The Society for Computer Simulation International AUTHOR INSTRUCTIONS 2000 Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer & Telecommunication Systems July 16-20, 2000 Coast Plaza Hotel at Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada PLEASE REVIEW THIS MATERIAL CAREFULLY-IT CONTAINS INFORMATION THAT HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN INCLUDED IN OTHER SCS AUTHOR KITS Please direct inquiries and correspondence regarding SPECTS 2000 Proceedings to the SCS office. For registration and conference information see the registration form in this kit or contact the SCS office at The Society for Computer Simulation International 4838 Ronson Court, Suite L San Diego, CA 92111-1800 Tel 858-277-3888 FAX 858-277-3930 E-mail scs@scs.org SCS Paper Code - Primary Author - Paper Title - DUE DATE - May 30, 2000 Dear Author I am pleased to inform you that your above-referenced paper has been accepted for presentation at this conference and for printing in the Conference Proceedings. 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PAGE LIMITS - Papers accepted as FULL PAPERS are allowed a maximum of eight printed pages (without additional charges): Papers accepted and SHORT PAPERS are allowed a maximum of five printed pages (without additional charges). Additional pages will be assessed at $40 per page. Please see the enclosed registration form for any further registration information. MULTIPLE PAPERS - If you are presenting multiple papers please see enclosed author registration form for further information. We have enclosed some guidelines you will find helpful as you prepare your oral presentation for the conference. Please note the list of audio-visual equipment which will be available for your use at the conference. If you require any other equipment, you must advise us well in advance and you are responsible for the cost. We will try to accommodate your needs without extra cost to you, but special orders may be charged directly to you. ITEMS WHICH MUST ACCOMPANY FINAL PAPER SUBMISSIONS MANUSCRIPT Your manuscript in required format as assigned by conference chair, on high-quality bond paper. Manuscripts exceeding the allotted page limits (five 2-colum pages for short papers, eight 2-column pages for long papers) will only be accepted with payment of the excess page charge of U.S. $40 per page. PHOTOCOPIES Four (4) photocopies must be included with the original manuscript. (There is a U.S. $2.00 per page copying fee, if the copies are not sent with the manuscript. For example, if your manuscript is 6 pages, the copying fee for 4 copy sets would be $48.00). REGISTRATION FORM AND PAYMENT Payment of the fees is a requirement of having your paper published in the proceedings. If your paper and your payment are being processed separately, please include a note with registration form indicating such. The Advance Registration fee is associated with publication of the paper and is NOT REFUNDABLE, but is transferable to the designee who will present your paper at the conference. Authors of published manuscripts must pay the full registration fee. TRANSFER OF COPYRIGHT FORM We require as a condition for acceptance of papers that all authors execute the copyright transfer to Simulation Councils, Inc.., the name under which The Society for Computer Simulation International is incorporated. Please note that by signing the form you are simply giving your permission to SCS to publish the paper. For this reason, there is no problem if the material is already in the public domain, such as work done with government support. The Society for Computer Simulation International controls the commercial use of material we publish, while you or your company retain the right to reuse the work, in whole or in part. SPECIAL A/V REQUESTS Please take a moment to include this information with your paper. An overhead (one will be in every room) or a 35mm projector (please request) is available at no charge. All other special requests require payment up front for their rental fees. For those who prefer to use a laptop computer for their presentation, a SVGA projection system will be available for a rental fee of $100 per session. Availability is limited, and reservations are on a first come, first serve basis. We cannot guarantee that special A/V requests beyond the above listed will be available at the time of the conference without prior notification and payment. At the conference, you will be required to pay for any equipment at the Registration Desk at time of request. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE A brief note about you for use as introductory material by your session chair at the conference. INDIVIDUAL REPRINT ORDER FORM Individual Reprint Order Form and prepayment, if desired. (optional) All material should include the SCS Paper ID Code (e.g., 2600, 9820, etc.) SCS is not responsible for correspondence or forms submitted without this code. When writing this code on your actual manuscript, do so on the back of each page. Thank you for your interest and cooperation. We hope that you will find participation in the conference professionally stimulating and rewarding. If you have any questions regarding the conference or your paper submittal, please call or write us. PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR CAMERA-READY MANUSCRIPT TO THE SCS OFFICE UNTIL YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE PROPER COMPANY, GOVERNMENT, OR SECURITY CLEARANCE. THANK YOU. INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPT Because of the proliferation of laser printers, SCS feels it is now possible to achieve high-quality, camera-ready copy on standard 8 1/2" ¥ 11" sheets. Authors outside the USA may use standard A4 paper. If you do not have access to a laser printer, you must use the oversized mats. Call the SCS office 858-277-3888; FAX 858-277-3930; E-mail - scs@sdsc.edu and we will send these to you. Oversized mats are available by request only. The Proceedings will be printed directly from the manuscripts submitted by authors (If the larger mats are used, the printing will include reduction of each page to 81/2" x 11" in the Proceedings.) It is important to note that the appearance of your paper in the Proceedings will depend largely upon the care you take in preparing the original manuscript and graphic material. SCS is not responsible for replacing or correcting papers or pages. Please be sure your camera-ready paper is free of typographical errors and omissions before sending it to SCS. TYPING AND LAYOUT SHEETS PLEASE FOLLOW THE SAMPLE PRINTOUT FOR GUIDELINES ON MARGINS, LAYOUT STYLE, ETC. 1. Manuscripts must be typed two columns to a page. Use one side of sheet only. 2. For 100% size: Your text should be no smaller than 8 point type, and no larger than 10 point. Choose a standard font such as Times, Palatino, Optima or Helvetica. 3. The text need not be right justified (squared off on the right). 4. Text should be single-spaced, with double spacing between paragraphs, and with a 5-space paragraph indentation. 5. Manuscript pages must be kept clean. Bad erasure marks, strikeovers (even with correction paper), or smudges will show up in the printed volume. In the case of an error, new lines or paragraphs may be pasted over old areas, if the length is the same. Correction paint may also be used if applied carefully and completely. 6. The title and author information should be centered. HEADINGS TITLE OF PAPER Type the title in capital letters, centered on the page horizontally, 1" from the top edge of the first page. Space down three lines, then type the name of the author (first name first), author's business or school affiliation, complete address, and e-mail using upper and lower case letters. Make it a complete mailing address, for example, A GENERAL MODEL OF INFORMATION TRANSFER Mary M. Doe and John J. Smith Department of Computer Science University of Anytown Anytown, California 92000 e-mail: doe@anytown.edu KEYWORDS Begin each paper with a list of no more than five keywords. It should start in the left column, approximately 3 lines below the author address. Use the list of "Partial List of Frequently Used Keywords," as your guide. ABSTRACT After Keyword Listing, begin each paper with an abstract (100-200 words) that summarizes the topic and important results presented in the paper. Start with the abstract heading, typed in caps, beginning with the left-hand margin. Underline or bold the heading. Skip a line space, then begin the abstract. MAJOR HEADINGS Type in capitals, beginning flush with left-hand margin. Underline or bold. Skip a line space, then begin text. Subheadings Capitalize the first letter of each word, beginning flush with left-hand margin. Underline or bold. Skip a line space, then begin text. Secondary Subheadings. Capitalize the first letter of each word. Indent 5 spaces from the left-hand margin. Underline or bold. Text follows on the same line. FOOTNOTES Use footnotes sparingly. Begin two line spaces from previous text by typing a short horizontal line, using the underscore key 13 times. Skip 1/2 or one line space, type footnote symbol, then type footnote.* REFERENCES In text, references should be cited by the last name of the author and the year of publication, all in parentheses. The Reference List should be organized alphabetically by the name of the author, followed by the author's initials, year of publication, and other complete information about the published work. It should not be numbered. Only references that may be readily obtained should be cited in the list. Others may be referred to as "personal communication" in the text. In the reference list, multiple entries with the same author are arranged chronologically. Italicize the name of the publication in which the article is found, or the title itself if a separate publication (underline if italicizing is not possible). For laboratory, company, or government reports, all information on how to obtain the report should be included. For Ph.D. and M.S. theses, the institutions granting the degree should be given. References to proceedings should include the full name of the proceedings, how to obtain it, year of publication, and page numbers of article cited. A reference to part of a book should include the range of pages in which the material is cited. Names of periodicals should be written out in full, and the range of pages cited. For style and consistency, The Chicago Manual of Style will govern. EXAMPLES IN TEXT (Obaidat 2000, Jones and Miller 1983) (Arthur et al. 1985) if more than three authors (Andrews 1982a) a trailing lowercase letter should distinguish multiple papers by the same author(s) published during a single year. (Dijkstra 1972; Hoare et al. 1980; Smith and Kim 1984b) IN REFERENCE LIST JOURNAL Obaidat, M. S., 1998, "Artificial Neural Networks to Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Characteristics, Structures, and Applications, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 28, no. 4, (August): 489-495. BOOK Felker, D.B.; F. Pickering; V.R. Charrow; V.M. Holland; and W.L. Harper. 1980. Data Processing Documentation: Standards, Procedures and Applications. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. * Footnote symbols follow the conventional order of asterisk (*), then double asterisk (**), dagger (Ý), then double dagger (ý). BOOK CHAPTER Obaidat, M. S., and Sadoun, B."Keystroke Dynamics Based Identification." In Biometrics: Personal Identification in Networked Society, A. Jain et al, eds., Kluwer, MA, 213-229. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Obaidat, M. S., and M. Rehiel. 1998. " A Performance Evaluation Study of Input Buffering in ATM Switches." In Proceedings of the 1998 Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, SPECTS'98, (Reno, NV, July 19-22). SCS, San Diego, CA, 58-66. SPECIAL PUBLICATION National Bureau of Standards. 1976. Guidelines for Documentation of Computer Programs and Automated Data Systems. Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 38. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. (Feb.). TECHNICAL REPORT Balci, O. 1985. "Guidelines for Successful Simulation Studies." Technical Report TR-85-2. Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. (Nov.). RESEARCH REPORT Iglehart, D.L. and G.S. Shedler. 1983. "Simulation Output Analysis for Local Area Computer Networks." Research Report RJ 4020 (45068). Research Division, IBM, San Jose, CA (Sept.). PAGE NUMBERING AND PAPER IDENTIFICATION DO NOT TYPE PAGE NUMBERS. Simply write the sequential numbers and total number of pages to your paper on the back of each page (e.g., 1 of 6, 2 of 6, etc.). Final page numbers will be inserted by the publisher. Print your paper code (assigned by SCS) on the back of each page of the original manuscript and on the first page of all copies, in pencil only. Write the first author's last name on the back page just above the page numbering. This is for handling and identification purposes only and will not be reproduced. TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS All artwork, figures, captions, graphs, and tables will be reproduced exactly as you submit them. In the interest of clarity and uniformity, graphs and tables should be kept within a single column, if possible. If not, extension across two columns is permissible. If pasting on a table or graph, tape is permissible. Also, any type of paper glue is permissible. If you include photographs, convert them into Velox prints or halftones (screened reproductions) and paste or tape them into place. An 85-line screen is recommended. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS, IT IS BEST TO HAVE THEM ANSWERED NOW - CONTACT THE SCS OFFICE FOR ANY CLARIFICATION. SPEAKER'S INSTRUCTIONS INTRODUCTION Good visual aids can greatly enhance the effect your presentation has on the audience. Experience at past conferences has shown that many of the oral presentations have not been adequately prepared. Often an attempt was made to present too much material and too much detail. Visual aids, the primary means to hold the attention of the audience, were often poorly conceived and inadequately prepared. It is our hope that these guidelines will help you prepare a better visual presentation. SPECTS 2000 plans call for the nominal session to run 90 minutes without a break and to include four papers. This allows 5 minutes for introductions and then 20 minutes per paper, of which 5 minutes should be reserved for audience questions and comments. REMEMBER, your entire paper is published in the Proceedings. Your objective in the oral presentation should be to describe the highlights of your paper, progress since the paper was written, and future plans. Do NOT try to present the paper in its entirety, or to read it! PREPARATION OF PRESENTATION BASIC ORGANIZATION The most significant constraint facing the speaker is the time limit for presentation. As described above, presentations are nominally allotted 20 minutes, followed by 5 minutes for questions and discussion. This allows time to speak about 2000 words -- far less than the size of a paper. This time limit also restricts the number of concepts or major technical points that can be made by the speaker and absorbed by the audience. As a guideline, it is suggested that a presentation cover no more than 10 technical points. Logically linked by the theme of the paper, each of these technical points can be expressed as a declarative statement, substantiated with supporting material. Though the selection of no more than 10 significant points may seem like a great hardship, it will enhance the audience appreciation of a paper by focusing on the most significant information. VISUAL AIDS The best way to present material in a limited time period is to use well-conceived visual aids that support each of the points to be made. As a first approximation, the speaker should PLAN FOR overhead foils or "VIEWING FRAMES" FOR EACH OF THE 10 TECHNICAL POINTS to be presented. All rooms will be set up for overhead presentations. Any additional audio-visual requirements must be arranged through the SCS office prior to the conference. Visual aids significantly simplify the presentation task. They simultaneously focus the audience attention and provide cues for the speaker. The speaker should plan to speak about all of the material on a foil (or it shouldn't be there) before amplifying a single item. In general, include no more than six supporting concepts on each foil presenting one technical point. If there are more, simply select the most pertinent. Remember once again, visual aids are not a complete reconstruction of the manuscript. The full story appears in the Proceedings and visual aids are only attention-focusing cues for the most interesting highlights. TIMING A speaker can expect to speak about SIX SENTENCES PER OVERHEAD, WHICH NORMALLY RUNS ABOUT 120 WORDS OR 1 TO 1.5 SPOKEN MINUTES. Since a speaker will have ten OVERHEAD FOILS, the basic presentation will run ten minutes. This allows 5-10 minutes to title, identify, and summarize the basic material, recognizing that audience receptiveness peaks at the beginning and conclusion of each talk. SPEAKER ATTITUDE AND SPONTANEITY The primary advantage for the speaker who organizes his presentation in this manner is that he can approach the audience with the assurance that HE CAN EASILY AND EFFECTIVELY PRESENT THE SALIENT POINTS IN HIS PAPER. Since the speaker is cued by his overhead foils, and since he certainly can speak to any of the technical points he has selected for at least one minute, the speaker no longer needs a written speech or even prepared notes. Thus, a measure of spontaneity can enter the technical presentations. DEVIATIONS FROM GUIDELINES The Session Chairperson makes the final decisions regarding timing of presentations, subject to the constraint that all papers in the session must be completed within the time allotted. Any deviations from these guidelines should be approved by the Chair. SPEAKER'S BREAKFAST On the morning of your presentation, a Speaker's Breakfast will be held for you to meet with your Session Chair and Co-Presentors. This meeting is mandatory. Help Model the Future, Join SCS Today If you are not already a member of the Society for Computer Simulation International (SCS), NOW is the perfect time to join. The importance and usefulness of computer simulation has grown at a pace equal to the recent innovations in hardware and technology, and SCS has grown with it. To stay current and competitive in your field you need to keep up with these changes -- perhaps even guide them. SCS exists to help you do just that. Simply fill out the enclosed membership form and return it with your registration form to take full advantage of all that SCS has to offer. Established in 1952, The Society for Computer Simulation International (SCS) is the only technical society dedicated to advancing the use of computer simulation to solve real world problems. SCS membership represents a worldwide network of professionals committed to guiding the growth and acceptance of computer simulation. Through regional councils in North America, the European economic community, and the Pacific Rim nations, SCS conferences present the opportunity to network, join technical committees, organize a session, or publish a paper within your field of expertise. The monthly journal SIMULATION, the quarterly journal TRANSACTIONS, and The Directory of Simulation Software are a few SCS publications that keep our members current with advancements in simulation technology. Be an active member of SCS and help model the future. LIST OF AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT OVERHEADS/ 35MM PROJECTORS Each meeting room will be equipped with an overhead unit for 8 1/2 ¥ 11 transparencies. 35mm slide projectors will be made available ONLY BY ADVANCED REQUEST with the SCS office. VIDEO EQUIPMENT Those who wish to make presentations via videotapes must MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO PAY FOR THE EQUIPMENT THEMSELVES. Authors should remember that video equipment and computer projector rental rates are relatively high ($125-$300 PER DAY) and the 21" or 25" screens are undesirable for use with an audience of over 40 attendees. LCD PROJECTOR LCD projectors must be reserved with the SCS Office prior to the conference. Cost is $100.00 per presentation (based on availability). Microphones/Amplification Equipment This will be available for every meeting room where more than 40 attendees are expected. COMPUTERS Speakers bringing microcomputers for demonstration during their session should notify the SCS office at least four weeks in advance of the meeting so that a table and power will be available. Speakers are responsible for their computer systems and must MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO PAY FOR THE EQUIPMENT THEMSELVES. SCS accepts no liability for them. LIST OF AUDIO VISUAL NEEDS PAPER NO. ___________________ List Audio/Visual needs ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ To help SCS market the SPECTS 2000 more effectively, please answer the following questions Target audience of or your paper _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ List of Hardware/Software used in your paper _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Vendors you feel will enhance the conference Exhibits Area. 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