Final Version

1. Copyright Form

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2. Formatting

The final versions of the papers must be formatted using the ACM Word or LaTeX style templates, which are available here:

http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html

Please also apply the ACM Computing Classification categories and terms. The templates provide space for this indexing. The Classification Scheme is available at:

http://www.acm.org/class/1998/

3. Copyright Statement

Please put the following text into the place in the document that is reserved for the copyright statement:

Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. To copy otherwise, to republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior specific permission and/or a fee.<NEWLINE>
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Authors using LaTeX can use the dedicated commands as in this example (more details). Word users can view an example here (more details).

4. Submission

For the submission of the final version, please create one ZIP- or TAR-archive that contains all source files plus a generated PDF-file. Take care, that no Type 3 (bit-mapped) fonts are used in the PDF.

Send the archive until May 28, 2007 attached to an e-mail to:

Please name the paper title in the subject line of the e-mail.

Paper Submission

All papers should be submitted via the EasyChair conference submission system. You will first have to create an account with the system. The submission website can be found here:

• http://www.easychair.org/DEBS07

Please ensure your paper fits the double blind review process: No author names and addresses! No recognizable self-references!

Due to numerous requests the organizing committee has decided to extend the paper submission deadline to March 18th (11:59 p.m. PST). Authors are required to submit an abstract for their paper by March 14th.

Papers must represent original and unpublished work that is not currently under review. Each paper will be reviewed by at least three independent referees. Papers will be evaluated according to their significance, originality, technical content, style, clarity, and relevance to the conference. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to attend the conference.

The conference adopts a double blind review process, where neither authors nor reviewers know each others' identities. The author(s) name(s) and address(es) must not appear in the body of the paper, and self-references should be in the third person. This is to facilitate a double-blind review process.

Three types of paper submissions will be accepted: research papers, industry papers, and demo papers. Submitted papers should clearly indicate their type. Papers must not exceed the given number of pages for the respective paper type:

• Research Papers: (max. 12 pages)
  A research paper describes new results that advance the state-of-the-art in basic or applied research. Short papers (max. 6 pages) presenting work-in-progress are also welcome.
• Industry Papers: (max. 8 pages)
  An industry paper describes the design, the experience (in building, deploying and running), or the performance of an industry system. Commonly, the majority of authors on the paper are from industry. Product marketing material will not be accepted as papers.
• Demo Papers: (max. 4 pages)
  A demo paper reports on an existing research prototype by clearly identifying the original contributions and ideas demonstrated. The authors are expected to prepare a poster and perform a live software demonstration on their own laptop during an exhibit-style conference reception. Any special requirements should be identified in the appendix of the paper.

Submissions must be in the ACM format for conference proceedings. Templates can be found at the following URL: http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html

Authors using the LaTeX2e templates should also ensure that they use only Type 1 fonts. See the ACM FAQ: http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/sigfaq.htm#a14

Please apply the ACM Computing Classification categories and terms. The ACM Computing Classification scheme can be found at the following URL: http://www.acm.org/class/1998/

Accepted papers will be published by ACM. The conference proceedings will be published as part of the ACM International Proceedings Series and will be disseminated through the ACM Digital Library. Authors of accepted papers will be asked to sign ACM copyright forms. Forms and information about ACM's copyright policy can be found at the following URLs: http://www.acm.org/pubs/copyright_form.html http://www.acm.org/pubs/copyright_policy/