve created your camera-ready submission, you will be able to edit and view up until April 20, 2026, when the camera-ready submission site will close.
Double-check the title, abstract & author listing! Final program and abstract book will reflect what you enter in this section.
Questions regarding use of any of these instructions should be directed to Kathleen Ballos.
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