INSTRUCTIONS FOR RECOMB PROCEEDINGS
This web page contains the guidelines and pertinent information for
the final submission of papers for the Second Annual International
Conference on Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB 98).
As indicated below, it is particularly important 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. There is a
10-page limit on your paper including everything. You may purchase up
to 2 extra pages at $200 per page. The check should be made out to
RECOMB 98.
Please submit a camera-ready copy produced on a high-resolution
out-put device of your manuscript. The camera-ready format
is:
- 8 1/2" x 11" paper. (Note: many European countries have
a longer paper format than the RECOMB standard. Please make all
possible efforts to submit your paper in 8 1/2" x 11" format.)
- 2-column. (This means two vertical columns of type
running down the page. For example, Science uses 3-column
format. Nature uses 3-column for its news and views and
2-column for articles.)
- No page numbers.
- Font: English Times or Times Roman , minimum 9 pt.
- Margins:
- Column width: 3.33"
- 2 column gutter: .33"
- Left and Right Margin: from edge .75"
- Top margin: .75"
- Bottom margin: 1.00"
- Copyright space on 1st page: lower left column 1"
- No color figures. The proceedings will be reproduced in
black and white and color figures will reproduce at low quality.
A LaTeX style file for this format can be retreived
here .
Checklist
- The ACM copyright form
must be signed and returned with your paper. 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.
- Sign the first author's name and page number by pencil on the
back of each page.
- Do not use staples, paper clips, or anything
that will bend, fold, punch holes through or leave marks on the
paper.
- Your paper and form MUST arrive by January 10, 1998 in
order to be included in the proceedings.
- Please mail your paper and signed copyright form to Pavel
Pevzner:
Professor Pavel Pevzner
RECOMB 98 Program Chair
University of Southern California
Department of Mathematics, DRB 155
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1113
Last revision December 9, 1997
benson@ecology.biomath.mssm.edu