Final Camera Ready Submissions

The following must be completed before your Final Camera Ready Manuscript can be uploaded:

1. You must Register for the conference and provide your Registration Confirmation Number when prompted for a Registration Code to upload your manuscript to EDAS. Those registering a paper must register at the Society Member or Non Member rate. Each registration only covers (1) paper. Registrants may select and pay an Additional Paper Fee to cover up to (2) total papers under one registration. Student / Retiree / IEEE Life Member registration does NOT cover paper publication. For more information, please visit the Registration Webpage.

2. You must complete the eCopyright Form. There is a link to your unique form on each submission’s individual webpage.

3. You must designate your paper presenter within EDAS.

4. You must verify your manuscript through IEEE PDF eXpress. The paper submission system will reject your file if your file is not created using IEEE PDF eXpress.

As you prepare your final camera-ready manuscript make sure you:

• Include all author identifying information that you previously removed during the double-anonymous review process.

• Consider modifying your paper to address the reviewers’ comments

• Re-read your paper for spelling and grammatical errors. NO changes to your manuscript may be made after the Final Camera Ready Deadline on October 1, 2026. The version you submit will be the version published in IEEE Xplore.

• Ensure that your abstract is <250 words and is not formatted as a structured abstract. The final paper abstract should be that of a traditional paper abstract (i.e., something that describes the problem, educational setting, methods used, and overview of findings) rather than the format of the Structured Abstract initially submitted for review.

• Format your paper to that required by TALE using the IEEE paper template (https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html).

• Verify your manuscript through PDF eXpress (Instructions below)

Creating your PDF eXpress Account

1. Log in to the IEEE PDF eXpress TM site

2. First-time users should do the following:

   1. Select the New Users - Click Here link.

   2. Enter the following:

      1. 71946X for the Conference ID

      2. your email address

      3. a password

3. Continue to enter information as prompted.

An online confirmation will be displayed and an email confirmation will be sent verifying your account setup.

Previous users of PDF eXpress need to follow the above steps, but should enter the same password that was used for previous conferences. Verify that your contact information is valid.

Contacting Support

Access the IEEE Support Center to find answers to your questions

A detailed step by step can be found below

1. Log into the EDAS submission site

2. Navigate to your paper you would like to update

3. Ensure you are Registered for the conference at the Society Member or Non-Member Rate and your Registration Code is on file in EDAS

4. Ensure you have completed the eCopyright Form for your paper

5. Designate your selected presenter

6. Verify you have added all author identifying information and ensured the EDAS author list matches your manuscript exactly

7. Read over the Preparing Your Manuscript section above and ensure you meet all requirements

8. Verify your Final Camera Ready Manuscript through IEEE Xpress (this will create a new file and is the only version EDAS will accept)

9. Upload your IEEE eXpress verified document to EDAS using the cloud-shaped upload button for Final Manuscript.

10. Verify your manuscript has been successfully uploaded by refreshing your paper page. Successful uploads will show a PDF symbol under Final Manuscript (as seen under Preliminary Paper in the above screenshot).

11. Upload your Final Camera-Ready Manuscript to the EDAS system no later than October 1, 2026 11:59 PM EST. Late submissions will not be accepted. NO changes to your manuscript may be made after the Final Camera Ready Deadline. The version you submit will be the version published in IEEE Xplore.

12. For troubleshooting help, please visit our Paper Upload FAQ Webpage. Please review this page thoroughly before contacting IEEE TALE 2026 Staff.

If authors would like to post their papers electronically on any website, any FTP site, or any other electronic dissemination technique, they must include the IEEE Copyright notice on the initial screen displaying the IEEE-copyrighted material.

Each accepted contribution to IEEE TALE 2026 must be accompanied by a completed Copyright Form. The copyright form should be completed by one author, preferably the primary author.

Open Access selection

Upon visiting the IEEE eCF site, there will be Hybrid OA options for authors to select as needed. Please follow the prompts when you reach this screen if you wish to pursue the open access option.

Authors who have submitted or plan to submit their articles to IEEE may post their preprints in the following locations:

• arXiv.org, TechRxiv.org, or any not-for-profit preprint server approved by the Publication Services and Products Board (PSPB)

• Author’s employer’s website or institutional repository

• Author’s personal website

• IEEE does not consider this to be a form of prior publication. The following statement must be included on the initial screen:

“This work has been submitted to the IEEE for possible publication. Copyright may be transferred without notice, after which this version may no longer be accessible.”

Upon acceptance of the article by IEEE, the author must replace the posted preprint article with either (1) the full citation to the IEEE work with the DOI, or (2) the accepted version of the article with the DOI and an appropriate copyright notice (as described in the “accepted article” section below). No other changes may be made to the accepted article.

Please note that once the article has been published by IEEE, preprints on locations not specified above should be removed if possible.