Paper Preparation

        Your paper must be formatted according to the rules of the Springer series Lecture Notes in Computer Science, restricted to a maximum of 14 pages.

        Please remember that all comments in referee's evaluation forms must be addressed. A selected set of papers will be included in the post-conference book to be published by Springer as part of its Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

Best Student Paper Award

        Authors wishing to participate in the Best Student Paper Award should follow the instructions presented in Best Student Paper's Page.

Electronic Submission

        Convert your proposal to a Postscript (PS) or Portable Document Format (PDF) and go to the Submission Page.

        In a matter of minutes you may receive an automatic reply to acknowledge your submission. You may receive a second email message within 72 hours, after one member of the organization has printed and checked your file for completeness; otherwise you should contact the organization immediately by e-mail to: vecpar2002@fe.up.pt.