IEEE AUTHORSHIP WORKSHOP at IIT Delhi

Prem narayan Dhurve, Assistant Professor of Electronics and Communication Engineering Department fromDronacharya Group of Institutions , Greater Noida attended IEEE Authorship Workshops on “How to publish a Technical Paper with IEEE” conducted by IEEE Delhi Sectionat Indian Institute of Technology New Delhion 11thAugust 2014. IEEE has partnered with leading academic institutions in developing a series of authorship workshops. The goal of this workshop was to enable engineers, faculty, researchers, authors, and industry professionals to help advance technology and their careers by enhancing their ability to get published and share their research with the scholarly community. 

The workshop began with a welcome address by Dr. Bhim Singh, HOD Electrical Dept, IIT Delhi followed by Ms Nancy Blair-DeLeonSenior Manager, Author Engagement and Content Discoverability, IEEE who gave the introduction about IEEE, the Largest Technical Membership Association. She briefed about how many journals and conferences are conducted by IEEE per year along with the current data available on IEEE Xplore and other information related to IEEE conferences and journals.

The key note speaker Prof. Sifur Rahman Director, Advanced Research Institute, Virginia Tech, USA talk about how to write and publish a Technical Paper with IEEE. and how the paper should be properly structured and well written to avoid rejection. He discussed about the ethical issues involved in paper writing like plagiarism, the levels of acceptance of journals and conferences.

Ms. Rachel Berrington Director, IEEE Client Services IEEE carried the discussion forward and told about the various types of journals available and told how to use the various author tools like IEEE Xplore, IEEE Transactions, Open Access journals etc.