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Papers, posters,  presentations, selection process

Original, unpublished regular papers are solicited. A written technical paper is required for each oral presentation. Accepted regular papers will be published in the proceedings and presented in an oral session at the conference. (Registration and presentation by one author is mandatory).
Short papers reporting on research work in progress are also solicited. Each accepted short paper will be published in the proceedings and presented as poster at the conference (Registration and presentation by one author is mandatory).
Selection will be made by the Programme Committee through a formal review process, based on abstracts of regular papers and on short papers submissions. The list of Programme Committee members is available here . Through the submission process, authors guarantee that the submitted material is not covered by a prior copyright, and accept that the ERTS2 organising bodies have the right to edit, reproduce and distribute it in print format and/or electronic format.

Through the submission process, authors guarantee that the submitted material is not covered by a prior copyright, and accept that the ERTS² organising bodies have the right to edit, reproduce and distribute it in print format and/or electronic format.

REGULAR Abstract & SHORT ABSTRACT Submission

Authors are invited to upload their (4 pages) abstract , by June 18, 2017

REGULAR PAPER SUBMISSION

• First step (abstract submission): authors are invited to upload an abstract of their regular paper by June 18th 2017
   Submit a regular paper
  in English, ‘PDF’ format, character size 10, minimum 2 pages, maximum 4 pages, containing:
  • indication of the category (“abstract of regular paper”);
  • name and affiliation of author(s);
  • keywords (in addition to the selection of the relevant conference topics to do on-line at submission);
  • summary of the intended final regular paper, focusing in particular on:
  - positioning with regards to the state of the art,
  - summary of major results.
  The selected regular paper abstracts will be printed and distributed to the Conference participants. Therefore the use of colours in the abstracts is NOT recommended unless readability can be preserved in black-and-white printed form. Abstracts will be first reviewed by at least 3 members of the Programme Committee, and a shepherding process is in place in order to support the preparation of the final regular paper for each selected abstract.
  Second step (final submission): authors of each selected abstract will have to submit, by October 27th 2017, the full paper (maximum 10 pages, character size 10, in English, “PDF” format) to the programme committee member designated as the shepherd for this paper.
  After shepherd agreement, authors shall upload the final version of their regular paper through the on-line submission process by November 24th 2017.
  The proceedings will be published on electronic support (and therefore colours may be used if needed).
  

SHORT PAPER SUBMISSIOn

• First step (initial submission): authors are invited to upload their short paper by June 18th 2017
  Submit a short paper
  in English, ‘PDF’ format, character size 10, minimum 2 pages, maximum 4 pages, containing:
  • indication of the category (“short paper”);
  • name and affiliation of author(s);
  • keywords (in addition to the selection of the relevant conference topics to do on-line at submission);
  • description of the research work in progress;
  • short positioning with regards to the state of the art;
  • short report of the current results and further plans;
  Second step (final submission): authors will have to revise their submission according to program committee feedback and to submit, by November 24th 2017, their full paper (maximum 4 pages, character size 10, in English, “PDF” format). The proceedings will be published on electronic support (and therefore colours may be used if needed).

Best REGULAR paper awards

A best paper award will be granted per topic.
The program committee will preselect finalists during the paper review phase. The jury will announce their decisions during the conference dinner of ERTS 2018.