7#$"4!gx*$*$. . .,. ////////x/0v 01*1#. 101131111111ECCM-98 Publication Format Richard M Young Department of Psychology University of Hertfordshire Hatfield, Herts AL10 9AB, UK +44 1707 28 5051 R.M.Young@herts.ac.uk Frank E Ritter Department of Psychology University of Nottingham Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK +44 115 951 5292 frank.ritter@nottingham.ac.uk ABSTRACT In this paper, we describe the formatting requirements for ECCM-98, the second European Conference on Cognitive Modelling, and we offer a number of suggestions on writing style for the international ECCM readership. Keywords Guides, instructions, author's kit, conference publications INTRODUCTION The ECCM-98 Proceedings are the written record of the conference. We hope to give the papers in the Proceedings a single, high-quality appearance. To do this, we ask that authors follow some simple guidelines. In essence, we ask you to make your paper look exactly like this document. The easiest way to do this is simply to down-load a template from ECCM (1998) (see references at end of this document), and replace the content with your own material. Any comments on these instructions will be gratefully received by the authors, whose addresses are above. PAGE SIZE All material on each page should fit within a rectangle of 17 x 25 cm (6.75" x 9.9"), centered on the page, beginning 1.9 cm (.75") from the top of the page, with a .75 cm (.3") space between two 8.25 cm (3.25") columns. Accepted papers will be photocopied onto A4 sized paper (21 x 29.7 cm). Submission on US letter-sized paper (8.5" x 11") is acceptable. If working with US paper, the simplest procedure is to tell your word processor that you are using A4 paper, and use this template unchanged. If you keep the document set to US letter sized, then change the right-hand margin to 1" (2.5 cm) and the bottom margin to 0.35" (0.9 cm). TYPESET TEXT Prepare your submissions on a typesetter or word processor. Normal or Body Text Please use a 10-point Times Roman font, or other Roman font with serifs, as close as possible in appearance to Times Roman in which these guidelines have been set. The goal is to have a 10-point text, as you see here. Please use sans-serif or non-proportional fonts only for special purposes, such as distinguishing source code text. The Press 10-point font available to users of Script is a good substitute for Times Roman. If Times Roman is not available, try the font named Computer Modern Roman. On a Macintosh, use the font named Times. If you do not have a laser printer, you may be able to arrange for a business to print your document for you. If no laser printer is available, then use the best alternative printer you have. If you have no access to any printer, then your material should be typewritten onto larger pages and reduced 25%. Title and Authors The title (Helvetica 18-point bold), authors' names (Times Roman 12-point bold) and affiliations (Times Roman 12-point) run across the full width of the page one column 17.8 cm (7") wide. We also recommend phone number and e-mail address. See the top of this pag for two names with different addresses. If only one address is needed, center all address text. For two addresses, use two centered tabs, and so on. For more than three authors, you may have to improvise. Abstract and Keywords Every submission should begin with an abstract of about 100 words, followed by a set of keywords. The abstract and keywords should be placed in the left column of the first page under the left half of the title. The abstract should be a concise statement of the problem, approach, findings, and conclusions of the work described. Subsequent Pages For pages other than the first page, start at the top of the page, and continue in double-column format. Right margins should be justified, not ragged. The two columns on the last page should be of equal length. Length of Document The document should have a maximum of 8 (eight) pages. Longer submissions will not be accepted. References and Citations Use the standard APA (American Psychological Association) format for references. In the text, citations should be given in the style (Bloggs, 1984), or where appropriate as shown by Bloggs (1984). Cited references are listed at the end of the article, ordered alphabetically by first author. See the examples of citations at the end of this document. Within this template file, use the style named References for the text of your citation. References should be published materials accessible to the public. Internal technical reports may be cited only if they are easily accessible (i.e. you can give the address to obtain the report within your citation) and may be obtained by any reader. Proprietary information may not be cited. Private communications should be acknowledged, not referenced, e.g., (Robertson, personal communication). Page Numbering, Headers and Footers Do not include headers, footers or page numbers in your submission. These will be added when the papers are assembled. SECTIONS The heading of a section should be in Helvetica 9-point bold in all-capitals. Sections should be unnumbered. Subsections The heading of subsections should be in Helvetica 9-point bold with only the initial letters capitalized. (Note: For sub-sections and subsubsections, a word like the or a is not capitalized unless it is the first word of the header Subsubsections The heading for subsubsections should be in Helvetica 9-point italic with initial letters capitalized. FIGURES Figures should be inserted at the appropriate point in your text. Figures may extend over the two columns up to 17 cm (6.75") if necessary. Black and white photographs (not Polaroid prints) may be mounted on the camera-ready paper with glue or double-sided tape. A service bureau can make a special print of your black and white photography for printing purposes (optional). To avoid smudges, attach figures by paste or tape applied to their back surfaces only. Each figure should have a figure caption in Times Roman. LANGUAGE, STYLE AND CONTENT The written and spoken language of ECCM-98 is English. Spelling and punctuation may consistently use any dialect of English (e.g., British, Canadian or US). Hyphenation is optional. Please write for an international audience: Write in a straightforward style. Use simple sentence structure. Try to avoid long sentences and complex sentence structures. Use semicolons carefully. Use common and basic vocabulary (e.g., use the word unusual rather than the word arcane). Briefly define or explain all technical terms. Explain all acronyms the first time they are used in your text e.g., World Wide Web (WWW). Explain local references (e.g., not everyone knows all city names in a particular country). Explain insider comments. Ensure that your whole audience understands any reference whose meaning you do not describe (e.g., do not assume that everyone has used a Macintosh or a particular application). Explain colloquial language and puns. Understanding phrases like red herring requires a cultural knowledge of English. Humor and irony are difficult to translate. Use unambiguous forms for culturally localized concepts, such as times, dates, currencies and numbers (e.g., 1-5- 97 or 5/1/97 may mean 5 January or 1 May , and seven o'clock may mean 7:00 am or 19:00). Be careful with the use of gender-specific pronouns (he, she) and other gendered words (chairman, manpower, man-months). Use inclusive language (e.g., she or he, s/he, they, chair, staff, staff-hours, person-years) that is gender-neutral. If necessary , you may be able to use he and she in alternating sentences, so that the two genders occur equally often. See Schwartz (1995) for further advice and examples regarding gender and other personal attributes. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This template document is based upon the one used for CHI 98, which was developed over several successive CHIs and related conferences by a number of contributors. REFERENCES Anderson, R. E. (1992). Social impacts of computing: Codes of professional ethics. Social Science Computing Review 10, 2 (Winter), 453-469. Conger, S., & Loch, K. D. (eds.) (1995). Ethics and computer use. Communications of the ACM, 38 (12) (entire issue). ECCM (1998). Template for ECCM papers. Available from http://phoenix.herts.ac.uk/~rmy/eccm98/********** Mackay, W. E. (1995). Ethics, lies and videotape. In Proceedings of CHI '95, ACM Press, 138-145. Schwartz, M., and Task Force on Bias-Free Language (1995). Guidelines for Bias-Free Writing. 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