How to increase your chances of having a paper accepted at MSVVEIS...

Through the different editions of our workshop we have seen that many authors who could have been in the position of making an interesting contribution to our community missed the chance by not following basic premises which are explicitly specified in our CFP.

This document is an attempt to highlight the importance of following the instructions given in the CFP and also to encourage an increase in the quality of the submissions. When you submit papers to our workshop please take into consideration the advise given below.

• Follow strictly the instructions given in the CFP (TXT or web versions) with regards to layout, length etc.
  • Length: If the CFP asks for X number of pages, sending more than that can give a reason to a reviewer not to review the paper and plainly reject it. In the most favourable case you will be starting with the wrong foot. This issue seems to be unimportant for some authors but it is actually very important as we want to make a fair evaluation and using more space than the rest of the submissions to report on your research is clearly unfair. Equally submitting very few pages doesn't make you a favor. Even if your topic is interesting, when compared with other 20 or 30 papers which are well finished and polished your submission will rank low and will significantly reduce the chances to rank high enough to be considered for presentation (in any category, be it full paper or poster).
  • Keywords: include at least three key words from the list of "Areas of Interest" provided in the CFP.
  • Layout: pay attention to the layout instructions provided in the ICEIS' webpages with submission guidelines. A paper that is longer or wider than allowed will be rejected without evaluation.
  • Paper size: final submissions (Camera-Ready Copies) should be generated in A4 paper and both sources and PDF should be sent to the organizers.
  • Categories of submissions: often we consider not only purely technical papers but also position papers, reports from Ph.D. students, software demos, etc. Pay atention to the CFP in that regard. If there are such categories it is worth highlighting that under the title of the paper so that reviewers are aware of the category of the submission and judge it accordingly. If in doubt always check with the organizers in advance.
• These are the concepts used to evaluate the submissions.
• Here there is a sample layout file for workshop submissions. Do not forget to check the instructions for submission provided at the conference website!
• As an example of submissions which scored high in previous editions we give some examples:
  • Formal Specification of Real-Time Systems by Transformation of UML-RT Design Models.
  • Modelling History-Dependent Business Processes.
  • How Style Checking Can Improve Business Process Models.
  • Towards Run-time Component Integration on Ubiquitous Systems.
  • Consistency Verification of a Non-monotonic Deductive System based on OWL Lite.
  • A Unit Testing Framework for Network Configurations.
• Please take into account the scope of our workshop. We are interested in theoretical developments and in interesting applications. If those two elements are well balanced then the paper is even more attractive to our community (provided the content is technically sound). A purely theoretical or application oriented report will still have chances to be considered but it will not be as easily selected as a submission which addresses both aspects.

If you have further questions or suggestions feel free to contact any of the co-chairs of the event ...