CONGRATULATIONS!

We are pleased that your paper has been accepted to the Thirty-Ninth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-39).   If your paper was "conditionally accepted" -- requiring mandatory changes -- final acceptance is conditional upon submission of your revised paper via the file submission site by September 10.  (Optional changes must also be made by Sept 15.)

 Formatting Your Paper
Language:  ALL MANUSCRIPTS MUST BE IN ENGLISH.
 

1.    DUE DATE: Papers accepted with Mandatory Changes MUST be uploaded by September 10th for final review.   Papers accepted with Suggested Changes MUST be uploaded by September 15th 5:00pm California Time.
 

2.    Length:   Manuscripts must not exceed 10 pages, single-spaced and double-columned.  This includes all graphs, tables, figures and references.  Page numbers should NOT be included in the file.
 

3.   Author Name(s) and Affiliation(s) must be included on the final version of the accepted paper.  It should appear in 12 pt. And centered under the title.  Multiple authors may be shown in a two- or three-column format. 
 

4.   Detailed description of paper requirements:               See Sample Paper

      5.  Main Title:

 

a.   Center the title 1-3/8 inches (3.49 cm) from the top edge of the first page.

 

b.   The title should be in Times New Roman 14-point, boldface type. Leave two blank lines after the title.

 

c.   Capitalize the first letter of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs; do not capitalize articles, coordinate conjunctions, or prepositions (unless the title begins with such a word).

 

     6.  The Abstract and Main Text are to be in a two-column format.

 

     7.   The Abstract is to be in fully-justified italicized text, at the top of the left-hand column, below the author

               and affiliation information.  Maximum of 150 words.

 

a.   Leave two blank lines after the Abstract, before beginning the main text.

 

    8.      Main Text. Type main text in 10-point Times New Roman, single-spaced. Do NOT use double-spacing.

 

a.   All paragraphs should be indented

 

b.   Be sure your text is fully justified -- that is, flush left and flush right.  

 

     9.    Footnotes. Use footnotes sparingly and place them at the bottom of the column on the page on which they

             are referenced. Use Times New Roman 8-point type, single-spaced. To help your readers, try to avoid using

             footnotes altogether and include necessary peripheral observations in the text (within parentheses, if you

             prefer, as in this sentence).

 

    10.    References. List all bibliographical references in alphabetical order in 9-point Times Roman,

             single- spaced,  at the end of your paper. 

 

     11.   Including Graphics/Images.  All images must be embedded in your document or included with your

              submission as individual source files.

 

 The type of graphics you include will affect the quality and length of your paper on the electronic document disc. In general, the use of vector graphics such as those produced by most presentation and drawing packages can be used without concern and is encouraged.

If your paper contains many large images they will be down-sampled to reduce their size during the conversion process.  However, the automated process used will not always produce the best image, and you are encouraged to perform this yourself on an image-by-image basis.

 

The use of bitmapped images such as those produced when a photograph is scanned require significant storage space and must be used with care. Bitmap graphics store an image as a series of numbers that represent the color of each dot in the image. Increasing the size, resolution (dots per inch), or number of colors in an image will dramatically increase the size of the image.

 

Suggestions for improving the quality bitmap graphics include:

 

*  In general, bitmapped images should be limited to no more than 256 (8 bit) color/gray scale, 150 dots per inch, and should be kept as small as possible.

*  Reduce the number of display colors before making screen shots. The majority of computer applications use less than 16 colors for their menus, dialogs etc.

*  Select higher resolutions only for images that a reader will magnify. Image resolution of bitmapped images does not increase when readers zoom in on an image.

 

 ACCEPTABLE FORMATS

 

1.  Native form [i.e.: MS Word, WordPerfect, FrameMaker, PageMaker, RTF, or Word Pro], or

 

2.  LaTeX w/DVI (**), QuarkXpress (**)

 

NOTE:    For documents created in formats that do not embed source files, include all support files with the final manuscript in a folder.  This folder must then be placed in a compressed archive for submission.

 

Word template

Set margins as listed above item #5 (Detailed description of…)

 

LaTeX template

Documents converted from the TeX typesetting language into PostScript or PDF files usually contain fixed-resolution bitmap fonts that do not print or display well on a variety of printer and computer screens. Although Adobe Acrobat Distiller will convert a PostScript language file with bitmapped fonts (level 3) into PDF, these fonts display slowly and do not render well on screen in the resulting PDF file. But, if you use Type 1 versions of the fonts you will get a compact file format that delivers the optimal font quality when used with any display screen, zoom mode, or printer resolution. 

  

Using Type 1 fonts with DVIPS:

 

* The default behavior of Rokicki's DVIPS is to embed Type 3 bitmapped fonts.

* You need access to the Type 1 versions of the fonts you use in your documents in order to embed the font information.

Type 1 versions of the Computer Modern fonts are available in the BaKoMa collection and from commercial type vendors

* Before distributing files with embedded fonts, consult the license agreement for your font package. Some typeface vendors do not allow you to embed complete fonts into a PDF or Post-Script language file for public distribution. Contact the type vendor for more information. You may embed all fonts included in the Adobe Type library.

 

When using LaTeX, only embedded fonts should be used to ensure a decent conversion to PDF. Use of Times fonts is highly recommended for consistency and readability both on screen and in print.

 

With LaTeX2e use the command:    \usepackage{times}

WITH  LaTeX 2.09 use the command:   \documentstyle[times]{...}

 

LaTeX users must submit a .dvi file and the graphic files (.eps) used to create the LaTeX document. If your graphic files are not located in the same folder as the LaTeX document (.tex,) you must create your compressed file with the folder structure preserved. This is so that when the files in the compressed folder are uncompressed, the files are located where the .dvi expects to find them. The best way to create your .tex is to have the graphic files located in the same folder as your .tex. This way when you create the .dvi file, it will expect to find the graphic files in the same folder that it is located. And, it insures that the compressed file will include all the necessary files to create the .PDF file.

One of the most common problems with LaTeX submission is missing graphic files.

 

Submissions should also include all LaTeX files and the Postscript output.  If you are unable to submit your paper in any of the electronic formats, or if we encounter problems converting your electronic submission, your paper will be scanned and converted to PDF for inclusion on the CD. Although a scanned paper looks identical to the original when printed, it is slower and more difficult to view on screen. If you do plan to deliver your paper by hard copy avoid typefaces smaller than 11 points.

 

* If an author does not have Type 1 fonts available, the following instructions must be followed:

* A .dvi file must be created from the LaTeX editor and must be submitted.

* All files used to create the manuscript must be submitted as well. For example, .sty, .aux, .cls, .tex, .bib, .bbl, .blg, .bst,

.fig and .eps.

* The files submitted must be provided in the same directory structure as originally created. ICPI will not be responsible for re-creating the directory structure.

* It is preferable that the files be submitted in a compressed file such as .zip.

* The current IEEE LaTeX style sheets, available from IEEE, must be used.

* IEEETran.sty – required for LaTeX 2.09, an older version, as a style sheet.

* IEEETran.cls - required as the style sheet for LaTeX2e

* Authors should still restrict their fonts to Times and Computer Modern.

 

Compress your submission. Submitting your material is quicker and easier if all of the files are collected into a single archive using one of the following formats:

*        Pkzip (.zip)

*        Tar (.tar)

*        StuffIt (.sit)

*        GNU Zip (.gz)

*        GNU Zip Tar (.tgz)

*        Compress (.z)

*        Compress Tar (.taz)

*        LHA (.lhz)

*        ARJ (.arj)