Instructions for Authors

General

1. Authors of oral contributions and of posters are invited to provide camera-ready papers for publications in the Proceedings of the QIRT'98 which will be published in the book format like at the previous QIRT conferences. Corresponding authors are asked to assign copyright to QIRT by filling the Copyright transfer form provided.
2. Camera-ready papers written according to the Instructions for Authors should be submitted at QIRT'98 on Sept. 8^th, 1998. Authors are encouraged to provide also electronic version of their camera-ready papers on diskette, so that minor adjustment can be made directly.
3. All papers delivered on Sept. 8^th will be reviewed. Criteria for acceptance are:

• Technical and scientific merit
• Paper written according to Instruction for Authors,
• Drawing clean and clear, no hand-written symbols,
• Relevant literature and previous work properly quoted,
• Correct grammar and English style.

Rules for authors

4. Sheet format: DIN A4 (white210x297),maximum of 6 pages are allowed including figures, the font to be used is Helvetica (or Arial) with the following size:

• title: 18 pts, bold, justified,
• author list: 14 pts bold, right justified,
• affiliation; 10 pts justified, italic,
• abstract: 10 pts justified,
• headings: left adjusted 11 pts, bold,
• text: justified 11 pts with 10 points between paragraphs.

5. Text area is 160 mm (width) x 240 mm (height), (margins - left, right 25mm, top 20mm, bottom 37mm).
6. Headings and sub-headings are numbered as follow:1 or 1.1. or 1.1.1.
7. Allow an indentation of 0.5 cm from the left margin for each paragraph.
8. Words in text that are to be emphasized should not be underlined but typed in italics.
9. References in the text must be called and reported in reference section with square brackets. See the example for more details.
10. Equations are numbered sequentially with numbers enclosed within parenthesis and aligned on the right margin. Equations are located 2.5 cm from the left margin.
11. Figures are gathered at the end of the manuscript. Only high quality laser prints or glossy black and white photographs are acceptable. Type legends to figures in single line spacing (10 points) and place them below the figures. Laser prints should be included directly in the manuscript. Where photographs (half-tones) are to be reproduced, leave the appropriate space. Enclose the original photographs with the text. They should be glossy prints in the size required or larger. Mark the back of photographs clearly so there cannot be any doubt where or which way up they should be placed.
12. Although a color section will be included in the Proceedings, authors are asked to restrict their use of colors due to the high printing cost. For this reason only one color figure per paper is allowed. Color figures must not be pasted in the manuscript, they should come into a separate envelope. Author name and an arrow pointing to the top of the figure must be written with a light pencil on the back of the picture.
13. An abstract of 70 to 100 words should be prepared and included with the manuscript (see the example).