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IEEE VGTC Conference Proceedings

This document contains instructions to authors of publications for publications sponsored by the IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee. Please follow the appropriate link for specific information.

Contact Information

For any updates, questions, or comments, please email submissions@vgtc.org.

News and Updates

(February 28, 2017) GI 2017 preparation guidelines have been added
(March 22, 2016) TVCG Journal LaTex Templates have been updated
(March 1, 2016) GI 2016 preparation guidelines have been added
(February 25, 2015) GI 2015 preparation guidelines have been added
(October 8, 2014) VR 2015 Industrial Presentations formatting guidelines have been added
(March 25, 2014) VIS 2014 TVCG template has been updated
(July 31, 2013) Documentation of Supplemental Material
(December 11, 2012) VR and 3DUI 2013 have been updated
(March 29, 2012) Modification to LaTex template that enables hyperlinks
(March 26, 2012) The journal template Manuscript Recevied dates have been updated for TVCG: SciVis/ InfoVis 2012
(March 8, 2012) GI 2012 CHCCS release form added
(February 29, 2012) GI 2012 preparation guidelines have been added
(January 17, 2012) Updates made to formatting of conference style Word template
(November 21, 2011) Haptics 2012 preparation guidelines have been added
(July 22, 2011) LDAV 2011 preparation guidelines have been added
(July 20, 2011) VR 2012 has now been updated
(March 21, 2011) Change to IEEE policy: Author Posting of IEEE Copyrighted Papers Online; Update to IEEE Copyright Form
(March 20, 2011) Update to vgtc.cls to fix bug in \ifpdf when using [electronic] option in LaTex templates
(March 10, 2011) The VisWeek submission pages have been updated
(March 4, 2011) GI 2011 preparation guidelines have been added
(February 8, 2011) BioVis 2011 preparation guidelines have been added
(December 18, 2010) 3DUI 2011, VR 2011, and ISVRI 2011 preparation guidelines have been added
(November 15, 2010) PacificVis 2011 preparation guidelines have been added
(July 29, 2010) ISMAR 2010 preparation guidelines have been added
(July 13, 2010) The 2010 VisWeek Discovery Exhibition guidelines have been updated
(June 7, 2010) The VisWeek submission pages have been updated
(March 11, 2010) The Journal templates have been updated
(February 18, 2010) GI 2010 preparation guidelines have been added
(November 28, 2009) IEEE VR, 3DUI, Haptics 2010 preparation guidelines have been added
(November 16, 2009) PacificVis 2010 preparation guidelines have been added
(July 29, 2009) The Journal templates have been updated
(June 29, 2009) VizSec 2009 preparation guidelines have been added
(March 17, 2009) TVCG: Vis / InfoVis 2009 papers templates are ready for use
(March 10, 2009) TVCG: Vis / InfoVis 2009 papers are now allowed to use teaser images
(March 4, 2009) GI 2009 preparation guidelines have been added
(March 3, 2009) Supplemental Material guidelines have been updated to include PDFs with embedded multimedia
(December 2, 2008) IEEE PacificVis, VR and 3DUI 2009 eCopyright Forms are ready for submissions
(November 28, 2008) IEEE VR and 3DUI 2009 preparation guidelines have been added
(August 1, 2008) VAST 2008 Challenge and InfoVis 2008 Art Exhibit submission instructions have been added
(July 4, 2008) We will no longer have a Video Proceedings section (playable on DVD player/ TV) on conference DVDs
(June 26, 2008) Final Journal style templates are ready for Vis and InfoVis 2008 papers
(June 24, 2008) RT and VAST 2008 eCopyright Forms have been added; ISMAR 2008 preparation guidelines have been added
(June 11, 2008) RT 2008 preparation guidelines have been added
(June 2, 2008) Vis and InfoVis 2008 preparation guidelines have been added; VAST 2008 preparation guidelines have been added; Supplemental Material guidelines have been updated
(March 3, 2008) GI 2008 Release Forms have been updated
(February 26, 2008) GI 2008 preparation guidelines have been added
(February 6, 2008) SMI 2008 preparation guidelines have been added
(November 21, 2007) IEEE VR, Haptics, 3DUI and PacificVis 2008 IEEE eCopyright Forms are ready
(November 20, 2007) IEEE VR, Haptics, 3DUI and PacVis 2008 preparation guidelines have been added
(September 13, 2007) Conference Word template updated
(July 21, 2007) Vis and InfoVis proper paper reference updated
(July 19, 2007) Vis and InfoVis journal templates updated
(May 14, 2007) VAST 2007 preparation guidelines have been added
(March 20, 2007) Vis and InfoVis 2007 Windows Word template has been added
(March 15, 2007) Vis and InfoVis 2007 preparation guidelines and templates have been added
(February 28, 2007) GI 2007 preparation guidelines have been added
(December 14, 2006) IEEE VR 2007 Video submissions FTP is ready
(December 7, 2006) IEEE VG 2007 preparation guidelines have been added
(November 29, 2006) IEEE VR and 3DUI 2007preparation guidelines have been added
(November 14, 2006) IEEE APVIS 2007 short paper option added
(October 26, 2006) IEEE APVIS 2007 preparation guidelines have been added
(August 22, 2006) IEEE RT 2006 eCF added
(August 9, 2006) IEEE RT 2006 preparation guidelines added
(August 4, 2006) Odd page header for journal template updated: LaTeX
(August 2, 2006) Colorspace validation for submissions
(July 21, 2006) Journal templates for Vis and InfoVis 2006 updated
(July 18, 2006) PDF eXpress is ready for VAST 2006
(July 17, 2006) PDF eXpress is ready for Vis and InfoVis 2006; Vis and InfoVis 2006 preparation guidelines have been updated; LaTex template updated
(July 13, 2006) IEEE eCF is up and running - we apologize for this inconvenience
(July 12, 2006) IEEE eCF server is down - we will have it up and running shortly
(July 11, 2006) Vis and InfoVis 2006 IEEE eCopyright Form (eCF) is ready
(July 10, 2006) LaTex template and video ftp information has been updated; VAST 2006 IEEE eCopyright Form is ready.
(June 30, 2006) Vis and InfoVis 2006 have been added
(June 02, 2006) VG 2006 and VAST 2006 preparation guidelines have been added; Vis and InfoVis 2006 - Coming Soon!
(December 30, 2005) Updates made to Guidelines for Video Submissions for VR, Haptics and 3DUI 2006
(December 12, 2005) Updates made to Haptics 2006
(December 7, 2005) VR 2006, Haptics 2006 and 3DUI 2006 preparation guidelines have been added
(July 5, 2005) Site ready for Vis/InfoVis 2005 submissions
(March 20, 2005) VG guidelines modified and CGI guidelines added
(March 2005) Major site overhaul
(January 21, 2005) VR video guidelines have been updated.
(December 01, 2004) VR guidelines have been updated.
(August 22, 2004) copyrightspace command in latex template moved
(August 5, 2004) a clarification on the video quality
(August 4, 2004) submit one zipped file for the video proceedings
(August 4, 2004) letter option in dvips command
(August 2, 2004) typo in ps2pdf command
(August 1, 2004) Tutorial Deadline extended
(July 29, 2004) Video Submission details posted
(July 12, 2004) Word Template posted
(July 12, 2004) pdf creation update
(June 9, 2004) Site update
(April 6, 2004) Camera-ready guidelines updated
(April 1, 2004) Vis04 Deadlines updated
(March 14, 2004) Vis04 Look and Feel
(December 18, 2003) VR Paper/Poster Guidelines

General Information

This document was adopted from the ACM SIGGRAPH publication guidelines that were put together by Stephen Spencer of ACM SIGGRAPH and modified according to the needs of the IEEE VGTC and other related conferences.

Preparing Your Technical Paper
Please make sure you follow the formatting guidelines for preparation of your paper for publication in the proceedings of the VGTC sponsored conference or workshop. After successful formatting of your paper, please follow guidelines for the electronic preparation of your paper.
Preparing Supplemental Material
Some conferences publish an electronic proceedings on a USB device. If that is the case for you, you can find general guidelines for preparation of supplemental material for inclusion on the conference-related USB.
IEEE Copyright Form
Each paper published has to be accompanied by a signed form.