JOURNAL OF SYMBOLIC COMPUTATION Second Call for Papers: Special Issue - ISSAC 2014 ( DEADLINE EXTENDED )
Following the 39th International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation (ISSAC’14) which was held at Kobe University, Japan, between July 23-25, 2014, we invite submissions to a special issue of the Journal of Symbolic Computation http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-symbolic-computation/. We solicit high-quality original research papers with journal-style extent of contribution. The main focus of this special issue will be on work (papers, tutorials, plenary talks, posters and softwares) presented at ISSAC’14, but this call is open to further submissions close to presentations at ISSAC'14. Potential contributors may contact the guest editors to discuss the suitability of topics and papers, by sending an email to [email protected] *Guest Editors:* ------------------------------ - Kosaku Nagasaka (Kobe University, Japan) - Agnes Szanto (North Carolina State University, USA) - Franz Winkler (RISC, Linz, Austria) *Important Dates:* ------------------------------ - Deadline for paper submission: December 8th, 2014. (extended!) - Notification of acceptance/rejection: April, 2015. - Publication of special issue: Fall 2015. *Submission Guidelines:* ------------------------------ You are recommended to use the Elsevier article class *elsarticle.cls* (http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/elsarticle) to prepare your manuscript and BibTeX (http://www.bibtex.org) to generate your bibliography. All submitted papers will be refereed according to the usual JSC refereeing process. Submission is via EasyChair, at the website https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=issac14specialissue - The introduction of the paper must explicitly address the following questions in succinct and informal manner: - What is the problem? - Why is the problem important? - What has been done so far on the problem? - What is the main contribution of the paper on the problem? - Why is the contribution original? (see below for clarification) - Why is the contribution non-trivial? - How is the journal paper different from the conference paper. - Make it complete (since there is no page limit). - All the related works and issues must be completely and carefully discussed. - All the previous relevant JSC papers must be properly cited and discussed. - All the theorem must be rigorously proved (no sketch allowed). - All the important definitions/theorems/algorithms must be illustrated by well chosen examples. - Address all the feedback from the conference's referee process and Q/A. *Clarification:* ------------------------------ The results, already published in the conference paper will be still counted as an original result for JSC refereeing process. *Contact:* ------------------------------ Inquiries should be sent to [email protected] yours sincerely, -- Kosaku Nagasaka (ISSAC 2014 general co-chair with Franz Winkler) ***** You may leave the ISSAC-ANNOUNCE list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF ISSAC-ANNOUNCE" command to [email protected] or by visiting http://listserv.acm.org/archives/ISSAC-ANNOUNCE.html. _______________________________________________ Om-announce mailing list [email protected] http://openmath.org/mailman/listinfo/om-announce
