From help-request at octave dot org Fri Nov 4 18:47:33 2005 Subject: Re: Octave 2006 Call for Papers From: Paul Kienzle To: Andy Adler Cc: Octave Help Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 19:45:42 -0500 I don't have strong feelings on this, but I think the following makes more sense: octave.sf.net/ octave-papers/ common/ octave2006.sty, etc. 2006/ octave2006/ index.html cfp.html schedule.html ... author1-author2/ sec1.tex fig1.png fig2.png performance.dat demo1.m ... This would not be restricted to just papers for Octave2006, but for any papers on octave. - Paul On Nov 4, 2005, at 6:43 PM, Andy Adler wrote: > Hi Paul, > > Some of us are planning to collaboratively write papers for this > conference. For example, David Bateman and I will write about > octave sparse matrices. > > In order to efficiently do that, we would like to put the *.tex > source in CVS. > > One idea would be to put the papers in a new project in octave-forge. > This would have the advantage that the various common style files > for the octave conference could be kept for all papers so that > a template Makefile could be written. > > What I propose is > > octave.sf.net / > octave-forge / > ... > octave-lang / > ... > octave-conference / > 2006 / > papers / > author1-author2 / > ... > more-papers / > ... > common / > *.sty , etc. > > May I do this? > > -- > Andy Adler 1(613)562-5800x6218 > > On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, Paul Kienzle wrote: > >> Octave 2006 Call for Papers >> Washington, DC - April 20-21, 2006 >> >> The first Octave Workshop will be held at National Institute of >> Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, MD near Washington, DC April >> 20 to 21, 2006. >> >> We invite all Octave users and developers to submit abstracts on >> topics >> relating to the development of Octave and its applications. Topics >> include language improvements, numerical methods, application areas, >> proposed extensions and infrastructure developments. For more >> information, see the conference website at >> http://www.octave.org/meetings/2006 (available soon). >> >> >> Important Dates: >> >> Registration: starting November 1, 2005 >> Online abstract submission: starting November 1, 2005 >> Early registration: ends November 30, 2005 >> Deadline for abstracts: January 9, 2006 >> Deadline for articles: March 1, 2006 >> >> >> Submission Format: >> >> One page abstract containing the title of the paper, each author's >> name, affiliation and email address, and a brief summary of the >> results >> to be presented (one or two paragraphs in length). >> >> The full paper should not exceed 20 single-spaced pages. For >> consistency we recommend the use of single column layout with 1 inch >> margins and 11 point Times or Computer Modern font on letter-size >> (8-1/2 x 11 inch) paper. >> >> Email submissions to conference at octave dot org dot Attach an HTML or PDF >> version of the abstract. Authors will be asked to submit their paper >> to >> arXiv (http://arxiv.org), which accepts submissions as TeX/LaTeX, >> HTML, >> PDF and PostScript. >> >> Along with your submission, please supply your name, title, >> affiliation, address, and country of citizenship. This information is >> required for access to the workshop site. Please indicate if you would >> like to be included on the workshop Participant List. >> >> >> Best Student Paper Award: >> >> A prize of $200 will be given to the author(s) of the best >> student-authored paper (or split between more than one paper if there >> is a tie). A paper is eligible if all of its authors are full-time >> students at the time of submission. To inform the program committee >> about a paper's eligibility, simply note that it is a student paper >> when submitting the abstract. >> >> >> Workshop Fee: >> >> Early registration $100 (before November 30, 2005). Fees are $150 >> thereafter. Registration includes the Thursday night workshop >> barbeque. >> Some travel assistance funds may be available according to the quality >> of the submission, the need of the applicants and their contributions >> to the Octave project. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL. >> >> Octave's home on the web: http://www.octave.org >> How to fund new projects: http://www.octave.org/funding.html >> Subscription information: http://www.octave.org/archive.html >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------- Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL. Octave's home on the web: http://www.octave.org How to fund new projects: http://www.octave.org/funding.html Subscription information: http://www.octave.org/archive.html -------------------------------------------------------------