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Greetings everyone:


NIT '99 's tentative program suggests that we will have a very exciting program. I wish to take this chance to thank you for your interest in NIT '99.

We have very tight timeline, and therefore I wish to provide you some guidelines for preparing your final paper, and would appreciate your help in meeting the requests literally.

Here are some of the useful information:

PAPER PREPARATION:

Deadline:

There are two deadlines for receiving the final papers. You will be the best to judge the date which is the one for you:

  • May 31, 1999 - Papers which welcome more editorial attention on language-related matters.
  • June 15, 1999 - Absolute deadline.

If you complete your paper ahead of these dates, we would appreciate receiving it prior to those dates, so that we will not be facing a backlog of papers.

We shall have very little time to contact people, therefore if the paper arrives after the indicated deadline (without prior arrangement with the organizers), it may NOT be included in the Proceedings, and the conference program will also be adjusted accordingly. At this point, we have a great deal more good papers submitted and accepted than we can accommodate, and thus this will be one way for us to eliminate some. I apologize in advance for this inflexibility, but our timeline is extremely tight!

How to prepare and send your paper:

  • Each paper needs to be in the format as a "finished" article, but not in the summary or outline format as normally prepared by using presentation software like PowerPoint.
  • Each paper should not be more than 8 pages generally (single-space on 8.5x11 page) unless prearranged with the organizers.
  • All papers should be prepared electronically using software WORD by using popular font (like Time, Palentino) and size (12 points). The files should be saved in two formats -- the usual WORD file, and the TEXT file. Tables and graphics within the WORD file should also be printed in another separate file. Other graphics should be saved in .JPG format. All these files can be sent via email in attached way. However, you should also send a hardcopy air or air express to the following:

    Taiwan papers:
    Please send to:

    Papers from sources outside Taiwan:
    Please send to:
      Dr. Ching-chih Chen, 1400 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA 02465, USA
      email: cchen@simmons.edu

  • When you send your paper via email, please indicate under SUBJECT: PAPER FOR NIT. All submission should be sent twice so that one copy can be served as backup just in case one is not transmitted properly.



PAPER PRESENTATION:

Unless prearranged, due to the large number of papers, all will be presented with a very strict time allowance -- at this time, we are thinking of 10 minutes with perhaps 2-3 minutes additional for Q&A.

Since your full papers will be available at the conference in the published Proceedings, we request the presenters NOT to read the papers. Instead, we encourage the presenters to prepare PowerPoint like slides with main points highlighted.

I hope that you find this communication helpful. Should you have more questions, please feel free to contact me.

Looking forward to receiving your completed papers soon.
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