ICDCS 2003 AUTHOR KIT
The following
author kit was sent to all ICDCS contact authors by Frances Titsworth ( ftitsworth@computer.org ) of the IEEE Computer Society.
The note is repeated here for convenience of co-authors in preparing camera-ready
versions of their ICDCS papers.
(NOTE: Instructions for a paper in one of the ICDCS Workshops are similar,
but differ in number of pages, ftp upload directory, etc.)
PAGE LIMIT:
Regular ICDCS papers are allowed a total
of EIGHT (8) pages. This includes all figures, tables, and references. Up to TWO (2) additional
pages can be purchased for $100/page.
Please make checks payable to "ICDCS 2003" and mail to:
Prof. Steve Liu
Dept. of Computer Science
Texas A&M Univ.
502 B H. R. Bright Building
College Station, TX 77843-3112
Phone: (979) 845-8739
Fax: (979) 847-8578
liu@cs.tamu.edu
DEADLINES:
PLEASE NOTE: Your paper is due by 21 February 2003.
PLEASE NOTE: A signed copyright release form is due by 21
February 2003.
PLEASE NOTE: An electronic abstract of your paper is due
by 21 February 2003.
Please put the conference name - ICDCS 2003
- on all correspondence, on the copyright form, and on any mailing envelope. This will assure that your
correspondence is directed immediately
to my desk.
PREPARING GRAPHIC IMAGES IN YOUR PAPER
First, be careful in how you arrange
figures and images in your article. A wide range of intensities
on the same page can cause loss of detail and poor quality. In other
words, don't put a light image
or a figure with light colors/shading on the same page as a dark image or
dark figure.
Second, we suggest that you
print out your article, then run it through a photocopier. This
process will magnify problems that will occur when the article is made ready
for press. If the photocopy
looks good, then your article will probably look good in the proceedings.
If there are problems with your images or figures, try to change contrasts
or move the images or figures to different pages.
Thanks, in advance, for helping us put your articles in the best light we
can in the proceedings.
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION:
If using a web browser, please submit your paper electronically to our FTP
site. The paper should be uploaded
at:
ftp://ieeecs@ftp.computer.org/press/incoming/proceedings/icdcs03/
If you are uploading your paper using FTP
transfer protocol software, you will need to login into our ftp site at: ftp://ftp.computer.org.
[logins and passwords were sent to contact authors]
PREPARING YOUR ELECTRONIC MANUSCRIPT
¤ IMPORTANT: Only Postscript files
will be accepted. If you have difficulty creating a Postscript file, please contact
me.
¤ IMPORTANT: Please embed all
of your fonts in the file.
¤ Please prepare your U.S. Letter-size
(8.5" x 11") paper as plain
ASCII PostScript only, with NO encoding, condensing, or encapsulation.
¤ Please use TrueType 1 fonts wherever
possible.
¤ Fonts MUST be from Latin
1 Fontset. Our PostScript printers
will not recognize any other fonts.
¤ Do not use bitmapped versions of
fonts such as Computer Modern if
you can avoid it.
¤ Do
not use Ryumin fonts; we do not have this font, and errors will occur when
we try to print the file. Please use Helvetica or Times-Roman, only.
¤ Guidelines for generating and submitting
PostScript files are available on
our Internet site at: http://computer.org/author/psguide.htm
¤ Some older FTP applications (RapidFTP
included) may require the user to
choose a remote operating system type. In these instances choose: "MS Windows NT - Unix".
FILE NAME:
¤ If the conference
has assigned a paper
number to you,please use it when naming and sending your file to the above ftp site,
followed by the
last name of the primary author.
¤ If there is a file with the same
name already in the directory, please
use a variation.
¤ Files are automatically
moved off the FTP site. Please do not re-post your paper if you do not see it on the site.
COPYRIGHT FORM:
¤ Please FAX your signed copyright
release form to Frances Titsworth
at +1 714 761 1784.
¤ We cannot publish your paper without
this permission.
¤ PLEASE NOTE: The copyright
form is an attachment to this e-mail.
¤ If you prefer, you may mail your
copyright form to the following address:
Frances Titsworth -- ICDCS 2003
IEEE Computer Society Press
10662 Los Vaqueros Circle
Los Alamitos, California 90720 USA
ABSTRACT:
All proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society Press are
now being included in the IEEE Computer
Society Digital Library, and are
available on-line through our Web site <http://computer.org>.
An emailed abstract of your paper is necessary
to include your paper in the on-line
version of the ICDCS 2003 Proceedings.
Please send an electronic copy of your abstract
as an email in ASCII format and including
the paper title, keywords, author names, addresses, and affiliations, to <icdcs03-abs@computer.org>.
ATTACHMENTS:
There are several customized attachments
to this author kit. They contain:
¤ AUTHOR GUIDELINES
Instructions on formatting your paper for
the proceedings.
¤ COPYRIGHT
RELEASE FORM
A copyright release form that MUST BE SIGNED
AND RETURNED WITH YOUR PAPER. Note
that you are stating that the material
in your paper is original and you have not previously released copyright to it. We cannot publish
your paper without this properly
filled-out and signed form.
¤ REPRINT ORDER
FORM
To use if you wish reprints of your paper.
Please make checks for reprints out
to the IEEE Computer Society. (The
reprints.pdf attachment below will allow you to type your information directly into the form before you
print it out.)
The authkit.txt attachment is a plain ASCII
text file that is an overall guide
with instructions for formatting, a copy of the copyright form and a copy of the reprint form. There
are three additional attachments
in Adobe Acrobat PDF file format. They are instruct.pdf, copyright.pdf, and reprints.pdf. These files,
while containing the same information
as authkit.txt, are formatted to
be easier to read and fill out.
If attached files become unusable during
transmission for any reason, you
may also access uncustomized copies of them at our FTP site. Available at: ftp://pubftp.computer.org/Press/Outgoing/proceedings/
LATEX MACROS:
LaTeX formatting macros are also available
on our FTP site.
¤ Proceedings 8.5 x 11 format - Filename:
IEEE_CS_Latex.zip
Available at:
ftp://pubftp.computer.org/Press/Outgoing/proceedings/
If you have any questions, please feel free
to contact me.
Sincerely,
Frances Titsworth
IEEE Computer Society Press
10662 Los Vaqueros Circle
Los Alamitos, CA 90720-1264
Fax: +1 714 761 1784
Email: ftitsworth@computer.org