INFOCOM Camera Ready
Use this after acceptance. INFOCOM papers publish in the IEEE INFOCOM Proceedings and IEEE
Xplore, so the camera-ready is an IEEE production step with hard mechanical gates: the IEEE
electronic Copyright Form (eCF) and PDF eXpress validation, plus an author-registration
requirement. Reopen the current Final Paper Submission Guidelines, the decision email, and the
registration page before advising (INFOCOM 2026 final paper: 9 Jan 2026, US ET).
Camera-ready audit
- De-anonymize completely: restore the author block, affiliations, ORCIDs, acknowledgements,
funding/grant numbers, and the real tool/testbed/repository names that double-blind forced you to
hide.
- Apply the final IEEEtran format within the page budget (10 pages max, ≤9 of text incl.
appendices) and any camera-ready page allowance the acceptance letter states — INFOCOM sometimes
permits a purchased extra page; confirm per cycle.
- Complete the IEEE eCF: submit the electronic copyright transfer; EDAS auto-directs you to the
eCF site. The correct IEEE copyright notice must appear on the first page of the final PDF.
- Pass PDF eXpress: run the final PDF through IEEE PDF eXpress to produce an Xplore-compliant
file, then upload it to EDAS. A PDF that fails PDF eXpress is not published.
- Meet the author-registration rule: at least one author must register for the main conference
as an author; one registration covers up to three main-conference papers (verify the current
cycle's exact ratio).
- Integrate reviewer-required changes from the reviews faithfully — without strengthening claims
beyond what was evaluated.
- Permanentize any release: if you released an artifact, replace any anonymized link with a
public, licensed, DOI-issuing archive and update the paper to point at it.
De-anonymization sweep
| Anonymized at submission |
Restore at camera-ready |
Watch for |
| Author block, affiliations, ORCID |
Full, correctly ordered |
Wrong order breaks the Xplore citation |
| Tool / testbed / system name |
Real name throughout text, figures, release |
A leftover placeholder in a caption |
| Acknowledgements, funding |
Restored |
Grant numbers required by funders |
| Self-citations (third person) |
Natural first-person where it aids clarity |
Over-correcting into double-citation |
| Anonymized artifact link |
Public archive DOI |
The old anonymized URL surviving in a footnote |
IEEE Xplore production checks
[Template] IEEEtran, correct preamble; no manual margin/font edits; within the page budget
[eCF] IEEE electronic copyright form completed via EDAS; correct notice on page 1
[PDF eXpress] final PDF validated through IEEE PDF eXpress and uploaded to EDAS
[Registration] at least one author registered; covers this paper (and up to two more)
[Metadata] title, authors+ORCID, abstract, and indexing terms match the final PDF in EDAS
[References] complete and consistent; DOIs where available; within the reference allowance
[Figures] vector where possible; readable in print; captions self-contained
[Links] any artifact/data link resolves from a logged-out browser
Worked example: integrating a required change
The reviewers required tuning a baseline and stating an assumption's limit. Camera-ready move:
report the re-tuned baseline's numbers in the existing results table, add one sentence in the system
model justifying the assumption and one in the limits paragraph bounding it, restore the real
simulator/tool name throughout, and point any released package at its now-public DOI archive —
without expanding the claim the TPC accepted.
Hedged logistics
- The camera-ready date, any purchased-extra-page allowance, the registration-to-papers ratio, and
eCF/PDF eXpress mechanics change each cycle; confirm against the decision email and the current
Final Paper Submission Guidelines rather than a prior year.
Output format
[Camera-ready status] ready / needs fixes / blocked
[De-anonymization] author block / tool name / acks / links restored? yes/no
[IEEE gates] eCF complete? PDF eXpress passed? author registered? yes/no
[Reviewer-change map] <required change -> final edit, no scope creep>
[Release] anonymized link replaced by DOI archive? yes/no/na
[Remaining owner] <person -> task before the final-paper deadline>
Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills → INFOCOM-Skills/skills/infocom-camera-ready/SKILL.md
1---2name: infocom-camera-ready3description: Use when preparing an accepted IEEE INFOCOM paper for its IEEE Xplore camera-ready, covering de-anonymization, the IEEEtran final format and page budget, the IEEE electronic Copyright Form (eCF), PDF eXpress validation, the author-registration requirement, integrating reviewer-required changes without scope creep, and permanentizing any released artifact links.4---567# INFOCOM Camera Ready89Use this after acceptance. INFOCOM papers publish in the **IEEE INFOCOM Proceedings and IEEE10Xplore**, so the camera-ready is an **IEEE production step** with hard mechanical gates: the IEEE11**electronic Copyright Form (eCF)** and **PDF eXpress** validation, plus an **author-registration**12requirement. Reopen the current Final Paper Submission Guidelines, the decision email, and the13registration page before advising (INFOCOM 2026 final paper: 9 Jan 2026, US ET).1415## Camera-ready audit1617- **De-anonymize completely:** restore the author block, affiliations, ORCIDs, acknowledgements,18 funding/grant numbers, and the real tool/testbed/repository names that double-blind forced you to19 hide.20- **Apply the final IEEEtran format** within the page budget (10 pages max, ≤9 of text incl.21 appendices) and any camera-ready page allowance the acceptance letter states — INFOCOM sometimes22 permits a purchased extra page; confirm per cycle.23- **Complete the IEEE eCF:** submit the electronic copyright transfer; EDAS auto-directs you to the24 eCF site. The correct IEEE copyright notice must appear on the first page of the final PDF.25- **Pass PDF eXpress:** run the final PDF through IEEE PDF eXpress to produce an Xplore-compliant26 file, then upload it to EDAS. A PDF that fails PDF eXpress is not published.27- **Meet the author-registration rule:** at least one author must register for the main conference28 as an author; one registration covers up to three main-conference papers (verify the current29 cycle's exact ratio).30- **Integrate reviewer-required changes** from the reviews faithfully — without strengthening claims31 beyond what was evaluated.32- **Permanentize any release:** if you released an artifact, replace any anonymized link with a33 public, licensed, DOI-issuing archive and update the paper to point at it.3435## De-anonymization sweep3637| Anonymized at submission | Restore at camera-ready | Watch for |38|---|---|---|39| Author block, affiliations, ORCID | Full, correctly ordered | Wrong order breaks the Xplore citation |40| Tool / testbed / system name | Real name throughout text, figures, release | A leftover placeholder in a caption |41| Acknowledgements, funding | Restored | Grant numbers required by funders |42| Self-citations (third person) | Natural first-person where it aids clarity | Over-correcting into double-citation |43| Anonymized artifact link | Public archive DOI | The old anonymized URL surviving in a footnote |4445## IEEE Xplore production checks4647```text48[Template] IEEEtran, correct preamble; no manual margin/font edits; within the page budget49[eCF] IEEE electronic copyright form completed via EDAS; correct notice on page 150[PDF eXpress] final PDF validated through IEEE PDF eXpress and uploaded to EDAS51[Registration] at least one author registered; covers this paper (and up to two more)52[Metadata] title, authors+ORCID, abstract, and indexing terms match the final PDF in EDAS53[References] complete and consistent; DOIs where available; within the reference allowance54[Figures] vector where possible; readable in print; captions self-contained55[Links] any artifact/data link resolves from a logged-out browser56```5758## Worked example: integrating a required change5960The reviewers required tuning a baseline and stating an assumption's limit. Camera-ready move:61report the re-tuned baseline's numbers in the existing results table, add one sentence in the system62model justifying the assumption and one in the limits paragraph bounding it, restore the real63simulator/tool name throughout, and point any released package at its now-public DOI archive —64without expanding the claim the TPC accepted.6566## Hedged logistics6768- The camera-ready date, any purchased-extra-page allowance, the registration-to-papers ratio, and69 eCF/PDF eXpress mechanics change each cycle; confirm against the decision email and the current70 Final Paper Submission Guidelines rather than a prior year.7172## Output format7374```text75[Camera-ready status] ready / needs fixes / blocked76[De-anonymization] author block / tool name / acks / links restored? yes/no77[IEEE gates] eCF complete? PDF eXpress passed? author registered? yes/no78[Reviewer-change map] <required change -> final edit, no scope creep>79[Release] anonymized link replaced by DOI archive? yes/no/na80[Remaining owner] <person -> task before the final-paper deadline>81```8283---8485**Source:** [`brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills`](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) → `INFOCOM-Skills/skills/infocom-camera-ready/SKILL.md`
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