There will be two types of submissions: i) full length paper (regular papers), and ii) extended abstract (short papers). Full-length papers appears as a complete work in the proceedings and are presented at a technical session, whereas short papers are published only as a 2-page extended abstracts and less formally presented at a poster session. All submissions should be written in English. Regular papers should be of 6 pages in length with the option to add up to 4 pages at an extra cost, for a maximum of 10 pages including figures. Short papers should be no more than 2 pages including figures. Papers exceeding the maximum page limit will not be accepted. Moreover, papers have to be submitted in PDF format and all pdf files should be verify by pdfXpress to assure correct formatting and speed up the publishing process. 

The conference will adopt a double blind rolling review system where the window for paper submission will start August 25, 2024. Double blind papers should not include the name and affiliations of authors. These will be added later by the author for the camera ready version once the review process is completed.

All paper submissions will be checked for plagiarism and will be peer reviewed by a target of at least 3 reviews per paper. Only papers accepted and actually presented at SoutheastCon 2025 will be included in the final electronic proceedings and indexed as IEEE publications on IEEE Xplore. Authors of submitted papers may be called upon to help review other manuscripts.