icassp-camera-ready
DocumentsUse when preparing an accepted ICASSP paper for IEEE Xplore publication, covering the final 4+1 PDF, IEEE PDF eXpress validation, the IEEE electronic copyright form, integrating reviewer-requested fixes without changing the accepted claim, registration and in-person presentation, and choosing open-access options for the proceedings paper.
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ICASSP Camera Ready
Use this after acceptance. Reopen the current ICASSP camera-ready instructions, the IEEE author kit, PDF eXpress, the copyright-form flow, and the registration and presentation pages before advising authors. Because ICASSP is single-blind, there is no de-anonymization step — the work is mostly compliance and polishing, not identity restoration.
Camera-ready audit
- Apply the final format. ICASSP stays at the 4+1 shape for camera-ready in recent cycles; confirm the current page rule rather than assuming an extra page appeared.
- Run the final PDF through IEEE PDF eXpress to produce an Xplore-compatible file with fonts embedded; the portal rejects non-conforming PDFs.
- Complete the IEEE electronic copyright form (eCF); without it the paper cannot enter Xplore.
- Fold in reviewer and committee fixes without changing the accepted contribution beyond normal clarification — camera-ready is not a place to add a new claim the reviewers never saw.
- Confirm the title, author list, affiliations, and metadata exactly match what registration and Xplore will index.
What changes from submission to camera-ready
| Element | Submission | Camera-ready |
|---|---|---|
| Author block | Present (single-blind) | Unchanged — verify spelling, order, affiliations |
| Acknowledgements / funding | Optional, page 5 | Add or finalize on page 5 |
| PDF validation | eXpress pass to upload | eXpress pass again on the final file |
| Copyright | Not yet | IEEE eCF signed and attached |
| Reviewer fixes | n/a | Integrated within the accepted claim |
| Data/code links | May be present | Finalize public, citable links |
Integrating a reviewer fix (worked example)
A reviewer asked that the operating SNR range be stated in the main text rather than left to a figure. Camera-ready move: add one sentence to the experimental section naming the range, keep the figure, and do not introduce a new condition or a new number — the accepted result is the one that was reviewed. If a committee note requested a corrected reference or a clarified equation, apply exactly that and nothing broader.
Registration and presentation
- ICASSP requires in-person presentation by a registered author; at least one author must register, and a no-show can jeopardize the paper's inclusion or indexing.
- Prepare both an oral and a poster fallback where the format is not yet fixed, and build slides or a poster that a signal-processing audience can read at a glance (one claim, the mechanism, the key metric).
- For any audio, image, or video demo, test playback on the venue's hardware and keep a static fallback that survives without network or codecs.
Open-access and publication path
- The standard proceedings paper is published in IEEE Xplore; ICASSP offers an open-access option for the proceedings paper (confirm the fee and mechanics in the current kit).
- If the work followed the OJSP-ICASSP track instead, publication is open-access in the IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing and the paper is presented but not in the proceedings — a different copyright and camera-ready flow.
- Release the code, data, and any pretrained artifacts publicly and cite them from the final paper; single-blind review means the repository could already carry your name.
Final checklist
[Camera-ready status] ready / needs fixes / blocked
[Final package] PDF eXpress file / IEEE eCF / metadata / public artifacts
[Format] 4+1 confirmed for this cycle
[Reviewer-change map] <concern -> exact final edit within accepted claim>
[Registration] author registered / presentation format / demo fallback
[Publication path] Xplore proceedings (+ open access?) / OJSP-ICASSP
Currency note
The 4+1 camera-ready shape, PDF eXpress, and IEEE copyright flow were checked 2026-07-09 against
ICASSP 2026 renderings (see ../../resources/official-source-map.md). Registration pricing,
copyright mechanics, and exact camera-ready dates change every cycle — confirm against the
decision email and the current author kit.