Guidelines for authors

Make sure you use the A4 (NOT Letter) AQTR/IEEE template to format your paper: Word template, LaTeX template, LaTeX biblio files, instructions for the LaTeX template.
- Do NOT add a copyright code in the bottom left corner of the first page, as in previous conferences. The editors will do that. If there is a code or a placeholder (like "XXX-X-XXXX-XXXX-X/XX/$XX.00 ©20XX IEEE") on the first page, please delete it.
- Some help for capitalization of the Paper Title.
  We recommend the Capitalize My Title online tool.
  For more detailed styling rules, the IEEE Journal Editorial Style Manual for Authors and the IEEE Digital Pages Style Guide are good sources.
- Some help for best image quality.
  We recommend obtaining and inserting your graphics in a vector format (SVG, EMF, WMF or alike). You can create good looking diagrams online on sites like Lucid, Draw.io and download them in SVG format (importable in Word) or high quality PNG (zoom in and then export the drawing in the current scale). Or use the free Inkscape application, or another vector graphics tool. If you cannot get the images in vector format, consider:
  - saving your screenshots and images only as PNG, instead of JPG
  - if you are using Word, then Word > File > Options > Advanced > Image Size and Quality > Do not compress images in file, and then insert the images into your document
  - when creating the PDF, disable image downsampling, also disable image compression or at least use ZIP compression, "lossless" compression, or JPEG2000 compression on "maximum" quality.
  After you inserted the image into the Word document, you can crop it (pull its margins inwards to hide some parts, or pull them outwards to leave more space around the image or show parts of the image that are otherwise hidden, due to importing artifacts: Word > click on the picture > Picture Format > Size > Crop).
- Some help for author details alignment.
  The template describes steps for adding multiple authors. If that does not work, make the authors section one column, insert a table with invisible border (but go into the table and activate Word > Layout > View Gridlines) and multiple cells, then move the author details into the cells and use the invisible table cells for alignment.
- Some help for balancing text columns.
  Please balance the two text columns at the end of the document (usually, the references list), so that they take less space and have better readability.
  If you are using Word:
  - Click at the end of the columns you want to balance.
  - Go to Word > Layout > Breaks > Section Breaks > Continuous.
Six pages is maximum. Shorten your paper, if it is over six pages long.
Proofread your source document thoroughly to confirm that it will require no revision.
The use of content generated by artificial intelligence (AI) in an article (including but not limited to text, figures, images, and code) shall be disclosed in the acknowledgments section of any article submitted to AQTR. The AI system used shall be identified, and specific sections of the article that use AI-generated content shall be identified and accompanied by a brief explanation regarding the level at which the AI system was used to generate the content.
A submission of a scientific paper is considered as a commitment that, upon acceptance, authors will submit their camera-ready version for inclusion in the formal proceedings and will present the paper at the conference. AQTR reserves the right to remove from IEEE Xplore, papers that have not been presented at the conference.