Instructions for Submitting a Paper to SIGOPS '96

Important dates:

• 4-page (maximum) extended abstracts due: 1 March 1996
• Acceptance notice: 15 May 1996
• Final 8-page (maximum) papers due: 15 July 1996
• Workshop date: 9-11 September 1996

Submitting your paper:

• The extended abstracts may be no longer than 4 pages.
• The final papers may be no longer than 8 pages.
• Late papers or papers longer than the allowed page limit will be rejected (really!).
• Send 10 copies of your extended abstract to the program chair,
  Andrew Tanenbaum
  Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
  Vrije Universiteit
  De Boelelaan 1081A
  1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Alternatively, you may email a uuencoded postscript version of your file by following the directions below.

Requirements for postscript submissions

• The postscript may only use standard fonts that all printers have (Times, Helvetica, Courier).
• The postscript must work on 8.5" x 11" and A4 sized paper.
• You must send the postscript uuencoded, as described below.
• Please note that postscript papers submitted at the last moment that do not print correctly for the program chair will not be considered.
• Those accustomed to 8.5" x 11" paper (most Americans) may test their text processing facilities for A4 compatibility by sending Andrew Tanenbaum (ast @ cs.vu.nl) a uuencoded sample postscript document. He will attempt to print it locally and will send back a one-bit answer (it worked or it didn't work).
• Likewise, those accustomed to A4 sized paper may test their text processing facilities for 8.5" x 11" compatibility by sending Mary Baker (mgbaker @ cs.stanford.edu) a uuencoded sample postscript document. She will attempt to print it locally and will send back a one-bit answer (it worked or it didn't work).

Emailing a postscript version of your paper:

• First uuencode the postscript file.
• If you don't have uuencode available on your system, you can get it here and compile it on your system.
• To uuencode your paper, assuming it's called paper.ps, type
  uuencode paper.ps paper.ps > paper.uu
• Then mail the uuencoded file (paper.uu) to Andrew Tanenbaum at ast @ cs.vu.nl.