Paper submission
All full-time PhD students at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics are expected to submit a paper to SCYR 2026. Students are required to submit their paper in English language, in pdf format and thoroughly proofread the paper for grammar and spelling accuracy.
Submission system
The conference management system for uploading the papers is EasyChair (the page for uploading submissions will be launched in January 2026).
Instructions and paper templates
Please, use the current SCYR paper templates from this website. Carefully review and follow the provided instructions. Failure to follow these guidelines may result in your paper being returned for revisions before acceptance. It’s essential that all submitted papers strictly adhere to the formatting guidelines on the conference website.
Remember to include your supervisor’s name and your year of study (examples are provided in both templates). When converting your document to PDF, ensure the page size is A4, not Letter. Double-check the spelling of author names, as this information is crucial for the conference proceedings. Pay close attention to diacritics and spelling. For example, “Nosáľ” is correct; “Nosal” and “Nosaľ” are incorrect. The same applies to your paper’s title (the submission title).
Your paper will be assigned to either the Electrical Engineering or Computer Science section based on its topic. The submission format must match the camera-ready format. Each paper must be single-authored and focus entirely on the student’s PhD dissertation and research findings. The required length and content vary depending on the student’s year of study, so please follow the specific instructions below.
PhD students in their 1st year of study
You must submit strictly a four-page (8 columns) review paper summarizing the current state of knowledge in your dissertation’s research field. The 80% of the last page must be filled. The paper should critically analyze and evaluate existing published work in the field, clearly formulating your perspective on these contributions. The paper should include:
- Introduction: A brief introduction to the topic and the motivation for addressing the research task (approximately 0.5 columns).
- Literature Review and Analysis: The analysis outlines the current state of global knowledge in the field, including a literature review with commentary and the PhD student’s own perspective, supported by relevant references (approximately 5 columns).
- Problem Identification and Future Directions: A summary of the problems that have been solved and those that remain open, including an identification of which issues are feasible to address and an outline of the proposed direction for further work (approximately 1.5 columns).
- References: A list of at least 20 references, primarily from scientific articles published within the last 10 years.
PhD students in their 2nd year and above
You must submit strictly a 3 pages long (6-columns) paper with at least 80% of the last page filled. The paper provides a summary of your work carried out during the past academic year. The paper should include:
- Introduction and Motivation: A brief introduction to the topic and the motivation for addressing the research task (approximately 0.5 columns).
- Background and Progress:The initial stage of the research task, including a summary of the issues that have already been addressed (approximately 1 column).
- Recent Achievements: A description of the tasks completed in the previous year, the results obtained and their interpretation, the student’s key achievements, potential awards, and recognition based on their major publications during the assessed period (approximately 2.5 to 3 columns).
- Future Plans: Proposed next steps for the forthcoming period, if applicable (approximately 0.5 columns).
- References: The list of references containing at least 6 references.
Undergraduate (Bc.) and graduate (Ing.) papers
These papers showcase the results and contributions of bachelor’s and master’s (engineer’s) theses. Each paper can have a maximum of two authors, one of whom must be a bachelor’s or master’s student. A PhD student may be a co-author, but cannot be the sole author. If there are two authors, neither can be a PhD student. A PhD student who co-authors a paper in this category is still required to submit his own paper as PhD student.