Submission procedure
)Submission is a two-stage process. Authors are asked to submit a brief summary of their paper by 13 February 2004, followed by their full paper before18 February 2004(23:59 CET). The strongly preferred submission method for summaries is to use the web-based summary submission form.
Submitted summaries will be assigned a unique tracking number that should be marked on the full paper submission. Authors without access to the Web should send a summary including the title, authors, contact address and abstract of the paper (maximum 200 words), plus keywords drawn from the above list (plus other key-words if appropriate) to the ECAI 2004 Programme Chair (by email or postal mail). The summary information and the tracking number should also be included with the paper itself, on a separate sheet of paper.
Only PDF files will be accepted. A free service to convert a number of widely used file formats to PDF is available at http://createpdf.adobe.com/ (the first three uses of this service are for free).
After entering/revising a summary, the corresponding author will receive an email containing: current summary status, tracking number, authorization code and an active link to the upload site.
Authors not able to use the Web-based submission form may omit the tracking number. The strongly preferred submission method for full papers is electronic uploading through the Web.
An alternative to Web uploading is to send the paper as an Email-attachment to the address ecai04submission@mfn.unipmn.it. In this case the suject field must contain the tracking number of the paper.
Submissions in hardcopy may also be made if electronic submission is problematic for the authors. In that case, six copies of the paper (each including the summary sheet) should be sent by postal mail or courier service to the ECAI 2004 Programme Chair, Lorenza Saitta, at the address below. The deadline for receiving the papers is 18 February 2004 (23:59 CET) for both electronic and hardcopy submissions. Papers received after this date will not be reviewed. Notification of receipt of full papers will be mailed to the corresponding author soon after receipt.
