INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

PIERS 2002 is accepting submission of summaries on space-available basis.
Please send all summaries and registrations to:
     PIERS Office
     c/o Professor J. A. Kong
     Room 26-305
     77 Massachusetts Avenue
     Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
     Fax: +1-617-258-8766 and/or +1-617-258-9525
     E-mail: piers@ewt.mit.edu and/or piers@ceta-mac1.mit.edu

Document Preparation

Authors are invited to submit a one-page summary of no less than 250 words in English. No full-length paper is required.

1. name and title of the author,
2. affiliation and complete mailing address,
3. e-mail address,
4. URL of web page,
5. fax number,
6. telephone number.

By email submission, please supply all requested information, and attach all source file types (Word, LaTex, pdf,.....).
By fax submission, send to the above fax number, by regular mail submission, send to the above address.

After a submitted paper is received by PIERS Office, the title of the paper and an assigned file name will be published in Papers Received. Author(s) of the paper, when the paper is accepted, will receive from PIERS Office instructions for pre-registraion. Inclusion of the paper in the Technical Program and the Symposium Proceedings is guaranteed only after pre-registration of the presenting author is completed.

For more information, please refer to the PIERS 2002 CALL FOR PAPERS.

Presenting Authors

Each presenting author is limited to presenting no more than three papers, must pre-register and pay a non-refundable pre-registration fee of US$355 to PIERS Office.

Corresponding Authors

Shortly after the paper submission, the corresponding author will receive from PIERS Office instructions for pre-registraion if the paper is deemed acceptable. Scheduling of the paper in the Technical Program and inclusion in the Symposium Proceedings are guaranteed only after pre-registration of the presenting author is completed.

Session Organizers

Session organizers or invited participants may be receiving multiple invitations from members of the various PIERS Committees or other session organizers. One need not be overly concerned with a session topic that might be in conflict or overlapping with topics of other sessions. Multiple sessions in the same technical area will serve to enhance the strength and interest of the area at the Symposium. The Technical Committee will schedule sessions of similar topics at different times over the Symposium period.

Each organized session should have eight to eleven papers that will not be subject to the regular review cycle. The session organizer have full authority in soliciting and accepting papers for the session. The allocated presentation time for each paper is 20 minutes that includes the time for questions from the audience. Each author is limited to presenting no more than three papers (including poster papers) at the Symposium and is required to register in advance. The names of the session organizers will be listed under PIERS organization on the web page, and in the printed version of all PIERS 2002 publications when more than six papers of a organized session are received. The session organizer can then designate a chair and a co-chair for the session.