Submission Guidelines

The proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the "Lecture Notes in Computer Science" (LNCS) series. Authors of accepted papers must follow the "Information for Authors" guidelines for the preparation of the manuscript and use the templates provided there.

Papers should not exceed 12 pages (or approx. 6000 words, single-spaced, Springer LNCS style). The document must be in either PostScript or Acrobat PDF format, and must be legible after printing on standard grayscale printers, both those that use A4 and those that use 8-1/2x11" paper. The program chair reserves the right to reject any paper that does not meet the length and format restrictions, or which he cannot print.

Submission Guidelines for Accepted Papers

• Before June 10
  1. Send your draft as a Postscript of PDF file (which must be in Springer LNCS format, see below) to your ASA/MA program-committee contact person, for further review.
  2. Also send it to asama@inf.ethz.ch where the format will be checked. NOTE: At asama@inf.ethz.ch we need the source files of your draft to properly check the format. In case of LaTeX source, this needs to include all figures and (non-standard) style files that you used. In case of Word or Framemaker documents, we need both the source document and an RTF version, in addition to the Postscript or PDF file.
  Please follow the Springer-Verlag LNCS authors' instructions (available in PDF format and Postscript format) for the preparation of the final version of your manuscript and use the templates provided there.

• Before June 30 (FIRM DEADLINE, no extensions possible!)
  1. Send the signed copyright form by fax or courier mail to the address below. This is mandatory for publication of your paper.
  2. Send a single-sided printout of the "camera-ready" final version by courier mail to the address below.
  3. Send a PostScript (and possibly a PDF file) of your paper to asama@inf.ethz.ch.
  4. Send all source files to asama@inf.ethz.ch. In case of LaTeX documents, you must include all figures and (non-standard) style files that you used; in case of Word or Framemaker documents, we need both the source file (.doc or .fm) together with a separate RTF version of the paper. Springer-Verlag requires this for their full-text electronic version, see their authors' instructions (in PDF or PS) for details.
  5. At least one author of each accepted paper must register on or before June 30. See the ASA/MA 2000 Registration Page (US mirror available.)

  The mailing address for steps 1 and 2 above is:

  Prof. Friedemann Mattern
  ETH Zurich
  Computer Science, RZ/IFW D 49.2
  Clausiusstrasse 59
  CH-8092 Zurich
  Switzerland

  We recommend to use a courier service and submit the printout and the copyright form timely, so that it arrives before June 30. (Please note again that this is a firm deadline.) Only papers that conform to the LNCS format can be published.