Guidelines for Double Blind Review
ISSCC 2024 – Double-Blind Paper Review
Double-blind review. The paper selection will follow a double-blind review process, meaning that both the authors and reviewers will remain anonymous during the paper selection process. All authors MUST adhere to the following guidelines to conceal their identity:(1) Eliminate author names, contact information, and affiliations from the entire manuscript (including PDF metadata, logos on die photos, logos on printed circuit board photos, etc.). Author names can appear in the cited references (see item 2). The submission site allows authors to modify the title (“Paper Title (blinded)”) if the intended title would reveal the authors or their affiliation. (2) Cite all relevant prior work (including your own) in the third person (for example, “It has been shown that… [1]”; do not use the words “my” or “our”). Work that is substantially related to the submission and has been submitted to another Conference/Journal, but has not been published yet, must be cited in an anonymized format* and must be uploaded as supplementary material. This supplementary material does not need to be anonymous, as it will be checked only after paper selection. Do not cite patents. (3) Eliminate acknowledgements and references to funding sources. These can be added later if the paper is accepted. (4) Do not contact the program committee members outside of your own organization to solicit input on your manuscript. The identity of authors is only known to the program chair/vice-chair and the subcommittee chairs. You may contact them for questions. Manuscripts that are not properly anonymized cannot be considered for review. To ensure your submission complies with these rules please carefully review the sample manuscript, the FAQ on Double-Blind Review, and the guidelines on how to write a good submission at the ISSCC Website. The review process will include a software-based plagiarism check. After paper selection, a final pre-publication check (using the authors’ names and any supplemental material provided) is applied using the guidelines summarized on the submission page. ISSCC may withdraw any paper that violates the pre-publication guidelines.
*Citation for related work by the authors that is submitted to another conference/journal but not yet published: [1] Details withheld in accordance with double-blind review process (paper attached as supplementary document)..
Review Process and Criteria: Submitted manuscripts are reviewed by an ISSCC subcommittee that covers the topic of the manuscript. The author’s suggested subcommittees are strongly considered when assigning each manuscript to a subcommittee. Submissions are rated by the subcommittee members based on (i) design novelty (ii) significance in its field and (iii) technical quality. Authors should provide clear evidence of what is novel in their work and/or the extent to which it advances the state-of-the-art. Many submissions will be stronger in novelty or significance, so both are equally weighted by the subcommittee. A high level of technical quality and clarity is a requirement for all submissions. Successful submissions contain specific new results, sufficient technical detail and data to be understood, circuit schematics, measured results to support claims, and tabulated comparisons with recently published work, where appropriate.
For further details on manuscript preparation, check the ISSCC Website: http://www.isscc.org, or send an email with your questions to the Director of Publications: Laura Fujino, Email: lcfujino@aol.com. All information regarding submission is also available at the Submissions Website (https://submissions.mirasmart.com/ISSCC2024).
Notification of Acceptance: Authors will be notified of acceptance by October 16, 2023. A submission may be accepted as either a regular or short paper. A regular paper is allowed 30 minutes (23 minutes presentation time). A short paper is allowed 15 minutes (12 minutes presentation time). Regular and short papers must meet the same submission and quality standards. They differ only in the determination by the Program Committee of the time required to present their key ideas.
Authors of accepted papers will have an opportunity to modify their manuscript, except the reported key performance indicators. All information removed/anonymized following the Double-Blind Review guidelines (logo on-die photo, etc.) may be added back to the final paper upon acceptance. The Program Committee may require specific additional revisions. There will be further formatting requirements for the final Digest manuscript. The presenting author is required to register for the Conference in advance.