SPAA '97: Ninth Annual ACM Symposium on Parallel Algorithms and Architectures

Submission Instructions

The electronic submission process has been automated since the original Call For Papers . (Revised Call For Papers ). Rather than just e-mail the postscript to spaa97@cs.berkeley.edu, as requested in the original call, please observe the following instructions.

Register your intention to submit a paper using the paper registration form .
This form will ask you to fill in the logistical details typically on the cover page. This gives us a chance to get you into the data base and verify that we have e-mail contact. It is important that the paper be approximately characterized using keywords provided. Upon successful registration, you will receive e-mail with the code number assigned to the paper. Remember the code number! You will also receive a Perl script that will facilitate step 2.
Upon confirmation of step 1, submit the text abstract and the postscript paper.
Place the Perl script in a directory containing the abtract (a text file) and paper (a postscript file). Execute the Perl script; it will prompt you for abstract and paper filenames and then take care of submitting them.
(Alternatively, you may:
- e-mail a 200-word Abstract (in plain text) to spaa97@cs.berkeley.edu with the subject line consisting of the word ABSTRACT followed by the paper's code number , then
- e-mail the paper to spaa97@cs.berkeley.edu with the subject line consisting of the word PAPER followed by the paper's code number.
This step allows us to start the process of binding papers to PC members while we are verifying that your postscript actually prints. You will get confirmation back that we suceeded in printing the paper.

Remember, you are responsible for ensuring that your paper can be printed and previewed with ghostview; this is the biggest stumbling block with electronic submissions. Papers must be formatted for the North American letter paper page size-8.5 inches by 11 inches or 21.6 cm by 28 cm. All submitted papers will be test printed by the Program Chair on a Hewlett Packard LaserJet 4m+. If the paper cannot be successfully printed, you will be informed by the Program Chair that in its present state, the paper cannot be reviewed (at which point the paper will have to be submitted the old fashioned way, as in the call for papers, with no slippage of deadline).

The chance of successful electronic submission is maximized if all elements of the paper (text, figures, tables) are generated using a Unix system with the standard Unix tools. Avoid unusual fonts. Be aware that Postscript generated by PC tools like Word frequently have portability problems---and files generated by MacIntoshes often have portability problems. So, test before you submit. If you fear there may be a printing problem, you should submit well in advance of the deadline.