Author's Kit

All papers accepted to the archival track will be published in the LNICST series (Lecture Notes of ICST) in cooperation with Springer and will be available on-line through Springer Link.

Format instructions


  1. Papers presented at this conference must be prepared according to LNICST style instructions.
  2. Archival papers can be at most 12 pages in the LNICST format. Working papers can be any length, but must be in PDF format.
  3. Please refer to the readme.txt file for a guide on what is located in Springer-Verlag LNICST ftp directory. This directory includes author instructions as well as templates and style sheets to make formatting your submission easier.
  4. You can chose whether you want to prepare your paper in LaTeX or in word. However, we recommend LaTeX, especially for archival papers.
  5. Failure to meet the formatting guidelines set by Springer-Verlag LNICST could result in your paper not being included in the Proceedings.
Camera-ready submission instructions will be available in January.

Dates & News

Submission Deadline
Nov 28, 2008

Notification of acceptance/rejection
Mid January 2009

Final versions of archival papers due
Late February 2009

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