Review Process

• The submitted extended abstracts will be subjected to a double-blind review by a panel of experts in the relevant fields.
• During the desk review process (prior to the formal double-blind review), the following will be checked. Manuscripts having non-compliances, including the following, will be rejected.
  • Extended abstracts that have more than five (05) pages.
  • Extended abstracts that do not satisfy the scope of the conference.
  • Extended abstracts that do not follow proper formatting guidelines.
  • Extended abstracts that have a plagiarism score above 20%.
  • Extended abstracts that have an AI score above 30%.
• Microsoft CMT is used as the conference management system and Turnitin will be used as the anti-plagiarism tool.
• The final decision of acceptance or rejection of the manuscript will be taken by the conference Technical Program Committee based on the review scores and the reviewer’s comments.

Publication Process

• If accepted, the authors should adequately address the changes mentioned in the reviewer’s comments and prepare the Camera-Ready Copy accordingly.
• Authors need to use the provided template to prepare the camera-ready copy. The editorial team will stay in continuous contact with authors to ensure formatting according to guidelines.
• Only the abstract proceedings, not the extended abstracts, will be published in the university e-repository.
• No-show authored papers will not be submitted to the Conference Proceedings in the university e-repository.

Selection of the Best Paper

• On the day of the Symposium, the decision on the best Abstract of each track will be taken by considering the status/ quality of the abstract and the poster presentations.