Instructions for submissions to the FSMNLP 2005 pre-proceedings
Instructions for the offical post-proceedings in LNAI Series are
here HERE (now available!).
Stages
For the occasion of FSMNLP 2005, a CD pre-proceedings will be
produced. This is due to 28 June, 2005. We plan to
compile the preproceedings in June before our vacation.
Please send the LaTeX sources of the final pre-proceedings version of
your contribution to the address
fsmnlp(--at--)ling.helsinki.fi
After the workshop, that authors are allowed to upgrade their papers
until perfection for the publication in the formal proceedings in
Springer LNAI/LNCS Series.
How to prepare the proceedings version
LaTeX
By default, your paper has to be in LaTeX format. If you have never
used LaTeX, please ask help from your local colleagues first because
we may not have time to help. Otherwise, the paper may not be included to the
Springer book (Springer may allow some other formats, but not
willingly), but we can include the PDF version to the preproceedings
CD (it will bot be published by us).
Copyright Transfer
Electronic LaTeX-files manuscripts must be accompanied by a signed,
printed copyright form. This is needed because the papers will be
published in Springer LNAI series. Please download copyright.pdf,
sign it and send it to the address
University of Helsinki,
Department of General Linguistics
P.O. Box 9,
FIN-00014 UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI
FINLAND
Use Springer Style
You will have to use Springer styles that are available from here.
Page Limits
The page limit is 12 pages for full papers and 2 pages
for poster papers.
Encapsulated PostScript format
The external figures should be preferable in Encapsulated PostScript
(EPS) format, It is important that EPS figures are produced by a program
that makes correct bounding boxes. In UNIX, we have had good
experiences with Xfig figures. Also, gpic can be
used to create TeX pictures that can be included into LaTeX documents.
Avoid using other than the standard PostScript fonts (Helvetica,
Symbol, Times, etc.). If you need special scripts or fonts, please
convert the symbols to vector graphics.
Conversion to EPS is not necessary if you use the standard LaTeX
figures \begin{figure} ... \end{figure}.
The sample.tex illustrates how to include EPS figures into the articles.
Fonts
If you are using a non-roman script in the text, please consult a
LaTeX specialist who knows the fonts. In this case it may be advisable
to use Word and Springers Word template for preparing the final version.
LaTeX packages
The following LaTeX packages may be used:
algorithm, algorithmic, amsfonts, amsmath, amssymb, amstext, bm,
epsf, graphics, graphicx, hyperref, latexsym, multicol,psfig,
shadow, verbatim
No other LaTeX packages are allowed by the default.
We have just heard that Vaucanson-G package could also be used:
"I have personally used several times Vaucanson-G in
Springer LNCS documents. There has been no problem yet.
Vaucanson-G is actually a set of Latex macros based on Pstricks,
which is a part of the current tex distributions.
Obviously, authors have to include the call to the files
specified in vaucanson-g.sty and Vaucanson-G.tex itself."
User defined commands
All new LaTeX commands defined in the paper should be used somewhere.
Please remove the definitions of all unused commands. Please refrain
from defining new commands with very short names.
Spacing
Direct formatting commands, such as \small,\scriptsize, \hspace,
\vspace, \baselinestrech may be used only if absolutely necessary. It
is prohibited to
Final checking
There should be no overful boxes in the document. Please check
the .log file (or the standard error output) created by LaTeX for
error messages.
It would be also very good if there are no underfull boxes.
[The instructions are borrowed from the instructions for CIAA 2004]