Camera-Ready submission guidelines in ASSYST

Guidelines

All accepted papers will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes of ICST (LNICST) series.

The deadline for uploading the Camera-Ready version and for registering to the conference is July 17th, 2009. You will be able to keep updating your Camera-Ready paper until then. Please note that Camera-Ready papers:

• should be uploaded using the ICST Assyst Proceedings system; and
• have to comply with the Springer LNICST format.
• Standard papers are allowed up to 8 pages and short papers are allowed up to 4 pages, including all figures, tables and references. Extra pages (a maximum of 2 for both standard and short papers) will incur additional charges of EUR 130 per page. Industry and Healthcare Organizations papers, and Demonstration papers, are allowed a maximum of 2 pages, including all figures, tables and references. Poster submissions should not exceed 500 words; the final poster is also acceptable.

Camera-Ready Papers Submission Instructions:

• Please register to the conference. Note that without registering first (via the conference website), you will not be able to upload your camera-ready paper.
• Log in to ASSYST with the password you have received from the system. If you cannot find or remember your password, please use the Reset Password function.
• Once you have logged in, please go to "My Profile" in the main menu and fill out all the mandatory fields of your profile. Without completing this step, the system will not let you proceed. If you have previously filled in your profile in the system, this step is not required.
• After filling out all the fields in "My Profile" please, click on SAVE. You cannot go further without filling out all the mandatory fields.
• Select the conference/workshop from the list, where you want to submit your camera ready paper.
• Click on "Upload Camera Ready Paper".
• Please, provide information on your paper, such as Title, Abstract and Keywords. Click on NEXT.
• On the next page please, add all the co-authors of your paper by clicking on "Add Additional Authors". After you have added all the co-authors, please, click on NEXT.
• Copyright:
  • ASSYST will automatically generate the Copyright agreement from the data you have provided on the previous pages.
  • Please, check your data carefully and in case there are any discrepancies go back and edit them.
  • When everything is correct, read the terms of the copyright agreement.
    • Please, do not forget to scroll down the text in the text-box before you click on "I Agree".
    • You can also print the text by clicking on "Print" button.
  • In the pop-up window you have to confirm your agreement by choosing: "I confirm that I agree to the terms".
  • After agreeing to the Terms, you will receive an e-mail confirmation from ICST with a link and an electronic version of the Copyright Agreement in a PDF file. This is the document that you must keep for further references. YOU CANNOT UPLOAD YOUR PAPER WITHOUT AGREEING TO THE COPYRIGHT FORM.
• After completing the copyright agreement step, you can upload your camera ready paper.
  • IMPORTANT: LNICST Author s Kit requires both the PDF and the source files (MS Word or LaTeX) of your paper. To upload all these forms, please, do the following:
    • Create the required files (MS Word or LaTeX plus the .PDF).
    • Pack these files into a ZIP file.
    • Upload this .zip file as your camera ready paper.
      NOTE: Failure to upload your camera ready paper in the required format(s) will result in that your paper will neither appear on the proceedings CD, nor in the digital library.
• If you need to make any further modifications on your paper, you may do so by clicking on the "Manage my Papers" and "View my Papers" link up until the Camera Ready Deadline is over.
  • Please, do not forget to accept the Copyright Terms every time you modify your paper!