Information for Authors of Accepted Papers and Posters

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SUBMISSION OF CAMERA READY COPY FOR AGENTS 99 CONFERENCE

The proceedings of the Agents 99 conference are to be formally published
by ACM, as with the Agents 98 conference. In addition to paper
proceedings, ACM will also be publishing an electronic version. Below, we
provide detailed instructions for preparing your manuscript for
publication. PLEASE READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!

SUBMISSION FORMAT: You must submit *BOTH* hardcopy *AND* electronic
versions of your paper.

HARDCOPY FORMAT: Please submit *two* copies (produced on a high-resolution
output device) of your manuscript on 8.5" x 11" or A4 paper following the
proceedings format appended below. Proceedings templates to create
camera-ready copy are available in Word, WordPerfect, FrameMaker and
LaTeX. These templates are located at:

http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/

You should also write (in PENCIL) the page number on the back of each
page of your paper, followed by the total number of pages in your
paper. For example:

John Doe
doe@site.com
(+44 900) 555-1212
Page 1 of 6

Do *NOT* use the AAAI proceedings style; use the ACM style from the URL
above! A plain text version of the proceedings format is appended below.

PAGE LIMITS: Papers accepted for FULL presentation at the conference will
be permitted a maximum of 8 (EIGHT) pages in the proceedings. Posters and
videos will be permitted a maximum of 2 (TWO) pages in the proceedings.
OVERLENGTH PAPERS WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED.

COPYRIGHT: The enclosed ACM copyright form must be signed and returned
with your paper. I caution you that ACM will not publish any paper that
is not accompanied by a signed copyright form. In those cases where there
is more than one author per paper, the first-named (assumed senior) author
only must sign. The full ACM Copyright policy, revised as of November 15,
1995, is available via:

http://www.acm.org/pubs/copyright_policy.html

WHERE TO SEND TO: Hard copy must be sent to:

AGENTS 99 CRC
c/o AAAI
445 Burgess Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
USA

to arrive *NO LATER THAN* Tuesday, February 16, 1999. This is a *HARD*
deadline. You are *strongly* advised to use a courier service to deliver
your camera ready copy.

HOW TO SUBMIT ELECTRONIC COPY: In addition, you must submit an electronic
version of your paper for inclusion into the ACM Digital Library.
Electronic submissions should be in PostScript. Instructions about how to
submit the electronic copy of your paper to the ACM Digital Library will be
sent in a separate message in January.

IMPORTANT NOTE: It is of particular importance that you leave
sufficient space in the lower left corner of the first column on the
first page for ACM to fill in the copyright information. We reserve
the right not to publish papers that, in our opinion, have not been
correctly formatted.
 

ACM Proceedings Specifications

Title: Centered 18 pt, Bold, Helvetica
Author, ACM Fellow: Centered 12 pt, Helvetica
Affiliation: Centered 10 pt, Helvetica
Email: Centered 12 pt, Helvetica
Abstract: Flush Left 12 pt, Bold, Times Roman
Section (heading 1): Flush Left 12 pt, Bold, Times Roman,
numbered- ex: 1
Subsection (heading 2) Flush Left 12 pt, Bold, Times Roman,
numbered- ex 1.2
Subsubsection (heading 3): Flush Left 11 pt, Italics, Times Roman,
numbered- ex 1.2.3
Subsubsubsection (heading 4):Flush Left 11 pt, Italics, Times Roman,
numbered- ex 1.2.3.4
Subsubsubsubsection (heading 5): Flush Left 11 pt, Italics, Times Roman,
numbered- ex 1.2.3.4.5
Text: 2 column, justified, size of type 9 pt. space between lines 10 pt
Text Font: Times Roman
Column width: 3.33" (8.45 cm)
2 column gutter: .33"(.83 cm)
Top Margin: 1" (2.54 cm)
Right Margin: From edge .75" (1.9 cm)
Left Margin: From edge .75" (1.9 cm)
Bottom Margin: 1" (2.54 cm)
Copyright space on 1st page: lower left column 1.5" (3.81 cm)
Paragraph indentation: None, flush left, line space between paragraphs
Footnote/Citation: 9 pt, Times Roman
Bibliography/Reference: 10 pt. Use the standard CACM format for
references, i.e., a numbered list at the end of the article,
ordered alphabetically by first author, and referenced
by number in brackets [2].
Reference number in brackets positioned as a negative indent.
Text aligned .25" (.63 cm) in from margin.
Subsequent pages: For pages other than the first, start at the top
margin and continue in double-column format.
Tables/Figures/Images: Placed in text as close to reference as possible.
May extend across both columns to a maximum width of 7" (17.78 cm).
Captions: 9 pt, bold, Times Roman, numbered (ex. "Table 1."
or "Figure 2."), and centered beneath each table, figure or image.
 
 

ACM COPYRIGHT FORM


Title of Work:

Author(s):

Publication or Conference Name and Date: Agents '99: Third
International Conference on Autonomous Agents (May 1 - 5, 1999)
 

A. TRANSFER OF COPYRIGHT AGREEMENT
Copyright to the above work (including without limitation, the right to
publish the work in whole or in part in any and all forms of media, now
or hereafter known) is hereby transferred to the ACM (for U.S. Government
work, to the extent transferrable*) effective as of the date of this
agreement on the understanding that the work has been accepted for
publication by ACM.

However, each of the Authors retain the following rights:

1 All other proprietary rights except copyright (and the publication
rights transferred to ACM), such as patent rights.

2 The right to reuse, without fee, in future works of the Author's own
provided that the ACM citation and Copyright notice are included.

3 The right to post a personal copy on non-ACM servers for limited
noncommercial distributions, provided that the ACM Copyright notice is
attached to the personal copy and that the server prominently displays a
general policy notice (see sample of Server Notice in Revised ACM Interim
Copyright Policy, version 2, section 5.3) about the use of copyright
works it contains.

4 Employers who originally own copyright may distribute copies of works
of their employees within the employer's organization.
This Form must be signed by the Author or, in the case of a "work made
for hire," by the employer and must be received by ACM, Inc. --See Box
C-- before processing of the manuscript for publication can be completed.
Authors should understand that consistent with ACM's policy of
encouraging dissemination of information each published paper will appear
with the following notice:

"Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of this work
for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies
are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that
copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page.
Copyrights for components of this work owned by others than ACM must be
honored. Abstracting with credit is permitted. To copy otherwise, to
republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior
specific permission and/or a fee."

Signature_______________________ Print Name_______________________

Title, if not Author_____________________ Date________________________
 

B. *DECLARATION FOR U.S. GOV'T WORK

This certifies that the above author(s) wrote the paper (a) as part of
work as U.S. government employees or, (b) as other noncopyrightable work.

Signature________________________________

Agency__________________________________

Title, if not Author__________________________

Date Signed______________________________

C. WHERE TO RETURN THIS FORM

For Proceedings papers, please return the signed form in hardcopy to the
Conference Program Chair.

ACM revised 3/96
 

TO: Authors Submitting Papers for Publication by ACM

FROM: ACM Director of Publications

SUBJECT: ACM Copyright Procedures

Thank you for submitting a paper for publication by ACM, Inc. ACM's
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