Submissions - Guidelines
Proceedings

The International Mathematica Symposium is an interdisciplinary conference dedicated to Mathematica users, but also open to attendees who wish to discover its universe of two million users. Indeed, thanks to its federative power and its ability to facilitate dialog between disciplines, Mathematica covers the fields of scientific investigation, technical design and artistic creation. That's why the symposium addresses the academic community (teaching or research) as well as the industrial sphere or the world of arts. Besides, the past IMS sites reflect the variety of topics entered upon.

IMS'06 is both a traditional conference with papers in oral or poster form and a workshop with dedicated hand-on sessions, software demonstrations and discussion panels ; so contributions to the symposium may be in one or several of these forms.

Call for Papers

Participants are invited to submit one or more of the following: an abstract for a paper or for a poster presentation, a proposal for a discussion panel or a software / package demonstration. The process is detailed in the following sections. Oral presentations and posters will be published in the proceedings of the symposium (see below).

Important Dates / Deadlines


Abstract (initial) submission (paper or poster): January, 13th, 2006
Notification of acceptance / rejection: January, 27th, 2006
Paper submission (full paper or poster): February, 15th, 2006
Camera ready papers:
March 23rd, 2006


Discussion panel: March, 3rd, 2006
Software demonstration: March, 3rd, 2006
Notification of acceptance / rejection: March, 31st, 2006



Paper and Poster Submissions -Dates and Process

This year, there is a common process for papers and posters. Participants are first invited to submit one or several abstracts either for a paper or for a poster. When the abstract is accepted, the program committee decides whether it is a paper or a poster.

Abstracts (initial submissions)

You are invited to submit abstracts (initial submission) to the symposium by January, 13th, 2006. Papers may cover any aspect of the use of Mathematica, or of Mathematica-related development activities. Submissions are invited in (but are not limited to) the fields of:

  • Pure and Applied Mathematics
  • Algorithms and Computer Algebra
  • Theoretical or Applied Computer Science
  • Physics
  • Complexity Analysis
  • Biology and Life Sciences
  • Human Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Economy and Finance
  • Graphics and Design
  • Visual Arts and Music
  • Education
  • Miscellaneous Applications

Abstracts (initial submissions) are one-page papers in the form of Mathematica notebooks. There is no preferred stylesheet to use for the Mathematica notebook initial submissions; as a suggestion, use the HelpBrowser or ArticleClassic style.

Paper Submission (Full Paper)

If the abstract is accepted by the Program Committee, authors will be invited to submit a 6-page paper in the case of an oral presentation or a 3-page paper in the case of a poster presentation (Mathematica notebook) by February 15th, 2006, for review by the Committee (see submission Guidelines).

Notification of Acceptance / Rejection

Each paper submitted to IMS is reviewed by the Program Committee. The corresponding author for each paper will be notified by email whether the paper was accepted rejected or requires modifications before March 23rd, 2006.

Camera Ready Paper (Final Submission)

If the full paper is accepted by the Program Committee, authors will be invited to submit a camera-ready version by March 23rd, 2006 (see submission Guidelines). An accepted paper or poster will be published only if a camera-ready version has been received by this date and if at least one author has registred for the symposium. Ordinary paper sessions will last 30 minutes (20 minutes for the talk and 10 minutes for questions).

Other Submissions

The IMS'06 Organizing Committee also seeks proposals for discussion panels, workshops, or software demonstrations. The closing date for these submissions is March 3rd, 2006. The corresponding author for each proposal will be notified by email whether the proposal was accepted or rejected by March 31st, 2006.

Discussion Panels / Workshops

Participants are invited to propose a discussion panel on topics of their choice, such as :

  • Mathematica in secondary education
  • Mathematica in higher education
  • Mathematica in industry
  • Constitution of user groups
  • Publishing with Mathematica
  • User requests about the Mathematica design

Participants are asked to indicate in their proposal whether they would be interested in chairing the proposed discussion panel. There is no submission for discussion panels or workshops. Proposals will be made in the registration form.

Software demonstrations

It is open to colleagues or vendors to give laboratory demonstrations without delivering a paper, or, having delivered a paper in the ordinary way, to give a separate hands-on demonstration. These will normally last one hour. Proposals for software demonstrations should take the form of a brief description of the content of the presentation: a one-page notebook is appropriate.



Submission Instructions/Guidelines

Abstracts, papers (classical or poster) and proposals for software demonstrations should be submitted by e-mail to submit-ims06@sophia.inria.fr in the form of Mathematica notebooks.

There is no preferred stylesheet to use for the Mathematica notebook submissions (as a suggestion for the initial submissions, use the HelpBrowser or ArticleClassic style).

The stylesheet for the camera ready version will be specified later.

Proceedings of the Symposium

The proceedings of the symposium will be published but the publisher has not been selected yet. More precise information will be given later.