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IEEE COPYRIGHT AND CONSENT FORM

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TITLE OF PAPER/ARTICLE/REPORT, INCLUDING ALL CONTENT IN ANY FORM, FORMAT, OR MEDIA (hereinafter, the !r"#$% COMPLETE LIST OF AUTHORS% IEEE PU&LICATION TITLE ('!(rna), Ma*a+ine, C!nferen,e, &!!"$% COPYRIGHT TRANSFER
-. The undersigned hereby assigns to The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorporated (the IEEE all rights under copyright that may e!ist in and to" (a the abo#e $ork, including any re#ised or e!panded deri#ati#e works submitted to the IEEE by the undersigned based on the $ork% and (b any associated written or multimedia components or other enhancements accompanying the $ork.

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/. In the e#ent the undersigned makes a presentation based upon the $ork at a conference hosted or sponsored in whole or in part by the IEEE, the undersigned, in consideration for his&her participation in the conference, hereby grants the IEEE the unlimited, worldwide, irre#ocable permission to use, distribute, publish, license, e!hibit, record, digiti'e, broadcast, reproduce and archi#e, in any format or medium, whether now known or hereafter de#eloped" (a his&her presentation and comments at the conference% (b any written materials or multimedia files used in connection with his&her presentation% and (c any recorded inter#iews of him&her (collecti#ely, the Presentation . The permission granted includes the transcription and reproduction of the Presentation for inclusion in products sold or distributed by IEEE and li#e or recorded broadcast of the Presentation during or after the conference. 0. In connection with the permission granted in (ection ), the undersigned hereby grants IEEE the unlimited, worldwide, irre#ocable right to use his&her name, picture, likeness, #oice and biographical information as part of the ad#ertisement, distribution and sale of products incorporating the $ork or Presentation, and releases IEEE from any claim based on right of pri#acy or publicity. 1. The undersigned hereby warrants that the $ork and Presentation (collecti#ely, the *aterials are original and that he&she is the author of the *aterials. To the e!tent the *aterials incorporate te!t passages, figures, data or other material from the works of others, the undersigned has obtained any necessary permissions. $here necessary, the undersigned has obtained all third party permissions and consents to grant the license abo#e and has pro#ided copies of such permissions and consents to IEEE.

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This will certify that all authors of the $ork are employees of the 2ritish or 2ritish ,ommonwealth 3o#ernment and prepared the $ork in connection with their official duties. -s such, the $ork is sub/ect to ,rown ,opyright and is not assigned to the IEEE as set forth in the first sentence of the ,opyright Transfer (ection abo#e. The undersigned acknowledges, howe#er, that the IEEE has the right to publish, distribute and reprint the $ork in all forms and media. (0$2222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222 A(th!ri+e3 Si*nat(re 22222222222222222222222222222222222 Date

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IEEE COPYRIGHT FORM (continued)

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