NREDS Paper Format and Submission Guidelines

How to Submit a Paper

Submissions should be made by email to the workshop email address nreds-submit@ana.lcs.mit.edu. Your email message should specify the paper title, authors' names and affiliations, and the name and contact information of the contact author.

The paper itself must be included as an email attachment.

Questions about the workshop content, paper preparation, etc. may also be emailed to this address.

Originality of Submission

Since NREDS is soliciting position papers as the basis for invitations, these need not be new or unpublished work. It is important that the ideas and presentation of the position be those of the authors.

Paper Length Guidelines

• The maximum paper length is 5 pages, formatted as below. Shorter papers are both reasonable and encouraged. Reviewers will favor clarity and crispness of presentation over length.
• This length includes everything: figures, tables, references, appendices and so forth. Longer submissions will not be reviewed, and your goal as an author is to produce a clearly readable submission within these constraints.

Formatting Guidelines

• Review submissions should be in single or double column format with 1 inch margins and at least a 10 point font, larger if possible. For distributation to workshop attendees, the format will remain the same. If it is determined that the position papers will be published elsewhere, formatting details will be provided.
• Please number the pages.
• Your paper should be submitted in PDF or Postscript format. We must be able to display and print your submission exactly as we receive it and using only standard tools and postscript printers, so we strongly suggest that you use only standard fonts. LaTeX users: please try to avoid "bitmap" ComputerModern fonts if possible (if you don't know what this means, don't worry about it...).
• Please make sure that your paper is readable and understandable in black-and-white. This is especially true for plots and graphs in the paper. Please avoid the use of color, particularly to convey important content or meaning.
• Please make sure that the output has been formatted for printing on US LETTER (8.5" by 11") size paper. The organizers apologize for unfortunately necessary parochialism.

Anonymity Guidelines

NREDS submissions are not anonymous. Be sure to include all author names and affiliation in the paper. Please do not anonymize references. The reason for this is that the position papers are the basis for invitations to participate in the workshop. In general, attendance will not imply presentation of your paper.