Odyssey 2026

Preparation guidelines and templates

Preparation guidelines

  • Submitted manuscripts must preserve anonymity not revealing author identities in any form (title, text, acknowledgements, external links or supplementary materials).
  • All manuscripts must be written in English.
  • The paper must be no longer than eight (8) pages.
  • The last two pages are reserved exclusively for acknowledgements and references, which may begin on an earlier page if there is space.
  • The abstract is limited to 1000 characters. Avoid non-ASCII characters, symbols, maths, italics, etc as they may not display correctly in the abstract book.
  • To achieve the best viewing experience for the proceedings, we strongly encourage using Times-Roman font (the LaTeX style file as well as the Word template files use Times-Roman). This is needed in order to give the Proceedings a uniform look.
  • The paper should be in the following format:
    • Maximum eight (8) A4-size pages.
    • Single-spaced
    • Two (2) columns
    • Printed in black ink
    • No smaller than nine (9) point type font throughout the paper, including figure captions. In nine point type font, capital letters are 2mm high.
    • Do NOT include headers and footers. The page numbers, session numbers and conference identification will be post-processed automatically, at the time of printing the Proceedings.
    • The first page should have the paper title, author(s), and affiliation(s) centered on the page across both columns. The remainder of the text must be in the two-column format, staying within the indicated image area.
  • Any text or other material outside the following margins will not be printed:
    • All text and figures must be contained in a 170 mm x 235 mm image area (not including headers and footers given in the template files).
    • The left margin has to be 20 mm.
    • The spacing between columns has to be 10 mm.
    • The top margin has to be 25 mm (except first page 30 mm to title top).
    • Center each page within this image area in a two-column format.
  • Follow the style of the sample paper that is included with regard to title, authors, affiliations, abstract, heading, and subheadings. (Again note: Page numbers, session numbers, and conference identification will be inserted by the conference organizers at the time of printing the Proceedings).
  • Print the paper on white paper and check that the positioning (left and top margins) as well as other layout features are correct.
  • Papers must be submitted as a PDF file.

Templates

  • LaTeX Template contains the following files:
    • Odyssey2026_LatexTemplate.tex (LaTex template)
    • Odyssey2026.cls (style file to be used with the template)
    • IEEEtran.bst (bibliography style file)
    • Odyssey2026_BibEntries.bib (example bib file used in the template)
    • PDF version generated from the template.
  • Overleaf Template with the same contents as the LaTeX Template, ready to use in Overleaf.
  • Microsoft Word Template contains the following files
    • Odyssey_2026_Word_Template.docx
    • Odyssey_2026_OpenDocument_Template.odt
    • You need to submit the paper as a PDF file.