The extended abstract should be 5-7 pages long or about 2500-3500 words, not counting references and figures. In addition, you may submit a full paper for use by the program committee if there are questions about the abstract, but the full paper is not required. Longer submissions, not accompanied by an appropriate extended abstract, will be penalized in the review process.

The full papers resulting from accepted abstracts will go through an editorial review cycle with a member of the program committee, and should end up about 10-12 pages long. Very similar papers must not have been published or concurrently submitted for publication elsewhere, with two specific exceptions.

The objective of an extended abstract is to convince the reviewers that a good paper and 25-minute presentation will result. It is important to identify what has been accomplished, to explain why it is significant, and to compare with prior work in the field, demonstrating knowledge of the relevant literature. The extended abstract should represent the paper in "short form." It must include the abstract as it will appear in the final paper. The body of the extended abstract should be complete paragraphs, not just an outline of the paper. (Sections present in the full paper but omitted from the abstract may be summarized in terse form.) Authors should include full references, figures when available, and as is usually appropriate, performance data. Such data also help indicate the status of the implementation, often a crucial issue. The abstract will be judged on significance, originality, clarity, relevance, and correctness. All submissions will be held in the highest confidence prior to publication. Papers accompanied by so called "non-disclosure agreement" forms are not acceptable and will be returned unread.

Please read the detailed author guidelines