2011 International Conference on
Microelectronic Systems Education

Information for Authors

Papers submitted to MSE 2011 should not exceed four pages in length.  Submissions must comply with IEEE Computer Society conference proceedings publication guidelines.  Microsoft Word and LaTex templates for the approved format can be downloaded at:

http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting

Manuscripts should be uploaded as PDF files using EasyChair at:


NOTE: If do not already have an EasyChair account, follow the directions to sign up for an account.  Once you are registered and logged in, click on the "New Submission" button to enter your information and upload your manuscript.

At least one author for each accepted paper must be registered for the conference at the full (non-student) rate in order for the paper to appear in the proceedings

Please be aware that all submissions will be scrutinized both manually and automatically for all manner of fraud including plagiarism and machine generated papers. IEEE Policies regarding misconduct allegations can be seen at:

http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/rights/index.html

IEEE Copyright Release - must be completed for publication

Before your manuscript can be published you must file a copyright release with IEEE. In order to do this, please do the following:
  1. Please go to MSE11 Copyright Release
  2. On that page you will be prompted to enter information regarding your paper.
  3. You will then be forwarded to the IEEE copyright registration system to complete the process.
  4. A link for the IEEE copyright registration system will be placed here. An announcement will be sent to authors when this function is available.

Poster Presentation Guidelines

Guidelines for Poster Presentations and a sample poster template can be found at:


Support for Further Publication

Authors of outstanding MSE papers will be encouraged to submit expanded versions of their papers to educational research journals such as IEEE Transactions on Education.

Because educational research journals have requirements for research and assessment that are unfamiliar to many MSE authors, the MSE 2011 program will include a Workshop on Educational Research Methods that will provide authors with guidance on how to conduct educational research, assess the effectiveness of new educational initiatives, and prepare manuscripts suitable for publcation in educational research journals.  Authors who complete this workshop will be given the opportunity to work with a mentor after the conference who will help guide them through this process of expanding their paper for further publication.

For more information regarding educational research, see these "Guidelines for Writing an  Educational Research Journal Article" and the Manuscript Guidelines for the IEEE Transactions on Education.