Springer-Guidelines-for-Authors-of-Proceedings

SpringerGuidelinesforAuthorsofProceedings1ScopeofThisDocumentThisdocumentconstitutesSpringer’sguidelinesforthepreparationofproceedingspapers.Thesemaybestand-aloneproceedingsorpartofaseries.Hereisalistofsomeofourmainproceedingsseries:LectureNotesinComputerScience(LNCS),incl.itssubseriesLectureNotesinArtificialIntelligence(LNAI)andLectureNotesinBioinformatics(LNBI),andLNCSTransactions(contact:[e-mail]);LectureNotesinElectricalEngineering(LNEE)(contact:[e-mail])CommunicationsinComputerandInformationScience(CCIS)(contact:[e-mail]);IFIPAdvancesinInformationandCommunicationTechnology(IFIPAICT),formerlyknownastheIFIPSeries(contact:[e-mail]);AdvancesinIntelligentSystemsandComputing(AISC)(contact:[e-mail])SpringerProceedingsinPhysics(contact:[e-mail])LectureNotesinBusinessInformationProcessing(LNBIP)(contact:[e-mail]);SpringerProceedingsinMathematicsandStatistics(PROMS)(contact:[e-mail])2PreparationofYourPaperYourcontributionmaybepreparedinLaTeXorMicrosoftWord.TechnicalInstruc-tionsforworkingwithSpringer’sstylefilesandtemplatesareprovidedinseparatedocumentswhichcanbefoundat(LaTeXfileswithalltheassociatedstylefiles,specialfontsandepsfiles,orWordorrtffiles)andthefinalpdfsofallofthepapers.PleasenotethatwecannotacceptFramemakerfiles.ReferencesaretobesuppliedasBblfilestoavoidomissionofdataduringconversionfromBibtoBbl.OurpreferredbibliographicstylesareMathPhySci(particularlyforcomputerscience)andBasic(pleaseseethereferencesattheendofthisdocumentforexamplesofthesetwostyles).Thevolumeeditors,usuallytheprogramchairs,willbeyourmainpointsofcontactforthepreparationofthevolume.22.1StructuringYourPaperAffiliations,Email-Addresses,andORCIDs.Theaffiliatedinstitutions,includingtown/cityandcountry,aretobelisteddirectlybelowthenamesoftheauthors.Multi-pleaffiliationsshouldbemarkedwithsuperscriptArabicnumbers,andtheyshouldeachstartonanewline.Includingyourpostalcodeisoptional.WeencourageauthorstoincludetheirORCIDsinsuperscriptnexttotheirnames(seeSect.3.4fordetails).Pleaseplaceanenvelopeicon(oranyotherpointer)nexttothenameofthecorre-spondingauthor,whoseemailaddressismandatory,intheheaderofthepaper.Emailaddressesshouldstartonanewlinedirectlyunderthecorrespondingaffiliation.Westronglyrecommendthatallauthorsincludetheiremailaddressesintheirpa-pers.ThesewillbeusedbySpringertoprovideauthorswithapersonalMySpringeraccountwheretheycandownloadafreecopyoftheeBook.Inaddition,allauthorswillbeoffereda40%discountonanyeBookorprintbookorderfromourwebshop.BoththefreeeBookandtheauthordiscountwillbeactivatedonMySpringer(SeeSect.8).Headings.Headingsshouldbecapitalized(i.e.,nouns,verbs,andallotherwordsexceptarticles,prepositions,andconjunctionsshouldbesetwithaninitialcapital)andshould,withtheexceptionofthetitle,bealignedtotheleft.Onlythefirsttwolevelsofsectionheadingsshouldbenumbered,asshowninTable1.TherespectivefontsizesarealsogiveninTable1.Kindlyrefrainfromusing“0”whennumberingyoursectionheadings.Table1.Fontsizesofheadings.Tablecaptionsshouldalwaysbepositionedabovethetables.HeadinglevelExampleFontsizeandstyleTitle(centered)LectureNotes14point,bold1st-levelheading1Introduction12point,bold2nd-levelheading2.1PrintingArea10point,bold3rd-levelheadingRun-inHeadinginBold.Textfollows10point,bold4th-levelheadingLowestLevelHeading.Textfollows10point,italicWordsjoinedbyahyphenaresubjecttoaspecialrule.Ifthefirstwordcanstandalone,thesecondwordshouldbecapitalized.Herearesomeexamplesofheadings:“CriteriatoDisproveContext-FreenessofCollageLanguages”,“OnCorrectingtheIntrusionofTracingNon-deterministicPro-gramsbySoftware”,“AUser-FriendlyandExtendableDataDistributionSystem”,“Multi-flipNetworks:ParallelizingGenSAT”,“Self-determinationsofMan”.Lemmas,Propositions,andTheorems.Thenumbersaccordedtolemmas,proposi-tions,andtheorems,etc.shouldappearinconsecutiveorder,startingwithLemma1.Pleasedonotincludesectioncountersinthenumberinglike“Theorem1.1”.32.2LengthofPapersThemostcommontypesofpapersacceptedforpublicationarefullpapers(10–20+pages)andshortpapers(6+pages),whereapageconstitutes300-400words.Weonlywishtopublishpapersofsignificantscientificcontent.Veryshortpapers(offewerthan4pages)maybemovedtothebackmatter.SuchpaperswillneitherbeavailableforindexingnorvisibleasindividualpapersonSpringerLink.Theywill,however,belistedintheTableofContents.2.3FontsWeaimtopublishallproceedingspapersinfull-textxml.OurxmltemplatesforLa-TeXarebasedonCMR,ourxmltemplatesforWordarebasedonTimes.Weaskyoutousethefontaccordingtothetemplateusedforyourpapers.Papersusingotherfontswillbeconvertedbyourtypesetters.2.4PageNumberingandRunningHeadsThereisnoneedtoincludepagenumbersorrunningheads;thiswillbedoneatourend.Ifyourpapertitleistoolongtoserveasarunninghead,itwillbeshortened.Yoursuggestionastohowtoshortenitwouldbemostwelcome.2.5FiguresandTablesItisessentialthatallillustrationsar