Papers and abstracts submitted to MEMICS 2008 must be typeset in LaTeX in the LNCS Springer style. Papers in other formats and/or exceeding the maximum length will not be accepted for publication. The maximum paper length is 8 pages, a recommended paper length is 6 pages. Abstracts of presentations obey the same rules as regular papers, only their length is limited to 1 page. By submitting a paper, the authors implicitly agree with a publication of the paper/abstract in the MEMICS 2008 proceedings.

In order to typeset your manuscript, download the llncs2e.zip archive which contains the LNCS style class. A detailed description of the style is available in typeinst.pdf. The source of this file is available in typeinst.zip. We strongly recommend using it as a template. To create a PDF file from the LaTeX source form of the paper, use either

In the final camera ready version, turn page numbering and page headers off; they will be added by the editors.

We strongly recommend restricting to "line art" figures, e.g., graphs and schemes. Because of the printing technique, complex bitmaps like photos may lead to unpredictable results. Avoid colours, use at most several grades of grey.

For both initial and camera ready submissions, authors are required to submit:

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