University of Kuopio Department of Computer Science Instructions for the Authors and Editors of Department Research Reports [PK, DRAFT 11.8.05] The department has two report series, A and B, which are described below. Both are published and disseminated primarily in electronic form, as on-line documents. [1900-luvulla A-sarjan raportteja levitettiin tulosteina] Report Series A (ISSN 0787-6416) This is a series of original research reports of work done in or related with the Department of Computer Science. The reports are primarily available online (as PDF and Postscript files). They can be also ordered as printed reports from the department office. The Library of the University of Kuopio archives one print-copy of each report. In addition, the "Vapaakappaletoimisto" of the Library of the University of Helsinki is informed (by email to address e-vapaa@helsinki.fi) of new reports, for archiving and listing them in databases. [PAINETTUJEN VERSIOIDEN LEVITTTÄMISESTÄ VAPAAKAPPALETOIMISTOON JA MUILLE TKT-LAITOKSILLE LUOVUTTU!] The author can get extra hard-copies for sending the report to the interested people. Additional hard-copies are placed on the shelf in the department library and reserved in the department office for visitors and other inquiries. The reports should be written tightly and in careful English, using the style of journal articles. If necessary, one can write another more extensive report, submit it to Report Series B, and refer to it. The format, in particular the cover, should follow the previously appeared reports. The report should have an abstract, to be included in the online page of abstracts, and the author(s) should propose the class of the report in the ACM classification. The manuscript is submitted to the editor in chief of the report series (currently, in fall 2005, Pekka Kilpeläinen) for acceptance. The editorial board consists of the professors of the Department, who use other referees if necessary. For the details following the acceptance of the report, consult the editor. The reports are numbered by the label A/yyyy/n, where yyyy is the year and n is the running number in that year. Hence A/1994/5 is the fifth report in 1994. The ISSN number of the series is 0787-6416. The editor gives the author the individual ISBN number of the report, provided by the University Library (in fall 2005, by Liisa Hassinen). The final form of the report (as a PDF/Postscript file; PDF preferred), and the abstract (as plain-text) are submitted to the editor. The editor takes care of printing, filing and distributing the report. For network access, the following files in cs.uku.fi are updated. The title, with links to the report as gzipped PostScript and PDF, is added to the list of reports on page http://www.cs.uku.fi/research/publications/reports/reports.shtml and the abstract to the file http://www.cs.uku.fi/research/publications/reports/abstracts.shtml The report file, itself, will be stored in files http://www.cs.uku.fi/research/publications/reports/A-2005-n.ps.gz http://www.cs.uku.fi/research/publications/reports/A-2005-n.pdf A printed copy of the report is placed in the department library, and extra copies should also be available from the office of the department. Summary: - write the report using journal article style, proposing the ACM classification - submit the report (1 copy) to the editor in chief - if the report is accepted to the series, the editor gives the report number and the ISBN number - make cover page. A skeleton page in LaTeX and university logo in PDF form are found in http://www.cs.uku.fi/research/publications/reports/SeriesAcover.tex http://www.cs.uku.fi/research/publications/reports/uku.pdf - submit the final printed report as PDF and/or PostScript, and the abstract as a plain text file or a fragment of HTML (For examples, see the contents of http://www.cs.uku.fi/research/publications/reports/abstracts.shtml .) - the editor (with help of staff) makes print-copies in pink covers and delivers one them to the university library and the requested number to the author(s). One copy is placed in the department library, and the rest are stored in department office for visitors and possible requests. - the editor updates the index and abstract pages, and places the report files in the WWW directory of cs.uku.fi Report Series B The Report Series B is intended for work that is not qualified or suitable for publication in Series A, but is still worth publishing for some reason. A typical use might be the documentation of proofs or experimental software projects that are too extensive and detailed to appear in Series A. So, a research report appearing in Series A could refer to details or implementations documented in Series B. Reports in Series B can be written either in English or in Finnish. The editorial board of the report series consists of the professor and the senior assistants of the Department. [AIEMMIN APULAISPROFESSORIT MUTTA EI YLIASSISTENTIT] In short, the procedure of acceptance and publishing is the same as for the Series A, but without the ISBN number and archival in the library of the university. Also, only a few of printed copies are produced, to be placed in the department library and for archiving in the department office. The accepted reports are numbered by the label B/yyyy/n, where yyyy is the year and n is the running number in that year. Hence B/2005/5 is the fifth report in 2005. The following files in cs.uku.fi are updated: http://www.cs.uku.fi/research/publications/reports/reports.shtml http://www.cs.uku.fi/research/publications/reports/abstracts.shtml http://www.cs.uku.fi/research/publications/reports/B-2005-n.ps.gz http://www.cs.uku.fi/research/publications/reports/B-2005-n.pdf Summary: - write the report - submit for publication to the editor-in-chief - when the report is accepted, get the report number - provide the final form of the report as PDF and/or PS and the abstract (as plain text or HTML)