INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

PAPERS

Papers should be written in English.
A paper should not exceed six printed pages.
Camera-ready papers should be prepared according to Instructions to authors that are available here in a raw text file (instruct.txt), a Word file (instruct.doc), a PDF file (instruct.pdf), and a Postscript file (instruct.ps). Instructions are derived from those provided by the IEEE Computer Society Press (with their permission).
Files instruct.doc, instruct.pdf, and instruct.ps serves also as a sample of the paper layout that is requested.
Be sure to respect defined margins.
A format sheet with the margins and placement guides is available as a Word file, a PDF file and a Postscript file.
A paper should be submitted both electronically and in hard-copy within the deadlines.
Electronic submission is done in PDF or Postscript format only.
Hard copy of the full paper, identical to the electronic version and printed on a laser printer, should be sent to the ITI Conference secretariat
Contributed papers will be reviewed by two independent referees.
At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register.
Invited papers, and accepted contributed papers will be published in the ITI Conference Proceedings (ISSN 1330-1012), and distributed during the Conference.
Proceedings is included in the IEEE Book Broker Program both as a book (ISBN 953-96769-6-7, IEEE Catalog Number 03EX645) and on CD-ROM (ISBN 953-96769-7-5, IEEE Catalog Number: 03EX645C), and abstracted in the INSPEC database.
The best papers presented at the Conference will be considered for publishing in the international journals: Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (IMACS Journal), CIT - Journal of Computing and Information Technology, and INFORMATICA.

STUDENT PAPERS (submitted for Student Paper Competition)

Guidelines, Procedures and Awards

1. Only student authors are eligible. Co-authorship with other students and/or faculty advisers is permitted, but the competing student author must be the first author and identified as the lead author. Communication is with the lead student author. The lead student authors of each paper must be registered at a college or university, either as an undergraduate or graduate student, and must have written the paper while so registered. Lead Student authors will be requested to provide verification in this regard (e.g. a valid ID card), which also entitles them to the discounted student rate.
2. Student paper must be prepared according to the ITI guidelines for submitting papers (see above). The topic of the paper must be related to the field of one of ITI topics. The paper will be reviewed in accordance with the ITI review procedures. Comments from the reviewers will be forwarded to the lead author, responsible for all required communication. If the paper is accepted, it will be placed into the Student Paper Competition Sessions at the Conference.
3. The final paper must be written in accordance with ITI Instructions to Authors, and all reviewer comments must be resolved. The final paper will be published in the Conference Proceedings.
4. The lead student author must present the paper in the Student Paper Competition Sessions at the Conference. The paper will be judged, along with others in the sessions, based on written technical content (70%) and on presentation effectiveness (30%). The Competition Judges will select one Outstanding Undergraduate Student Paper and one Outstanding Graduate Student Paper. A special certificate will be awarded to the student authors of the winning papers; and prizes (to be announced) will be awarded to the Lead Student Author of the winning papers.

POSTER ABSTRACTS

Poster abstracts should be written in English.
An abstract should not exceed two printed pages.
Camera-ready poster abstracts should be prepared according to the adequate sections in Instructions to authors (instruct.doc, instruct.pdf, or instruct.ps) for the contributed papers.
Files instruct.doc, instruct.pdf, or instruct.ps serves also as a sample of the poster abstract layout that is requested.
Be sure to respect defined margins.
A format sheet with the margins and placement guides is available as a Word file, a PDF file and a Postscript file.
A paper should be submitted both electronically and in hard-copy within the deadlines.
Electronic submission is done in PDF or Postscript format only
Hard copy of the full paper, identical to the electronic version and printed on a laser printer, should be sent to the ITI Conference secretariat
Poster abstracts will be reviewed by Proceedings editors.
At least one author of each accepted poster abstract is required to register.
Accepted poster abstracts will be published in the adjunct Poster Abstracts booklet.
Poster Abstracts booklet will be distributed during the Conference.

Poster abstract organization.

Poster abstract should be arranged in the following order:

1. Title (centered)

2. Author(s) (centered),

3. Author affiliation(s) with full address(es) (centered),

4. e-mail address(es) (centered)

5. The text (arranged in two spaced columns)

6. Key words

7. References

IMPORTANT (margins)

If paper size is A4: 21x29.7 cm (8.3x11.7"), margins around the text are 2.5 cm (1");
If paper size is Letter: 21.6x27.9 cm (8.5x11") margins around the text are: left and right 2.8 cm (1.1"), and top and bottom 1.6 cm (0.63").

Depending on paper size, be sure to respect defined margins for both papers and poster abstracts.