Review Process:

The papers submitted to the conference will be subjected to double-blind reviews by a maximum of two (02) reviewers, who will be experts in the corresponding sub-field. The field experts for the reviewing process are selected nationally (60%) and internationally (40%).

Quality of Paper:

1. Mechanism to ensure sufficiently good English.

   The Technical Program Committee/Track Chairs will carefully handle this process and may ensure the quality of language with the support of subscribed online tools.

2. Mechanism to ensure that the authors follow the conference format.

   TPC has provided the paper writing guidelines and the link for the recommended template. During the desk review process (prior to the formal double-blind review), the scope and the formatting of the papers will be checked. Papers having non-compliances including the following will be rejected:

   • Extended abstracts that have more than five (05) pages.
   • Extended abstracts that do not fall within 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 15%.
3. Camera-ready preparation.

   If the paper is accepted, the authors will use the provided template to prepare the camera-ready abstract. The editorial team will stay in continuous contact with authors to ensure formatting according to guidelines. TPC will also check whether reviewer comments are addressed adequately.

4. No-show policy.

   No-show authored papers will not be submitted to the Conference Proceedings in the university e-repository.

5. Conference Management System.

   Microsoft CMT is used as the conference management system.

6. Plagiarism Checking.

   Turnitin will be used as the anti-plagiarism tool, and the maximum acceptable plagiarism score is 20%.

7. Final Decision.

   The final decision of acceptance or rejection of your work will be taken by the conference Technical Program Committee based on the originality of the work.

Selection of the Best Paper of Each Track and Conference:

1. Nominated papers for each track will be shortlisted based on the review score (average score of 4.0+ out of 5.0).

2. On the day of the Technical Sessions, the session chairs and members nominated from TPC will together take the decision on the best paper of each track by considering the status/quality of presentations.