The conference follows a structured, multi-stage peer-review process designed to ensure that only high-quality, original, and well-validated research is accepted for publication. The review workflow is transparent, rigorous, and aligned with international publishing standards.
- Submission and Initial Screening
* Every manuscript submitted to the conference goes through an initial editorial check conducted by the
Track Chairs and Technical Program Committee (TPC).
* The purpose of this step is to filter out papers with plagiarism or excessive similarity, submissions lacking
technical depth, out-of-scope work and/or incomplete or improperly formatted manuscripts. Only
papers that meet the baseline scholarly and ethical standards move forward to formal review. - Double-Blind Peer Review
All eligible submissions are reviewed under a double-blind protocol. Each paper is assigned to at least
two independent experts, and when needed, a third reviewer is added to break ties or verify borderline
decisions.
Reviewers evaluate manuscripts on:
a. Originality and novelty
b. Technical soundness
c. Methodological rigor
d. Clarity of presentation
e. Relevance to intelligent systems and sustainability themes
f. Significance of results
g. Ethical considerations and reproducibility - Review Consolidation and Decision
a. Track Chairs and the TPC analyze the reviewer comments, scores, and recommendations to make a
balanced acceptance decision which could be either Accept as is, Accept with minor revisions, Invite
major revisions and re-review, and Reject. - Author Revision Phase
Authors of papers requiring revisions must address reviewer comments point-by-point and resubmit
within the specified timeline. - Final Technical Check
Once a paper is accepted, the publication team performs formatting verification, reference and figure
checks, ethical compliance review, plagiarism re-check, quality control for images, tables, and datasets.
Revised manuscripts will be checked by the original reviewers, or verified by the Track Chair, depending
on the extent of revisions.
Turnitin or iThenticate would be used for determining the plagriasm and the AI content of the papers.
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