| name | icassp-submission |
| description | Use when auditing an ICASSP submission before the CMS portal deadline — the IEEE 4+1 page format, the single-blind rule that the author list must appear, EDICS subject selection, the Compliance-with-Ethical-Standards statement, PDF eXpress validation, the 9-papers-per-author cap, dual-submission policy, and desk-reject triggers. |
ICASSP Submission
Run this audit against the live ICASSP paper kit on the current-year CMS portal
(cmsworkshops.com/ICASSP<year>/papers.php), not against memory. ICASSP reissues its kit each
cycle, and because the whole review pipeline assumes a uniform IEEE two-column object, the
format is checked mechanically at upload. The next major gate as of 2026-07-09 is the ICASSP
2027 full-paper deadline, reported ~16 September 2026 — verify on the live 2027 call.
The format contract: 4 + 1
An ICASSP regular paper is 4 pages of technical content — text, figures, and references all
count — with an optional 5th page that may hold only references, funding acknowledgements,
and the Compliance-with-Ethical-Standards statement. Consequences to internalize:
- There is no reviewed appendix or supplement that decides acceptance. Whatever a reviewer
must see to accept the paper lives on the four content pages.
- References compete with content on pages 1-4 unless they spill to page 5; plan the reference
budget early.
- Use the official IEEE two-column template from the paper kit with fonts, margins, and column
measure untouched, and confirm the PDF passes IEEE PDF eXpress before the portal will
accept it.
Single-blind: the inverted anonymity rule
ICASSP review is single-blind. Unlike OpenReview or ISCA venues, you must include the
author list and affiliations in the submitted PDF; reviewers see who you are, you do not see
them. The failure mode here is the opposite of an identity leak:
- A missing or wrong author block is the defect to catch, not a self-citation.
- Write self-citations in normal first person ("in our earlier work [4]"); no anonymization
gymnastics are needed.
- Acknowledgements and funding are allowed and belong on page 5, not hidden.
Portal and metadata (CMS, not CMT)
- Submission is through Conference Management Services (CMS) at
cmsworkshops.com, not
Microsoft CMT and not OpenReview — a genuine ICASSP fingerprint.
- Choose the EDICS subject category that routes the paper to the correct technical committee;
the routing decision comes from
icassp-topic-selection, not from whoever uploads.
- The CMS abstract must match the PDF abstract; it is what area organizers read.
- No single author may appear on more than 9 papers in a cycle — check co-author load early.
- Answer the dual-submission attestation honestly: the same work may not be under review at
another conference or journal simultaneously.
Desk-reject and triage table
| Trigger | Severity at ICASSP | Repair window |
|---|
| Fifth page carrying content beyond references/acks/ethics | Desk reject | None after deadline |
| Template tampering caught by PDF eXpress | Desk reject | None |
| Missing author list (single-blind requires it) | Non-compliant submission | Only before deadline |
| Missing Compliance-with-Ethical-Standards statement | Compliance flag | Only before deadline |
| Author on more than 9 papers | Enforced cap | Withdraw one before deadline |
| Dual submission to another venue | Integrity violation | None |
Final 72 hours, in order
- Rebuild the PDF from a clean clone; confirm the paper-kit template version is current and
PDF eXpress passes.
- Confirm the author block, affiliations, and page-5 acknowledgements/ethics statement are
present and correct — the single-blind checklist.
- Verify every figure is legible at print resolution and no float pushes past four pages.
- Set EDICS and the CMS abstract to match the PDF; declare all co-authors and their conflicts.
- Upload, download what CMS stored, and read that file end to end.
Track choice before you submit
- Standard track — 4+1 pages, TPC review, proceedings in IEEE Xplore.
- OJSP-ICASSP — 8+1 pages, reviewed by the Open Journal of Signal Processing board, open-access
publication, presented but not in the proceedings (earlier pre-registration deadline).
- SPS-journal presentation — present a recently accepted SPS-journal paper, not re-reviewed,
not in proceedings.
Confirm each track's separate deadline in the current call; see icassp-workflow.
Output format
[Submission verdict] ready / fixable / not ready
[Format] 4+1 compliance, template integrity, PDF eXpress result
[Single-blind] author list present, affiliations, page-5 acks/ethics
[Metadata] EDICS, abstract match, author list, dual-submission answer, 9-paper cap
[Track] standard / OJSP-ICASSP / journal-presentation / grand-challenge
[Blockers] <ordered list>
Currency note
The 4+1 format, single-blind policy, CMS portal, and 9-paper cap were checked 2026-07-09 against
ICASSP 2026 (Barcelona) renderings (see ../../resources/official-source-map.md). Every value is
cycle-specific; the ICASSP 2027 Toronto cycle publishes its own kit and calendar — re-open it.
