Instructions to the authors
This page contains information for the authors contributing to the COMPSTAT'2008 Symposium.

Keynote Lectures

Keynote speakers are requested to supply a paper of up to 16 pages for inclusion in the published COMPSTAT'2008 proceedings. A separate Abstract should be supplied as well.
60 minutes are usually available for presentation, including discussions.

Invited Lectures

Each COMPSTAT meeting is organized with a number of topics highlighted reflecting fields of major interest for statistical computing and novel, developing areas. The organizers of each session invite several key speakers. Papers from these speakers form a major part of the published proceedings volume.
Invited authors are requested to supply a paper of up to 12 pages for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings. A separate Abstract should be supplied as well.
30 minutes are usually available for presentation, including discussion.

Contributed Papers

COMPSTAT 2008 Symposium will include standard contributed paper sessions. These may relate to the invited paper sessions, but do not need to do so. Contributed papers should be up to 8 pages long. A separate Abstract should be supplied as well. Accepted contributed papers will be included on the locally produced CD, subject to conference registration.
20 minutes will be available for presentation of a contributed paper including open discussion. The authors are entitled to choose between oral and poster presentation.

Posters

Each participant presenting a poster will have available space of A0 size. To promote the success of posters, structured dedicated sessions will be organized where authors are expected to present their work shortly (2 slides).

Single Abstract Submission

Authors in Contributed Sessions (Oral or Poster) who do not wish to submit a full paper for the Conference CD, may submit a Single Abstract. The deadline for Single Abstract submission is May 20th, 2008. Accepted Abstracts will be published in the Abstract Book, but not in the Conference Proceedings neither on the CD.
In case the total number of slots available for oral presentations is attained, Single Abstract submissions will be considered for poster presentations.

Selection of Contributed Papers/Abstracts

  1. Submissions which are clearly inappropriate or of unacceptably poor quality for COMPSTAT will be rejected.
  2. Submissions that do not respect the technical instructions will not be considered.

Restrictions and Exclusions

Authors of Contributed Submissions must commit themselves to attendance by paying their registration fees before the deadline, for committing their papers to the publications. Those who have not paid should not be included in the publications and the program.

Summary

The number of pages for the proceedings and electronic proceedings on CD is established as follows:
 
Keynote lecturesup to 16 pages
Invited lecturesup to 12 pages
Contributed sessions (oral or poster) for CDup to 8 pages
 
All papers are refereed.

Styleguides (ABSTRACTS & PAPERS)

The use of LaTeX for the preparation of all written texts, i.e. both abstracts and papers is mandatory. For preparation of your abstract and/or paper in LaTeX please use the style files below. Please, read carefully the instructions, and do not use your personal macros. The length of the abstract including references may not exceed one page.
The authors should submit the paper, together with a separate abstract, no later than January 20th, 2008.
Single Abstracts may be submitted until May 20th, 2008.

TEMPLATES

Please, use the following templates for the preparation of your Paper:
     - LaTeX style file for COMPSTAT 2008 Paper: COMPSTAT2008.zip

Please, use the following templates for the preparation of your Abstract:
     - LaTeX style file for COMPSTAT 2008 Abstract: COMPSTAT2008_Abstracts.zip

 

Free LaTeX compiler: MiKTeX

Free LaTeX editors:
TeXnicCenter
Texmaker
LyX

Free Equation editor:
TeXaide

Free LaTeX Manual:
"A (Not So) Short Introduction to LaTeX2e" from the CTAN team