IEEE Referencing: Conference papers & proceedings

Conference papers & proceedings

Connect through to format examples which provide a review of each component that needs to be included in a reference.

Components of each format example

            

Then move to the FURTHER EXAMPLES table with many examples of book and e-book format types. 

Basic format to reference an online conference paper

[#]     Author(s) Initial(s). Surname(s). (Date). Title. Presented at Abbreviated Conf. title. [Type of Medium]. Available: site/path/file 

Referencing elements to cite:

  • [#] Reference number (matching the in-text citation number)
  • Author’s first initial. Author’s second initial, if provided. Author’s last name
  • Title of the paper in lower case, in double quotation marks
  • Abbreviated name of conference following the standard conference terms. Refer Conference name abbreviations box on this page
  • Place of publication. Refer to Place of publication for information on the correct format of locations
  • Include volume and issue numbers if available.
  • Year of publication
  • Page number(s), cited as p. for a single page or pp. for multiple pages.

[3]    J. Roberts and D. Fisher. (14-17 Dec. 2020). pReview: The artificially intelligent conference reviewer. Presented at the 19th IEEE Int. Conf. Mach. Learn. Appl. (ICMLA), Miami, FL, USA.  [Online]. Available: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9356281

Basic format to reference a conference paper in print

[#]     Author(s) Initial(s). Surname(s), “Title of paper,” presented at the Abbrev. Title of Conf., City of Conf., Abbrv. State, Country, Month and day(s), year, Paper number.

Referencing elements to cite:

  • [#] Reference number (matching the in-text citation number)
  • Author’s first initial. Author’s second initial, if provided. Author’s last name
  • Title of the paper in lower case, in double quotation marks
  • Presented at the abbreviated name of the conference. Refer Conference name abbreviations box on this page
  • Place of publication: City of the conference, abbreviated state, country. Refer to Place of publication for information on the correct format of locations
  • Month and day(s) of the conference, year
  • Paper number

[2]    S. r. Ayyubi, Y. Miao, and H. Shi, "Automating standalone smoke alarms for early remote notifications," presented at the 13th Intern. Conf. on Cont. Automa. Robotics & Vision (ICARCV), Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, Dec. 2014, pp. 675–680.

Basic format to reference an online conference proceedings

[#]     Author(s) Initial(s). Surname(s), “Title of paper,” in Abbreviated Name of Conf., (location of conference is optional), year, pp. xxxxxx. [Online]. Available: http://www.url.com

Referencing elements to cite:

  • [#] Reference number (matching the in-text citation number)
  • Author’s first initial. Author’s second initial, if provided. Author’s last name
  • Title of the paper in lower case, in double quotation marks
  • Abbreviated name of conference following the standard conference terms. Refer Conference name abbreviations box on this page
  • Place of publication. Refer to Place of publication for information on the correct format of locations
  • Include volume and issue numbers if available.
  • Year of publication
  • Page number(s), cited as p. for a single page or pp. for multiple pages.

[3]    D. Andone and M. Frydenberg, "Adapting project-based learning through virtual mobilities in pandemic times - TalkTech Project revisited," in Proc. - IEEE 21st Int. Conf. Adv. Learn. Technol. (ICALT), 2021, pp. 1-3, [Online]. Available: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9499929

[4]   D. Hirahara et al., "Experimental study of external interference for LEO-based sensing (AIS)," in Advances in Communications Satellite Systems. Proc. of the 37th Int. Communications Satellite Systems Conf. (ICSSC-2019), 2019, pp. 1-10, [Online]. doi: 10.1049/cp.2019.1245

Basic format to reference a conference proceedings in print

[#]    Author(s) Initial(s). Surname(s), "Title of paper", in Abbreviated Name of Conf. (location of conference is optional), (Month and day(s) if provided) year, pp. xxx-xxx.

Referencing elements to cite:

  • [#] Reference number (matching the in-text citation number)
  • Author’s first initial. Author’s second initial, if provided. Author’s last name
  • Title of the paper in lower case, in double quotation marks
  • Abbreviated name of the conference following the standard conference terms.  Refer Conference name abbreviations box on this page
  • Year of publication
  • Month, Day Year. Refer to the Abbreviated month section for further information
  • Page number(s), cited as p. for a single page or pp. for multiple pages.

[5]     W. M. Brown, A. Semin, M. Hebenstreit, S. Khvostov, K. Raman, and S. J. Plimpton, "Increasing molecular dynamics simulation rates with an 8-fold increase in electrical power efficiency," in SC '16 Proc. of the Int. Conf. for High Perf. Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, Article No. 8, Salt Lake City, Utah, IEEE Press Piscataway, November 13 - 18 2016. 

Material type In-text example Reference List example
Conference paper: Print

User instructions are outlined in [6].

 

[6]    D. Goswami and A. Chakraborty, "Sensitizing engineers: A brief study of the role of ethics in engineering education," presented at the 5th Nirma University Int. Conf. on Eng. (NUiCONE), 2015.

Conference proceedings: Print

The responsibilities of a contractor are discussed in [7].

 [7]    X. Zhang et al., "Experimental studies of the DOI decoding accuracy of PET detectors with light sharing window," in 2018 IEEE Nuclear Sci. Symp. and Med. Imag. Conf. Proc. (NSS/MIC), 2018, pp. 1-2.

Conference paper: Online

Best [9] has stated that ...

[9]    M. C. Best. (29 Apr. 2015). Linear MIMO model identification using an extended Kalman filter. Presented at the ICMICE 2015: 17th Int. Conf. on Modelling, Identification and Control Eng. [Online]. Available: https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/dspace-jspui/handle/2134/17386

Note: electronic location can be URL or DOI. Refer to DOI in IEEE section in this guide for information regarding the use of Document Object Identifiers. 

Conference proceedings: Online According to [14], the presence of ...

[14]   R. Sosa and P. K. Wang, "Creativity awareness in engineering schools in Asia" in Proc. of Int. Conf. on Adv. Des. Res. and Educ. (ICADRE14), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore, 2014, pp. 140-143. [Online]. Available: https://human.designsociety.org/publication/35494/ 

Unpublished paper As mentioned earlier [2], the prevalence of ...

[2]   S. Male, E. Chapman, and M. Bush, “Generic competencies required by engineers graduating in Australia,” unpublished paper, School of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Perth, 2008.