Short Papers

Submissions are solicited for short papers that address any of the conference topics. Authors are encouraged to submit late-breaking research results and work in progress that show the latest innovative ideas. Short paper submissions should report original work and must not have been published previously nor be a condensed version of previously published papers. All short paper submissions will be peer-reviewed by an international panel of experts. The review process will retain the anonymity of authors and reviewers.

Submit short papers of a maximum of 4 pages in .PDF format by 30 March 2009, using the conference submission system that will be made available through this official conference website. Papers must be formatted according to the LNCS (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) format (see this page for a downloadable template. Accepted short papers must be presented at the conference and will be published by Springer in the LNCS Series. Authors must guarantee the anonymity of their submissions (please remove names and affiliations from the first page and any other material that would allow reviewers to identify the authors).

The visual nature of the short paper submission will be assessed by the reviewer. In case it is judged pertinent for the audience, authors of accepted short paper submission might be proposed to present their paper in the Interactive Poster session.