Instructions for Authors

To accommodate all papers in the conference volume that will appear in the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Springer), we had to reduce the upper limit of the page numbers for the `long papers' and `long demos' by ONE. So the maximum page numbers and the time allocated for presentation are:


Paper TypePage LengthTime
Long Theory11 pages20 min
Short Theory6 pages15 min
Long Demo11 pages20 min
Short Demo6 pages15 min
Poster2 pagesspecial session



Please, note that the deadline for submitting your paper to the conference volume is September 28 (the last day before the meeting).

All papers should be submitted in the Springer Lecture Notes format; please consult http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html - for details, where you will find answers to most of your technical questions.

Instructions on how to submit the final version of your paper will be provided no later then August 30, 2004.


Please follow the Springer Information for LNCS Authors instructions when preparing the final version of your paper.

So to summarize the author instructions, here is a checklist:
  1. Prepare your paper in LaTeX2e using the LLNCS style available from Springer, and using the standard header from the sample file. Do not use any other styles or macros, and do not modify the Springer style files.

  2. Tar and zip your LaTeX file, all figure files, and the final PostScript or PDF files of the camera ready. This zip archive should contain: 1) a PS or PDF file with the final camera-ready submission. Please ensure that all fonts are embedded and that the file can be printed. 2) Source files. The source file should be a LaTex file as required by LNCS. You should include any necessary additional source files, such as images or figures as separate files. Include figures as PostScript. To save space, we recommend to prepare your figures in black and white and at a resolution of at most 600 DPI.

  3. Upload the zip archive by using the submission button on the gd2004 website.

  4. Fill in and sign the copyright form. Fax it to Farhad Shahrokhi (+1 940 565 2799)

  5. Bring two hard copies of your paper and the signed copyright form to the conference.



Poster Preparation



Authors of papers accepted in the "poster" category are also requested to prepare and bring to the conference a poster of their work. The poster will be displayed on an easel in the area of the conference hall throughout the conference. The size of the poster should be about 420 mm × 594 mm (16.535" × 23,386") that is more or less the size of an A2 sheet. We recommend to adopt the portrait (and not the landscape) orientation.


See you in New York!