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name: icassp-camera-ready description: Use when preparing an accepted ICASSP paper for IEEE Xplore publication, covering the final 4+1 PDF, IEEE PDF eXpress validation, the IEEE electronic copyright form, integrating reviewer-requested fixes without changing the accepted claim, registration and in-person presentation, and choosing open-access options for the proceedings paper.

ICASSP Camera Ready

Use this after acceptance. Reopen the current ICASSP camera-ready instructions, the IEEE author kit, PDF eXpress, the copyright-form flow, and the registration and presentation pages before advising authors. Because ICASSP is single-blind, there is no de-anonymization step — the work is mostly compliance and polishing, not identity restoration.

Camera-ready audit

• Apply the final format. ICASSP stays at the 4+1 shape for camera-ready in recent cycles; confirm the current page rule rather than assuming an extra page appeared.
• Run the final PDF through IEEE PDF eXpress to produce an Xplore-compatible file with fonts embedded; the portal rejects non-conforming PDFs.
• Complete the IEEE electronic copyright form (eCF); without it the paper cannot enter Xplore.
• Fold in reviewer and committee fixes without changing the accepted contribution beyond normal clarification — camera-ready is not a place to add a new claim the reviewers never saw.
• Confirm the title, author list, affiliations, and metadata exactly match what registration and Xplore will index.

What changes from submission to camera-ready

Element	Submission	Camera-ready
Author block	Present (single-blind)	Unchanged — verify spelling, order, affiliations
Acknowledgements / funding	Optional, page 5	Add or finalize on page 5
PDF validation	eXpress pass to upload	eXpress pass again on the final file
Copyright	Not yet	IEEE eCF signed and attached
Reviewer fixes	n/a	Integrated within the accepted claim
Data/code links	May be present	Finalize public, citable links

Integrating a reviewer fix (worked example)

A reviewer asked that the operating SNR range be stated in the main text rather than left to a figure. Camera-ready move: add one sentence to the experimental section naming the range, keep the figure, and do not introduce a new condition or a new number — the accepted result is the one that was reviewed. If a committee note requested a corrected reference or a clarified equation, apply exactly that and nothing broader.

Registration and presentation

• ICASSP requires in-person presentation by a registered author; at least one author must register, and a no-show can jeopardize the paper's inclusion or indexing.
• Prepare both an oral and a poster fallback where the format is not yet fixed, and build slides or a poster that a signal-processing audience can read at a glance (one claim, the mechanism, the key metric).
• For any audio, image, or video demo, test playback on the venue's hardware and keep a static fallback that survives without network or codecs.

Open-access and publication path

• The standard proceedings paper is published in IEEE Xplore; ICASSP offers an open-access option for the proceedings paper (confirm the fee and mechanics in the current kit).
• If the work followed the OJSP-ICASSP track instead, publication is open-access in the IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing and the paper is presented but not in the proceedings — a different copyright and camera-ready flow.
• Release the code, data, and any pretrained artifacts publicly and cite them from the final paper; single-blind review means the repository could already carry your name.

Final checklist

[Camera-ready status] ready / needs fixes / blocked
[Final package] PDF eXpress file / IEEE eCF / metadata / public artifacts
[Format] 4+1 confirmed for this cycle
[Reviewer-change map] <concern -> exact final edit within accepted claim>
[Registration] author registered / presentation format / demo fallback
[Publication path] Xplore proceedings (+ open access?) / OJSP-ICASSP

Currency note

The 4+1 camera-ready shape, PDF eXpress, and IEEE copyright flow were checked 2026-07-09 against ICASSP 2026 renderings (see ../../resources/official-source-map.md). Registration pricing, copyright mechanics, and exact camera-ready dates change every cycle — confirm against the decision email and the current author kit.