Instructions for paper submission

Submitted papers should represent novel contributions related to the topics listed above. They must be original, unpublished, and not submitted to another conference or journal for consideration of publication. Papers must be written in English; they should be at most 16 pages long in total, including bibliography and well-marked appendices. The paper should be intelligible without its appendices. When appropriate, authors should arrange for a release for publication from their employer prior to submission. Papers accompanied by non-disclosure agreement forms are unacceptable and will be returned to the author(s) unread. Accepted papers will be presented at the conference and published in the conference proceedings, by Kluwer Academic Publishers. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register with the conference and present the paper.

Abstract and papers must be submitted in electronic form through the web to www.wcc2004.org/cardis. All submissions will be acknowledged automatically by e-mail.

If you have not received an e-mail acknowledgement within 72 hours of submitting your paper or abstract, please contact cardis-submission@wcc2004.org. To submit a paper, you must first submit an abstract by February 9, 2004. After abstract submissions, the contact author will receive a paper number by e-mail. Using this paper number, you must then submit the full paper by February 16, 2004, by uploading the corresponding PDF or PostScript file (these are the only accepted formats), which should follow the templates or style files indicated by the publisher www.wkap.com/ifip/styles). Please preview the manuscript in a viewer to ensure its integrity before submitting. Make sure you visually check uncommon fonts, symbols, equations, etc. A defective print can undermine your chances of success.

Papers submitted after February 16, 2004, or for which no abstract has been timely received, will be discarded without review.

Best Paper Awards: Awards will be handed over at the conference for the best paper and the best student paper.