GENERAL GUIDELINES

All abstracts must be in English and submitted in Word format.
Please comply with the following guidelines. In certain cases, non-compliance may lead to rejection or
exclusion from publication.

• • •  The extended abstract must discuss only new and previously unpublished results.
    • The extended abstract must be formatted according to the template given and must not exceed 2 pages, including figures and references.
    • The extended abstract must address at least one category specified in the Call for Papers.
    • Each accepted submission is required to have at least one registration from one of the authors.
    • WIESymp conducts a double-blind peer-review process and a plagiarism check. In submitting your manuscript for the review process, you must leave the author and affiliation section in the manuscript blank. Also, you must remove any information in the manuscript that refers to the author identity or affiliation (such as acknowledgements). Submissions not respecting the blind review requirements or not passing the plagiarism check will be rejected.
    • WIESymp will also not accept any double-submission that is either under review by or has been
      accepted for another conference, or journal.

What is an extended abstract?

• • •  An extended abstract is a short article where your work is presented in a concise way.
    • The aim of an extended abstract is to share ideas and results in a way that is easily accessible to the reader, e.g. your peers and the conference staff.
    • The extended abstract must include similar aspects and information expected in a regular research paper, but more focused on practical design and design methods, without being too detailed.
    •  A common disposition is to divide it into the following sections (not all are obligatory):
      • Introduction: The introduction usually contains a background and/or a motivation for your work including a comparison to related work.
      • Approach: A description of your work including the relevant methods used to solve the
        problem.
      • Experiments: Description of the experiments or measurements made if applicable.
      • Results: Presentation of the result obtained. If possible, use descriptive figures or tables
        rather than explain in text. Do not discuss or interpret the results at this stage.
      • Discussion: Discuss the results. What conclusions can you draw? Put your results in
        perspective by comparing to other work or generally accepted knowledge in the field.
        Criticise your own method and results, for example, with respect to any simplifications
        made.
    • The extended abstract will be assessed with respect to the relevance of the work in the field, the relevance of the introduction, results and discussion, the ability to clearly pass on the message, and the overall impression.
    • Do not overlook the importance of the introduction, figures, examples, and conclusions (and measurements if applicable) in an extended abstract
    • Some things that can be omitted from an extended abstract: future work, details of proofs or implementation that should seem plausible to reviewers, ramifications not relevant to the key ideas of the abstract.
    • Please note that you are free to arrange the material as you wish, and you can focus on a particular point that interests you, as long as all aspects above are covered.’

FORMAT

• • • In order to achieve the same appearance for all manuscripts, WIESymp requires the usage of
      given Abstract Templates for symposium proceedings, available in Microsoft Word format.
      template
    • Please do only use the US Letter size templates.
    • Do not set any file security on any files.
    • Do not use other fonts than the ones used in the template. However, if it should become necessary for any reason to use any other font, avoid the usage of non-English fonts.

SUBMISSION 

• • • Paper submission is done via the Microsoft CMT Conference Management System.
    • Once you are login to the CMT, please select “International Women in Engineering Symposium 2021”
    • When submitting the paper, please select the relevant track.

Camera Ready Submission

Submissions with “Accepted” Status

Upon receiving the author notifications, the authors are expected to submit the camera ready version of the abstract as per the given template.

The length of the camera ready version of the abstract is limited to one page and the maximum number of words is limited to 250. The entire document should be in Times New Roman. Title must be in 12 pt Regular font. Author name must be in 10 pt Regular font. Author affiliation must be in 10 pt Italic. Email address of the corresponding author must be in 10 pt Italic. Define abbreviations and acronyms the first time they are used in the text

Template for the camera ready version of the abstract: abstract template

Submissions with “Accepted with major/ minor revisions” Status

Upon receiving the author notifications, the authors are expected to address the reviewers comments and modify the extended abstract accordingly. Authors required to submit both the revised extended abstract and the camera ready version of the abstract.

The length of the camera ready version of the abstract is limited to one page and the maximum number of words is limited to 250. The entire document should be in Times New Roman. Title must be in 12 pt Regular font. Author name must be in 10 pt Regular font. Author affiliation must be in 10 pt Italic. Email address of the corresponding author must be in 10 pt Italic. Define abbreviations and acronyms the first time they are used in the text.

Template for the camera ready version of the abstract: abstract template

NO-SHOW POLICY

• • • All abstracts that are accepted must be presented at the symposium, by at least one of the
      authors themselves.
    • In case of an abstract is not presented at the symposium, it shall be deemed a “no-show.”
    • No-shows will be removed from post-symposium distribution and will not be available on symposium proceedings.
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