Information for Authors

Initial submission is limited to an extended abstract (2 pages).

Authors whose abstracts have been accepted are required to submit final papers (4 pages) following the Guide for Authors of the main conference.

All publishable workshop papers will be published on the UCMedia2009 Website. A number of the best papers of the conference including workshops will be published in "ACM Springer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) Journal Special Issue on Mobility and User-Centric Media".

Submission Instructions (with ASSYST - ICST Paper Submission and Review System)
Papers should be electronically submitted through the ASSYST system using the following instructions:

  1. Please, visit ASSYST website by clicking HERE (or copy www.assyst-online.org to your browser)
  2. On the main page you may select from different activities. Please, choose the one you would like to use and click on the link provided there
  3. This will bring you to the Log In page
  4. If you already registered, please enter your access details and click on "Login". Note that for logging in you should use the same email address, what you used upon registration
  5. If you are not registered in ASSYST yet, please select "Register" in the upper right corner of the page and follow the instructions there
  6. Upon registering, a password will be emailed to you
  7. Log in with this password
  8. After logging in, from the Main Interface on the top of the page click on 'Submit a paper'.
  9. Select NSA Domesticity from the list and click on "Submit a paper" on the right hand side, next to your conference.
  10. Select the paper type you are going to submit and click on "NEXT"
    1. Full Paper
    2. Invited Paper
  11. Fill the data of your paper (title, abstract) and select the primary and secondary topics from the menu. Click on 'Next'
    1. IMPORTANT: Your paper will be assigned to reviewers upon the topic information and abstract you fill in here!
  12. You can check the data of your paper here. Click on 'Submit'
  13. If you want to modify any data of your paper, you can use the following functions (icons) in the Actions column: Edit submission, Add/Remove authors, Upload manuscript, Remove submission
  14. When all the data are uploaded and correct, please, click on the icon of "Upload manuscript"
  15. Here you can upload your paper by using the browse button
    1. IMPORTANT! You can only upload .pdf files here
  16. After you have successfully uploaded your paper, you will see the list of your papers as well as their status. You can modify and re-upload new versions here before your paper gets into its review phase. After the first reviewer started to review your paper, you cannot make any further changes
  17. Once your paper has been reviewed and accepted, you will receive a notification via e-mail
  18. If your paper is accepted and you receive the notification e-mail with the detailed result of the review. Please, consider the comments and prepare your paper accordingly
  19. For uploading the Camera Ready Version of your accepted Paper, please follow the "Instructions on Uploading Your Camera-Ready paper" on the website of the conference