AuthorGuidelinesforthePreparationofContributionstoSpringerComputerScienceProceedings

AlfredHofmann1,*, RalfGerstner1, AnnaKramer1, and Frank Holzwarth2

1Springer-Verlag, ComputerScience Editorial, Heidelberg, Germany

{alfred.hofmann,ralf.gerstner,anna.kramer}@springer.com

2Springer-Verlag, Technical Support, Heidelberg, Germany

Abstract.Theabstractisamandatoryelementthatshouldsummarizethecon- tentsofthepaperandshouldcontainatleast70andatmost150words.Ab- stractandkeywords arefreelyavailablein SpringerLink.

Keywords:Wewouldliketoencourageyoutolistyourkeywordshere.They should be separated bymiddots.

1Introduction

You will find here Springer’s guidelines for the preparation of proceedings papers to be published in one of the following series, in printed and electronic form:

  • LectureNotesinComputerScience(LNCS),incl.itssubseriesLectureNotesin ArtificialIntelligence(LNAI)andLectureNotesinBioinformatics(LNBI),and LNCS Transactions;
  • Lecture Notes inBusiness Information Processing (LNBIP);
  • Communications inComputer and Information Science (CCIS);
  • LectureNotesoftheInstituteforComputerSciences,SocialInformaticsandTele- communications Engineering (LNICST);
  • IFIPAdvancesinInformationandCommunicationTechnology(IFIPAICT),for- merly known as the IFIP Series;
  • Proceedings in Information and Communication Technology (PICT).

YourcontributionmaybepreparedinLaTeXorMicrosoftWord.TechnicalInstructionsforworkingwithSpringer’sstylefilesandtemplatesareprovidedinseparate documents whichcan be foundin therespective zip packages on our website.

2Preparation of Your Paper

2.1Structuring Your Paper

Affiliations.Theaffiliatedinstitutionsaretobelisteddirectlybelowthenamesofthe authors.MultipleaffiliationsshouldbemarkedwithsuperscriptArabicnumbers,and theyshouldeachstartonanewlineasshowninthisdocument.Inadditiontothename ofyouraffiliation,wewouldaskyoutogivethetownandthecountryinwhichitis situated.Ifyouprefertoincludetheentirepostaladdress,thenpleasefeelfreetodoso. E-mailaddressesshouldstartonanewlineandshouldbegroupedperaffiliation.

Headings.Headingsshouldbecapitalized(i.e.,nouns,verbs,andallotherwords exceptarticles,prepositions,andconjunctionsshouldbesetwithaninitialcapital) andshould,withtheexceptionofthetitle,bealignedtotheleft.Onlythefirsttwo levelsofsectionheadingsshouldbenumbered,asshowninTable1.Therespective fontsizesarealsogiveninTable1.Kindlyrefrainfromusing“0”whennumbering your section headings.

Table 1. Font sizes of headings. Table captions should always be positioned above the tables.

Heading level / Example / Font size and style
Title (centered) / Lecture Notes / 14 point, bold
1st-level heading / 1 Introduction / 12 point, bold
2nd-level heading / 2.1 Printing Area / 10 point, bold
3rd-level heading / Run-in Heading in Bold. Text follows / 10 point, bold
4th-level heading / Lowest Level Heading. Text follows / 10 point, bold

Wordsjoinedbyahyphenaresubjecttoaspecialrule.Ifthefirstwordcanstand alone, the second word should be capitalized.

Herearesomeexamplesofheadings:“CriteriatoDisproveContext-Freenessof CollageLanguages”,“OnCorrectingtheIntrusionofTracingNon-deterministicPro- gramsbySoftware”,“AUser-FriendlyandExtendableDataDistributionSystem”, “Multi-flip Networks: Parallelizing GenSAT”, “Self-determinations of Man”.

Lemmas,Propositions,andTheorems.Thenumbersaccordedtolemmas,proposi- tions,andtheorems,etc.shouldappearinconsecutiveorder,startingwithLemma1. Please do not include section counters inthe numberinglike “Theorem1.1”.

2.2Length of Papers

Weonlywishtopublishpapersofsignificantscientificcontent.Veryshortpapers (offewerthanfourpages)willnotbemadeavailableforindexingandwillnotbe visible as individualpapers on SpringerLink.

2.3PageNumberingandRunningHeads

Thereisnoneedtoincludepagenumbersorrunningheads;thiswillbedoneatour end.Ifyourpapertitleistoolongtoserveasarunninghead,itwillbeshortened. Your suggestionas to how to shorten it would be most welcome.

2.4Figures and Tables

Itisessentialthatallillustrationsareclearandlegible.Vectorgraphics(ratherthan rasterizedimages)shouldbeusedfordiagramsandschemaswheneverpossible. Pleasecheckthatthelinesinlinedrawingsarenotinterruptedandhaveaconstant width.Gridsanddetailswithinthefiguresmustbeclearlylegibleandmaynotbe writtenoneontopoftheother.Linedrawingsaretohavearesolutionofatleast800 dpi(preferably1200dpi).Theletteringinfiguresshouldnotusefontsizes

Fig.1.Powerdistributionofchannelat1555nmalongthelinkof383km(Source:LNCS 5412, p.323)

Fig. 2.Artifactsempoweredby Artificial Intelligence (Source:LNCS 5640, p. 115)

smallerthan6 pt(~2mmcharacterheight).Figuresaretobenumberedandtohavea captionwhichshouldalwaysbepositionedunderthefigures,incontrasttothecaption belonging to a table, which should always appearabove thetable.

Captionsaresetin9-pointtype.Iftheyareshort,theyarecenteredbetweenthe margins.Longercaptions,coveringmorethanoneline,arejustified(Fig.1andFig.2 show examples). Captions thatdo not constitute afull sentence,do nothave a period.

Textfragmentsoffewerthanfourlinesshouldnotappearatthetopsorbottomsof pages,followingatableorfigure.Insuchcases,itisbettertosetthefiguresrightat the top or rightat the bottom of the page.

Ifscreenshotsarenecessary,pleasemakesurethattheessentialcontentisclearto the reader.

Remark1.Intheprintedvolumes,illustrationsaregenerallyblackandwhite(half- tones),andonlyinexceptionalcases,andiftheauthorortheconferenceorganization ispreparedtocovertheextracostsinvolved,arecoloredpicturesaccepted.Colored picturesarewelcomeintheelectronicversionfreeofcharge.Ifyousendcolored figuresthataretobeprintedinblackandwhite,pleasemakesurethattheyreallyare alsolegibleinblackandwhite.Somecolorsshowupverypoorlywhenprintedin black and white.

2.5Formulas

Displayedequationsorformulasarecenteredandsetonaseparateline(withanextra lineorhalflinespaceaboveandbelow).Displayedexpressionsshouldbenumbered forreference.Thenumbersshouldbeconsecutivewithinthecontribution,withnum- bersenclosedinparenthesesandset onthe rightmargin.Pleasedo notincludesection counters inthe numbering.

x + y = z(1)

Equationsshouldbepunctuatedinthesamewayasordinarytextbutwithasmall space before the end punctuation mark.

2.6Footnotes

Thesuperscriptnumeralusedtorefertoafootnoteappearsinthetexteitherdirectly afterthe word tobe discussedor –inrelationtoa phraseorasentence –followingthe punctuation mark (comma, semicolon, or period).1

Forremarkspertainingtothetitleortheauthors’names,intheheaderofapaper, symbolsshouldbeusedinsteadofanumber(seefirstpageofthisdocument).Please note that no footnotes may be included in the abstract.

2.7ProgramCode

Programlistings or program commands inthetext arenormally set intypewriterfont:

program Inflation (Output)

{Assuming annual inflation rates of 7%, 8%, and 10%,... years};

constMaxYears = 10;

varYear: 0..MaxYears;

Factor1, Factor2, Factor3: Real;

begin

Year := 0;

Factor1 := 1.0; Factor2 := 1.0; Factor3 := 1.0;

WriteLn('Year 7% 8% 10%'); WriteLn; repeat

Year := Year + 1;

Factor1 := Factor1 * 1.07; Factor2 := Factor2 * 1.08; Factor3 := Factor3 * 1.10;

WriteLn(Year:5,Factor1:7:3,Factor2:7:3, Factor3:7:3)

until Year = MaxYears end.

[ExampleofacomputerprogramfromJensenK.,WirthN.:PascalUserManualand Report. Springer, New York (1991)]

2.8CitationsandBibliography

Forcitationsinthetext,pleaseusesquarebracketsandconsecutivenumbers.We wouldwrite[1,2,3,4,5]forconsecutivenumbersand[1],[3],[5]fornon-consecutive numbers. The numbers inthe bibliography section are withoutsquare brackets.

PleasewriteallreferencesusingtheLatinalphabet.Ifthetitleofthebookyouare referringtois,e.g.,inRussianorChinese,thenpleasewrite(inRussian)or(inChi- nese) at theend of the transcript or translation of the title.

InordertopermitcrossreferencingwithinSpringerLink,andeventuallybetween differentpublishersandtheir online databases,Springerstandardizestheformatofthe references.Thisfeatureaimstoincreasethevisibilityofpublicationsandfacilitate academicresearch.Pleasebaseyourreferencesontheexamplesgivenintherefer- encessectionoftheseinstructions.Referencesthatdonotadheretothisstylewillbe reformatted at our end.

WewouldliketodrawyourattentiontothefactthatreferencestoLNCSproceed- ingspapersareparticularlyoftenreformattedduetomissingeditornamesorincom- pletepublisherinformation.Thisadjustmentmayresultinthefinalpapersaspub- lishedbySpringerhavingmorepagesthantheoriginalversionsassubmittedbythe authors. Here is an example:

Reference as formatted in author’s original version:

Assemlal,H.E.,Tschumperlé,D.,Brun,L.:EfficientComputationofPDF-BasedCharacteristicsfromDiffusionMR Signal.In:MICCAI.Volume5242.(2008)70–78

Reference after reformatting by Springer:

Assemlal,H.E.,Tschumperlé,D.,Brun,L.:EfficientComputationofPDF-BasedCharacteristicsfromDiffusionMRSignal.In:Metaxas,D.,Axel,L.,Fichtinger,G.,Székely,G.(eds.) MICCAI 2008, Part II. LNCS,vol. 5242, pp.70–78.Springer,Heidelberg(2008)

One more line is needed for this reference, as a result of Springer’s adjustment.

Pleasemakesurethatallyoursourcesarecorrectlylistedinthereferencesection. Do not include references to pieces of workthat are not connected with your paper.

Thereferencessectionattheendofthispapershowsasamplereferencelistwithentriesforjournalarticles[1],anLNCSchapter[2],abook[3],proceedingswithout editors[4]and[5],aswellasaURL[6].PleasenotethatSpringerproceedingsare cited withtheir publication acronyms and volume numbers.

2.9Plagiarism

Springertakesplagiarismseriously.Ifanauthorhascopiedfromanotherauthoror hasusedpartsofanotherauthor’swork(text,tables,figures,etc.),withouthisorher permissionand a reference, thenthe paperonSpringerLink will be given a “retracted” stamp,andanerratumexplainingthereasonsfortheretractionwillbeincluded.In addition,thevolumeeditorsandtheauthor’sacademicsupervisorswillbeinformed thatplagiarism hasbeencommitted.Please notethataretractedpaper remainsvisible, with its “retracted” stamp. Itdoes not simply disappear.

Acknowledgements.Thisshouldalwaysbearun-inheadingandnotasectionor subsectionheading.Itshouldnotbeassignedanumber.Theacknowledgementsmay includereferencetograntsorsupportsreceivedinrelationtotheworkpresentedin the paper.

3AdditionalInformationRequired from Authors

3.1Copyright Form

TherearedifferentcopyrightformsinplaceforthedifferentSpringerComputerSci- enceproceedingsbookseries.Aprefilledcopyrightform isusuallyavailablefrom the conferencewebsite.Pleasesendyoursignedcopyrightformtoyourconferencepubli- cationcontact,eitherasascannedPDForbyfaxorbycourier.Oneauthormaysign onbehalfofalloftheotherauthorsofaparticularpaper.Inthiscase,theauthorsigns forandacceptsresponsibilityforreleasingthismaterialonbehalfofanyandallco- authors. Digital signatures are not acceptable.

3.2Contact Author Information

Kindlyassurethat,whenyousubmitthefinalversionofyourpaper,youalsoprovide thenameande-mailaddressofthecontactauthorforyourpaper.Thesedetailsare usedtocompilealistofcontactauthorsforourtypesettingpartnersSPSinIndia.The contactauthormustbeavailabletocheckthepaperroughlysevenweeksbeforethe startoftheconference,orbeforethebookisduetoleavetheprintingoffice,inthe case of post-conference proceedings.

3.3CorrectRepresentationofAuthorNames

Authors’namesshouldbewrittenoutinfullatthetopsofthepapers.Theyareshort- enedbyusto“initialssurname”intherunningheadsandtaketheform“surname, givenname”intheauthorindex.Ifyouoranyofyourco-authorshavemorethanone familyname,itshouldbemadequiteclearhowyournameistobedisplayedinthe runningheadsandtheauthorindex.Chineseauthorsshouldwritetheirgivennames infrontoftheirsurnamesatthetopsoftheirpapers.Ifyouonlyhaveone(main) name,pleasemakesurethatthisnameiswrittenoutinfullintherunningheads, whenyoucheckyourfinalPDF.Namesandaffiliationscannotbechangedoncea paper has been published.

4Typesetting of Your Paper at Springer

Pleasemakesurethatthepaperyousubmitisfinalandcomplete,thatanycopyright issues have been resolved, that the authors listed at the top of the chapter really are the finalauthors,andthatyouhavenotomittedanyreferences.Followingpublication,it isnotpossibletoalterorwithdrawyourpaperonSpringerLink.Kindlynotethatwe prefer the use of American English.

4.1What Will BeDone withYour Paper

Iftheinstructionshavebeenfollowedclosely,thenonlyveryminoralterationswillbe madetoyourpaper.TheproductionteamatSPScheckstheformatofthepaper,andif, forexample,verticalspacinghasbeeninsertedorremoved,thenthisisremedied.In addition,running-heads,finalpagenumbers,andacopyrightlineareinserted,andthe capitalizationoftheheadingsischeckedandcorrectedifneedbe.Finally,therefer- encesectionisattunedtoourspecifications(seealsoSection2.7).Lighttechnical copyeditingmayalsobeperformedforpost-proceedings.

4.2ProofReading Stage

Oncethefileshavebeenworkedupon,SPSsendsacopyofthefinalPDFofeach papertoitscontactauthor.ThecontactauthorisaskedtocheckthroughthefinalPDFtomakesurethatnoerrorshavecreptinduringthetransferorpreparationofthefiles. Thisshouldnotbeseenasanopportunitytoupdateorcopyeditthepaper,whichis notpossibleduetotimeconstraints.Onlyerrorsintroducedduringthepreparationof the fileswill be corrected. Particular attentionshould be paidto thereferences section.

IfSPSdoesnotreceiveareplyfromaparticularcontactauthor,withinthe timeframegiven(usually72hours),thenitispresumedthattheauthorhasfoundno errorsinthepaper.Thetightpublicationscheduleofourproceedingsseriesdoesnot allow SPS tosend remindersor search for alternative e-mail addresses on the Internet.

Insomecases,itisthecontactvolumeeditororthepublicationchairwhochecks all of the PDFs. In suchcases, the authors are not involved inthe checkingphase.

Thepurposeoftheproofistocheckfortypesettingorconversionerrorsandthe completenessandaccuracyofthetext,tables,andfigures.Substantialchangesincontent,e.g.,newresults,correctedvalues,titleandauthorship,arenotpossibleand cannotbe processed.

5Online Publication in SpringerLink

Allpapersarepublishedinourdigitallibrary,SpringerLink.Onlysubscribersto Springer’seBookpackagesortotheelectronicbookseriesareabletoaccessthefull textPDFsofouronlinepublications.Frontandbackmatter,aswellasabstractsand references, are freely available for all users.

6ChecklistofItemstoBe Sent to Volume Editor

  • The final source files, incl. any non-standard fonts.
  • A final PDF file correspondingexactly tothe final source files.
  • A copyright form, signed byone author on behalf of allof the authors of the paper.
  • Thenameande-mailaddressofthecontactauthorwhowillchecktheproofof the paper.
  • A suggestion for an abbreviated running head, if appropriate.
  • Information about correctrepresentation of authors’ names, where necessary.

Appendix: Springer Author Discount

AuthorscontributingtoanyofSpringer’scomputerscienceproceedingspublications areentitledtoa33.3%discountoffallSpringerproductswhenplacinganorder through book+authors?SGWID=0-154102-12-99823-0.Hereyouwillbegiven instructions astohow to apply for your discount.

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