These are submission instructions for authors wanting to have papers, panels, tutorial proposals, and workshop position statements reviewed for possible inclusion in the conference proceedings.  Instructions for submission of camera-ready copies of accepted papers will be provided later.

You may submit your files in Microsoft Word (with a .doc extension), WordPerfect (.wpd), Rich Text Format (.rtf), or PostScript (.ps) format.  The Program Chair will be using Word 97 for Windows 95/NT for reading the Word and WordPerfect files, and GhostScript 4.03 for reading the PostScript files.

The suggested format is 8.5 by 11 inch pages.  Those authors who use A4 format instead of 8.5 by 11 are requested to do one of the following: 1) Convert the document to 8.5 by 11 just before submitting it electronically (preferred), or 2) submit the document in Word, WordPerfect, or Rich Text Format, and the Program Chair will then convert it before releasing the document for review.

There is a limit of 5,000 words for papers, 1,200 words for workshop position statements, and 800 words for panel and tutorial proposals.  (The camera-ready copy that goes in the 6 by 9 inch conference proceedings will be restricted to twelve pages for papers, three pages for workshop position statements, and two pages for panels and tutorials.)

At the beginning of your document, please provide the following information:

• title of the submission
• full contact information for the primary author/panel moderator/tutorial leader (name, affiliation, postal street address, phone number, fax number, and email address), and
• the name and affiliation of any other authors
• type of submission (paper, panel, tutorial, or position statement - specify which workshop in the latter case)
• Here is an example of the beginning-of-document information.

Submission Options

• Email your files to the Program Chair. (This is the highly preferred method.)  Please make only one submission per email message.  (An email submission message should contain an attachment with a single file with a .doc, .wpd, .rtf, or .ps extension.)
• Send your files on a floppy disk through postal or express mail to the Program Chair, using the address given below.
• Send a printed copy of your submission to the address given below.  (Use this method only as a last resort.)

If you have any questions, please contact the Program Chair:

Donald J. Bagert
Department of Computer Science
Texas Tech University
8th and Boston
Lubbock TX 79409-3104
Phone: 806-742-1189
Fax: 806-742-3519
Email:  bagert@ttu.edu