DCCA-7 Instructions

Seventh IFIP International Working Conference on

Dependable Computing for Critical Applications

Can we rely on computers?
January 6-8, 1999
San Jose, California, USA

Organized by: IFIP Working Group 10.4 on Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance
In cooperation with (approvals pending): The Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
IFIP Technical Committee 11 on Security and Protection in Information Processing Systems
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Fault-Tolerant Computing
EWICS Technical Committee 7 on Systems Reliability, Safety and Security

Instructions for Preparing and Submitting Papers to DCCA-7

Submitted papers must be original work, neither published, nor accepted, nor submitted elsewhere. Papers must include a short abstract and a list of keywords to assist in assigning reviewers.

Important Dates

Submission deadline: 3 August 1998
Notification of acceptance: 12 October 1998
Camera-ready copy: 14 December 1998
Conference: 6-8 January 1999

Length and Format

Papers must not exceed 6,000 words, or 20 pages in the format specified below (whichever is shorter). Papers that exceed these limits will be rejected without review.

Papers should be formatted according to the specifications for a book of collected papers published by IEEE Computer Society Press. (Note: this format is completely different from the IEEE proceedings format--your paper should look like this example [dvi version, postscript version], which also provides the specifications.)

These specifications, together with LaTeX and MS Word templates are are available by anonymous FTP from ftp://ftp.computer.org/pub/outgoing/cspress/books. You can either click on this link or ftp by hand (instructions below if you need them).

Instructions for obtaining templates by FTP

ftp to host: ftp.computer.org logon as: anonymous use as a password: your email address go to the directory: /pub/outgoing/cspress/books get the files you need (start with readme.txt) Please make sure your pages are numbered (the instructions talk about turning page numbering off, but that's for the final camera-ready form; for reviewing we want page numbering on).

LaTeX Notes

The LaTeX template uses three packages: times, indentfirst, and fancyhdr. The first two are part of any standard LaTeX2e distribution; fancyhdr is a recent replacement for fancyheadings.sty (the older file will not work here). If you are lacking any of these files, please retrieve them from a convenient CTAN site:
- USA (simplest interface--use the search, or here's a direct link for fancyhdr.sty)
- UK
- Germany (in German)
In case of difficulty, you may substitute Computer-Modern for the Times fonts (by omitting the times package--in fact, you may omit any of the usepackage declarations from the template file), but may not change the font sizes nor page margins.
The LaTeX template requires LaTeX2e. If you absolutely must use LaTeX 2.09 (not recommended and not acceptable for camera-ready versions), pick up the files csmult209.tex and csinstr209.tex

Submission Procedures

Your paper must be submitted electronically as a self-contained postscript (strongly preferred) or Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file. Please follow these steps:

Create a self-contained postscript or acrobat file for your paper. Check that it can be processed satisfactorily by standard viewers (Ghostview, Acrobat Reader) and printers (Ghostscript, generic postscript printers). You are encouraged to check postscript files with the pscheck program (many Mac and Windows programs generate faulty postscript).
Optionally compress postscript files with either Unix Compress, GNU gzip, or DOS/Windows ZIP. Acrobat files are already compressed.
If your paper is in acrobat format, or if your postscript file is compressed, then use UUencode or mime-encapsulation so that the binary file will get through the mail ok. You are encouraged to practice by mailing the file to yourself to check that it can be received and processed correctly.
Fill in and submit the DCCA electronic submission form
Email the file containing your paper to Rushby@csl.sri.com in a message with "DCCA7 submission" as the subject.

You will receive an acknowledgment when we have checked that your file can be viewed and printed ok.

Exceptions

Persons in countries with poor internet connectivity, or for whom these submission requirements are onerous in some other way, may submit a single hard copy of their paper by regular mail, or an electronic copy, in whatever format they can manage, to the following address. Papers must be capable of being intepreted by a generic Unix system and must still be received by the deadline. Dr. John Rushby Tel: +1 (650) 859-5456 DCCA Program Committee Chair Fax: +1 (650) 859-2844 Computer Science Laboratory Email: Rushby@csl.sri.com SRI International 333 Ravenswood Avenue Menlo Park CA 94025 USA Back to DCCA-7 Call for Papers

Last changed 26 July 1998 by John Rushby: Rushby@csl.sri.com