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Author Guidelines

Preparing for Submission

Submission of a full paper manuscript implies that the work has not been submitted to or published in any other conference or journal, in the same or similar form, in English or in any other language. Manuscripts previously published in a workshop, symposium, or conference can be submitted for consideration provided that the authors inform the editorial office at the time of submission and that the manuscripts have undergone substantial revision. 



Full Papers

AUTHORS MUST USE THE SPRINGER TEMPLATE AND SUBMIT AS A ms WORD OR WORD COMPATIBLE FILE

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More information on Springer templates

A manuscript must include an abstract containing no more than 200 words. It should indicate the techniques used and summarize the most important results. Statements about relevance to design practice should be included (25-50 words).

  • Full papers are max. 15 pages, performance and demo papers are max. 5 pages, including figures and references.
  • The text should be single-spaced, 10-point font and employ italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses).
  • All figures should be cited in the text and numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. A caption of no more than 15 words should be provided. The preferred formats for figures are PNG and JPEG. All figures should be placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • All tables should be cited in the text and numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. A title of no more than 15 words and a legend explaining any abbreviation used in that table should be provided. All tables should be placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • All URL addresses in the text (e.g., http://www.desform.org) should be activated and ready to click.
  • Authors are encouraged to submit multimedia files that are essential to the conclusions of the manuscript. Multimedia files, such as 3-dimensional computer models, videos, and interactive demonstrations, will be published as online extra to the manuscript. The preferred formats are MPEG and Quicktime.
  • Authors are required to obtain permission to reproduce previously copyrighted materials from other sources in both print and electronic form.
  • The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. The APA style of referencing should be used.

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

  1. THE SUBMITTED PAPER MUST BE IN A CAMERA READY FORMAT USING THE SPRINGER WORD TEMPLATE

     

    NB  The preferred format  is Microsoft Word documents (.doc or .rtf) or compatible text files ... NOT PDF !

  2. Full papers are max. 15 pages, performance and demo papers are max. 5 pages, including figures and references.
  3. Information about the authors’ identities can be included in the paper submission

  4. NB Text should be created using the springer template formating

    Download Springer template

  5. All figures should be cited in the text and numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. A caption of no more than 15 words should be provided. The preferred formats for figures are PNG and JPEG. All figures should be placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  6. All tables should be cited in the text and numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. A title of no more than 15 words and a legend explaining any abbreviation used in that table should be provided. All tables should be placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  7. Authors are required to obtain permission to reproduce previously copyrighted materials from other sources in both print and electronic form.
  8. The APA style of referencing should be used. The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication, and no footnotes should appear in text.
 

Copyright Notice

Authors who submit to this conference agree to the following terms:
a) Authors retain copyright over their work, while allowing the conference to place this unpublished work under a Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows others to freely access, use, and share the work, with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and its initial presentation at this conference.
b) Authors are able to waive the terms of the CC license and enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution and subsequent publication of this work (e.g., publish a revised version in a journal, post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial presentation at this conference.
c) In addition, authors are encouraged to post and share their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) at any point before and after the conference.

Privacy Statement

 

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