Re: Octave 2006 Call for Papers

[Andy Adler]

Paul,

That's a good idea. Do you have an example in mind for
the octave2006.sty? If not, I can contribute a sample that
gives the format you specified.

--
Andy Adler <address@hidden> 1(613)562-5800x6218

On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Paul Kienzle wrote:

> I don't have strong feelings on this, but I think the following makes
> more sense:
>
> octave.sf.net/
>      octave-papers/
>          common/
>              octave2006.sty, etc.
>          2006/
>              octave2006/
>                  index.html
>                  cfp.html
>                  schedule.html
>                  ...
>              author1-author2/
>                  sec1.tex
>                  fig1.png
>                  fig2.png
>                  performance.dat
>                  demo1.m
>                  ...
>
> This would not be restricted to just papers for Octave2006, but for any
> papers on octave.
>
> - Paul
>
> On Nov 4, 2005, at 6:43 PM, Andy Adler wrote:
>
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> > Some of us are planning to collaboratively write papers for this
> > conference. For example, David Bateman and I will write about
> > octave sparse matrices.
> >
> > In order to efficiently do that, we would like to put the *.tex
> > source in CVS.
> >
> > One idea would be to put the papers in a new project in octave-forge.
> > This would have the advantage that the various common style files
> > for the octave conference could be kept for all papers so that
> > a template Makefile could be written.
> >
> > What I propose is
> >
> > octave.sf.net /
> >     octave-forge /
> >         ...
> >     octave-lang /
> >         ...
> >     octave-conference /
> >         2006 /
> >             papers /
> >                 author1-author2 /
> >                     ...
> >                 more-papers /
> >                     ...
> >                 common /
> >                     *.sty , etc.
> >
> > May I do this?
> >
> > --
> > Andy Adler <address@hidden> 1(613)562-5800x6218
> >
> > On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, Paul Kienzle wrote:
> >
> >> Octave 2006 Call for Papers
> >> Washington, DC - April 20-21, 2006
> >>
> >> The first Octave Workshop will be held at National Institute of
> >> Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, MD near Washington, DC April
> >> 20 to 21, 2006.
> >>
> >> We invite all Octave users and developers to submit abstracts on
> >> topics
> >> relating to the development of Octave and its applications. Topics
> >> include language improvements, numerical methods, application areas,
> >> proposed extensions and infrastructure developments. For more
> >> information, see the conference website at
> >> http://www.octave.org/meetings/2006 (available soon).
> >>
> >>
> >> Important Dates:
> >>
> >> Registration: starting November 1, 2005
> >> Online abstract submission: starting November 1, 2005
> >> Early registration: ends November 30, 2005
> >> Deadline for abstracts: January 9, 2006
> >> Deadline for articles: March 1, 2006
> >>
> >>
> >> Submission Format:
> >>
> >> One page abstract containing the title of the paper, each author's
> >> name, affiliation and email address, and a brief summary of the
> >> results
> >> to be presented (one or two paragraphs in length).
> >>
> >> The full paper should not exceed 20 single-spaced pages. For
> >> consistency we recommend the use of single column layout with 1 inch
> >> margins and 11 point Times or Computer Modern font on letter-size
> >> (8-1/2 x 11 inch) paper.
> >>
> >> Email submissions to address@hidden Attach an HTML or PDF
> >> version of the abstract. Authors will be asked to submit their paper
> >> to
> >> arXiv (http://arxiv.org), which accepts submissions as TeX/LaTeX,
> >> HTML,
> >> PDF and PostScript.
> >>
> >> Along with your submission, please supply your name, title,
> >> affiliation, address, and country of citizenship. This information is
> >> required for access to the workshop site. Please indicate if you would
> >> like to be included on the workshop Participant List.
> >>
> >>
> >> Best Student Paper Award:
> >>
> >> A prize of $200 will be given to the author(s) of the best
> >> student-authored paper (or split between more than one paper if there
> >> is a tie). A paper is eligible if all of its authors are full-time
> >> students at the time of submission. To inform the program committee
> >> about a paper's eligibility, simply note that it is a student paper
> >> when submitting the abstract.
> >>
> >>
> >> Workshop Fee:
> >>
> >> Early registration $100 (before November 30, 2005). Fees are $150
> >> thereafter. Registration includes the Thursday night workshop
> >> barbeque.
> >> Some travel assistance funds may be available according to the quality
> >> of the submission, the need of the applicants and their contributions
> >> to the Octave project.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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