Instructions for the papers and meetings archive

Please follow these steps:

• Add your paper to this archive as soon as possible. With many conferences the abstract is due first, or a short draft of the paper. At that time you should:
  1. create a new subdirectory NN-name, where NN are the last 2 digits of the year and name is a descriptive name for the conference. See existing directories for styles.
  2. put the abstract or paper in that directory. Give it a descriptive name. Please avoid mixed case, extremely long names, blanks in the file name, etc. Some conferences require a particular source format (usually LaTeX). Otherwise the paper can be in whatever format you like. Use the proper file extension (.doc, .tex, etc.).
  3. create a PDF or HTML version of the document as well. PDF is generally preferred for papers, especially if there are figures and tables. There are a variety of tools for this. Ask for help if you need it.
  4. Update the index file (papers.html) with a reference to your paper. Follow the format in the file, e.g. "Acronym Soup", G. Miller, submitted to the 21st Congress on Redundancy, Pasadena, 1 April 1994.
  5. As you revise the paper (e.g. final draft before conference, final camera-ready version, etc.), repeat the above steps in order to keep the archive current. There is no need to save the earlier versions of the paper, so overwrite the old version.

  6. When the paper is finally published, update the index file with the final bibliographic citation (page numbers, volume numbers).