Author guidelines

Submission Deadline: June 6th, 2024 

Author Guidelines and Instructions

Contributors may submit an abstract or a full paper for presentation at the conference. Both will be subjected to the blind refereeing process. Please ensure the abstract or paper is submitted to the appropriate conference subject area for consideration. If the theme of a paper does not match the subject area focus, it may be rejected even though the paper would otherwise be accepted under another subject area. This page includes sections on formatting the abstract or the paper, submitting the abstract or paper, and instructions for presentation at the conference. The Microsoft Conference Management Tool (CMT) is the platform for managing paper submissions. Please view the YouTube tutorials on this page before submitting the paper or abstract. There are more tutorials on CMT on YouTube. 

 

Abstract Formatting Guidelines

Title

  1. The title must be centered with at least a one-and-one-half-inch margin on the left and right.
  2. Font: Times New Roman typeface is required, boldfaced, 14 point.
  3. Include Author and Affiliation.
  4. Footers: Please don’t include any in your abstract.

Body of the Abstract (beginning under title information)

  1. Format: The document will be in a one-column format with left justification.
  2. There must be a 1-inch margin on the left, right, and bottom.
  3. Font: Times New Roman typeface is required, 12 points, skipping one line between paragraphs.

Length 

  1. Abstracts should generally be between 250 and 500 words, two pages maximum. Include Key Words at the bottom. 

Submission Limit

  1. Authors may submit up to three abstracts.  

Note: Incorrectly formatted abstracts will not be included in the proceedings.  

 

Submission Help

  1. For detailed help on submitting the abstract, go to the Submission Help page. 
  2. Otherwise, click the button below to submit the abstract directly to the Microsoft CMT conference platform.
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Full Paper Formatting Guidelines

Title Page (top part of the first page only)

  1. Title of Paper: The title must be centered with at least a one-and-one-half-inch margin on the left and right.
  2. Font: Times New Roman typeface is required, boldfaced, 14 point.
  3. Include Author and Affiliation
  4. Footers: Please leave them blank.

Body of the Paper (beginning under the title information on the first page and continuing with all subsequent pages)

  1. First Page: The paper will be in a one-column format with left justification.
  2. There must be a 1-inch margin on the left, right, and bottom.
  3. Font: Times New Roman typeface is required, 12 points, skipping one line between paragraphs.
  4. Second and All Subsequent Pages: There must be a 1-inch margin all around (top, bottom, right, left) in one column format, left justification, skipping one line between paragraphs.
  5. Font: Times New Roman typeface is required, 12 points, using only standard symbols and abbreviations in text and illustrations.
  6. Abstracts: Include between the title and the body of the paper, but not on a separate page.
  7. Headings: Headings are not required but can be included. If used, headings must be left justified, lowercase, and of the same font and size as the body of the paper. There must be only one space between the heading and the paragraph.
  8. Page Numbering: Do not number the pages.
  9. Length: No set limit for the number of pages in a paper.
  10. Pages can be landscape to accommodate graphics if necessary. All other requirements above still apply

Bibliographic Information (following body of paper)

1. Format: The bibliography must begin 4 spaces below the body of the paper using the same margins as the body.

2. Font: Times New Roman typeface is required, 10 points.

3. Referencing: Each reference must be listed and numbered. Type the corresponding reference number in superscript form when referring to them in the text.

 

Submission Limit

  1. Authors may submit up to three papers.  

Note: Incorrectly formatted papers will not be included in the proceedings.  

 

Submission Help

  1. For detailed help on submitting the paper, go to the Submission Help page. 
  2. Otherwise, click the button below to submit the paper directly to the Microsoft CMT conference platform.
Submit

Quick Steps to Abstract or Paper Submission

Title

  1. Be ready with a properly formatted abstract or paper. 
  2. You should have already created an account on Microsoft CMT.
  3. Log into Microsoft CMT and select the TASME 2024 conference from the list of conferences in which you are registered, or click TASME 2024 to access the Conference directly on Microsoft CMT.
  4. Follow the procedure in the tutorial video below to submit the paper or abstract in the appropriate subject area. 
  5. For detailed help on submissions, go to the Submissions Tutorial Video. 

Note: Several YouTube videos and online help guides are available for submitting a paper or an abstract to the CMT paper management system. For detailed help on submissions, click the button below to access the Submissions Help page. 

 

Submissions Help

Review Process

Acknowledgement 

  1. After creating an account on Microsoft CMT, an author can select and access the TASME conference to submit an abstract or a paper through the Author Console. Please view the Video for registering for an account on CMT and submitting the paper. 
  2. Once an abstract or a paper is submitted, an acknowledgement will be emailed to the author and the submission information will appear on the Author Console screen on Microsoft CMT. 
  3. An example is as follows: 

Review Outcome

  1. The reviews will take at least two weeks to complete.
  2. Authors will be informed whether their papers are accepted, accepted with modifications or rejected. 
  3. Authors of all accepted abstracts or papers will be requested to submit a camera-ready copy for publication in the conference proceedings. 
  4. Those who received an acceptance with a modification decision should submit the revised papers with modifications for further review. 

Communications with Subject Chair 

  1. Two weeks after submitting the paper, authors may email the Subject Chair to request the status of their abstract or paper, if a decision has not already been emailed to them.
  2.  The Author Console will have two email links, one to the meta-reviewer and the other to the senior meta-reviewer. 
  3. The meta-reviewer is the Subject Chair. 
  4. If an author did not receiver any email communication from the Subject Chair (meta-reviewer) after contacting the Subject Chair, they may email the senior meta-reviewer.  
  5. The senior meta-reviewer is the overall coordinator for all conference reviews. 
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Paper Submission Tutorial

For better reviewing experience, please click the Close Caption (CC) icon at the right-hand bottom of the screen. You may also click the upward arrow on the right-hand bottom of the screen to open the video in a separate tab for full-screen viewing. 

Conference Presentation Instructions

The conference presentation instructions are outlined on another page entitled Presenters. It can be accessed by clicking on the Presenters navigation link under Support at the top of this page. Clicking on the button below can also lead to the presentation instruction page. 

Presentation instructions

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