Guidelines for Authors

Authors are invited to submit Full Papers of up to 10 pages and Testbed Practices Papers of up to 6 pages, including references, figures and tables. For paper format guidelines, please click here.

TridentCom 2009 will use COCUS for paper submission and management. To submit your paper:

[1] Go to the COCUS login page.
[2] If you have a COCUS account, you can log in by clicking the "Login" link at the upper right corner. Otherwise, click the "Register" link in the page to create your COCUS account.
[3] After logging in, click the "Submit paper" tab on the top.
[4] Find the "TridentCom 2009" row, and click the "Submit a paper" link in that row.
[5] In the next page, you will see the conference information. Click the "Submit a paper" link.
[6] Choose one of the following three categories for your paper: Full Paper, Short Paper, and Invited Paper.
[7] Enter the title, abstract and topic information for your paper, and click "Next."  Please choose one Primary Topic and one or two Secondary Topics for your paper. These topics will help us to assign your paper to the TPC member with the right expertise and interest.
[8] On the next page you will see the information you have just entered. Verify it, and if correct, click "Submit." If the information is not correct, click on the Back button of your browser and go back to the previous screen.
[9] You can then upload your paper and modify the details of your submission if needed.

Important Dates

Papers due: October 1, 2008
Papers due (extended, firm deadline) October 15, 2008
Demo proposals due: November 1, 2008
Notification of acceptance: December 15, 2008
Submission of camera-ready papers: January 15, 2009
Conference date April 6~8, 2009