Late-news Abstract Submission

You can download abstract template file here in MS Word format or PDF format.   

You must create and maintain a unique (and single) personal identification number (PIN) in the  system.

If you have already an account, please go to Step 3 directly.

To create an PIN, follow these steps:

1. Go to http://nano.papercept.net - this is the starting point for all conference related activities

2. Follow the PIN link (See figure 1) to get to the Pin Wizard. You can perform the following actions from Pin wizard:

• Check if you already have a PIN on the system. Click on "Next" button next to the option: "Find your own or someone else's PIN"; enter the Surname => Submit to see your PIN. If multiple users with same surname exist, they will all be displayed along with the PIN. Please locate and save your PIN

• Retrieve your password. Click on "Next" button next to the option: "Retrieve your password" => Enter your PIN, recovered in previous step => Send. Your account information will be sent to the email address in the database.

• Create a new PIN (See figure 2). If you do not have an account in the system, Click on "Next" button next to the option: "Register a new PIN" => Fill out the form => Submit. Your account information will be sent to the email address you entered. Note that when you log in, you will be asked to verify your account information.

Update your account information. If you know your PIN and password, you can update your personal information by following "Next" button next to the option: "Update your personal information".

When you first login or eachtime your account information such as keywords, address, etc are changed, you will see the following at the top of your login page:

You must scroll to the bottom, confirm the information and then click on the Login link in the green box.

For completeness, you should have the following information/files in your possession when you are ready to upload your manuscript:

• PINs of all co-authors of the paper

• Title

• Abstract in plain-text

• Manuscript in PDF format (compliant with IEEE PDF requirements). Specifically, all fonts must be embedded/subsetted, additionally, for uniformity paper size should US Letter, you can download LaTeX class file or MS-Word sample file by following the Support link from http://nano.papercept.net

• (Optionally) A video clip (under 10M) in mpeg format

To submit your manuscript, follow these steps (make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser settings):

1. Go to http://nano.papercept.net

2. Follow the NMDC Late news paper link. You "should not login" for initial submission.

3. Click on Submit link in the same line as "Contributed paper".

4. In the submission form on the next page

• Type/Paste manuscript title

• Type in number authors on the paper => Go, this will open up appropriate number of boxes to put co-author PINs

• Type in one PIN in each box. Designate one author as "Corresponding author". Only the corresponding author can make updates (reupload the PDF file) to the paper.

• Click on "Go" button to select conference designated Keywords. Select up to three keywords. The keyword in "first" column will be used to classify your paper. Once you have selected your keywords, they will appear in the yello pop-up box. Click Submit to confirm your keywords. Once the paper has been submitted - you cannot change keywords, you will have to ask conference chair to change them, so please choose your keywords carefully.

• Type/Paste text only abstract. Note that HTML markup or (La)TeX is "not" supported. This must be plain text.

• Read the Commitment statement and check the I agree checkbox.

• Click on "Verify" button. The page will reupload. Check all entered information for accuracy. Updated as needed.

• Assuming you have already tested your PDF files for compliance, scroll down to "File upload section". Locate and select your PDF files by following "Browse" button.

• You may "optionally" include a video file to demonstrate your results. If you do not upload a video file at the initial submission stage, you "will not" be able to upload video file to accompany your paper at the final submission stage.

• Click on "Submit" button to upload file. Please be patient, upload can take some time.