Papers will be selected through a rigorous review of full paper contributions based on relevance to the conference, intellectual quality, scientific significance, novelty, relation to previously published literature, and clarity of presentation. Please see the Call for Papers for full details on the range of topics for COSIT 2009.

Prospective authors must submit full papers, not abstracts, in pdf format by the deadline below. Papers must be in English. Papers submitted for review should be formatted using the Springer "Lecture Notes in Computer Science" style. For formatting instructions, please refer to the information for authors of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) by Springer. The total length of the paper should not exceed 18 pages, including figures and bibliography; this is approximately 6000 words. The Program Committee will evaluate the papers based on scientific significance, relevance to the conference, novelty, relation to previously published literature, and clarity of presentation. The proceedings will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.

Papers should be submitted via the EasyChair Conference system:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cosit2009

Important dates

March 2, 2009 – Deadline for full paper submission
May 15, 2009 – Notification of acceptance
June 22, 2009 – Camera-Ready copy due