Submission of Extended Abstracts or Draft Manuscripts

Authors should submit their extended abstracts or draft manuscripts by email by following very carefully ALL of these steps (failing to comply with these instructions may result in lost submissions):

1) Generate the file containing the extended abstract or the draft manuscript

Generate the electronic file to be submitted in one of the following electronic formats:
- PDF
- postscript (the optimization option of the postscript driver must be set for maximum portability, the Apple LaserWriter driver is recommended to ensure portability)
- RTF
- MicroSoft Word

Large files should be compressed before emailing them. WinZip, pkzip or compress should be used.

The name of the file containing the extended abstract must be the name of the contact author. In the case of multiple submissions from the same contact author, the file name must be padded by numbers (e.g., smith1.ps).

2) Prepare the submission form

Fill in the submission form which is available in the following formats:
                        - RTF
                        - ASCII TEXT

The name of the file containing the submission form is obtained by concatenating the name of the file containing the extended abstract or the draft manuscript and the string "-subform" (e.g., smith1-subform.rtf).

Please, fill in ALL DETAILS, INITIALLY CAPITALIZE all items, and give ALL INFORMATION on ALL AUTHORS, including email (in the case of serious problems in contacting the contact author for urgent matters, we will contact the other authors: do not jeopardize acceptance of your submission or publication of your accepted paper by provinding incomplete or incorrect information!).

3) Send the extended abstract or the draft manuscript and the submission form

To perform your submission, send an electronic mail to the conference secretariat at ims@dti.unimi.it

Attach to this email the following items:
                        - the file containing the extedned abstract or the draft manuscript
                        - the submission form

Please send the extended abstract or the draft manuscript and abstract submission form in ONE VERSION ONLY: DO NOT submit them in multiple formats! (This may create confusion and result in missing submissions)

Please send ONLY ONE extended abstract or draft manuscript for EACH EMAIL MESSAGE

When a submission is complete and has been properly received, the secretariat will assign a paper identification number and will acknowledge the receipt by email to the contact author only. The paper identification number will be used to identify the submission and, if accepted, the final paper in every further communication.