Eighteenth IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems
in cooperation with the
Ninth NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
April 17-20, 2001, Hyatt Regency Islandia, San Diego

Author's Kit

This notice and the accompanying materials comprise the Author's Kit for the Eighteenth IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems held jointly with Ninth NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies held on April 17-20, 2001. The kit contains the following items:

1. This notice
2. Format Instructions
3. Speaker Information Form
4. Preliminary Program Agenda (not available, yet)
5. Templates for MS Word, LaTeX, and FrameMaker, and FrameMaker.mif

The deadline for receiving manuscript and presentation material is as follows:

o November 15, 2000: Full-length version of paper due
o January 15, 2001: Final paper due
o January 15, 2001: Speaker Information Form due
o April 7, 2001: Viewgraphs due

Accepted formats for papers are:

o MS Word 97/98/2000
o LaTeX and LaTeX generated postscript
o FrameMaker and FrameMaker generated postscript

The preferred format for papers is MS Word

Accepted formats for viewgraphs are:

o PowerPoint 97/98/2000
o MS Word 97/98/2000
o LaTeX and LaTeX generated postscript
o FrameMaker and FrameMaker generated postscript
o HTML

The preferred format for viewgraphs is PowerPoint.

The full-length version of the paper should be sent electronically to the session chair (Your session chair will be in touch with you shortly). Your session chair will work with you to ensure that your paper meets standards for content and form. The final paper and the speaker information form should be sent electronically to your session chair, who will then forward them to the conference chair.

Authors should adhere to the following guidelines for their papers:

Poster presenters should plan for a 2 minute "poster madness" presentation on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 18, 2001, and a 2 1/2 hour poster session during the evening of Wednesday, April 18, 2001. All presenters, including vendors, should submit viewgraph material. Viewgraphs should be sent electronically to moore@sdsc.edu by April 7, 2001.