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Optical Fiber Conference 2003
Conference and Exposition
Technical Conference March 23-28, 2003
Exposition March 23-27, 2003
Georgia World Congress Center
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
OFC 2003 is now soliciting original papers whose contents are within
the topic categories and have not been presented previously, and
describe new technical contributions.
The submission deadline for OFC 2003 is at 12:00pm (noon EST) on
September 25, 2002. All abstracts and summaries must be SUBMITTED
ELECTRONICALLY by the deadline. No facsimiles or mailed submissions
will be accepted.
All papers presented for review must have a signed copyright transfer
agreement form received by OFC Conference Management. Authors will be
notified whether their papers have been accepted by November 15, 2002
(see notifications below).No materials submitted will be returned to
authors. Only summaries and abstracts should be submitted.
Adherence to the instructions for preparation of the abstract and
summary is imperative. Any of the following conditions may result in
rejection of a paper:
* Failure to submit the paper electronically using the conference
website by NOON on September 25, 2002.
* Failure to submit the 35-word abstract and summary
* Failure to submit a completed copyright agreement.
* Faxes, mailed, emailed and revised submissions will not be
accepted.
Registration for technical sessions is open to all members of the
scientific and technical community. It is incumbent on the authors to
obtain appropriate approval to present their work to this
international forum.
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Submission Information & Considerations
OFC is a conference to facilitate the dissemination of leading-edge
information on materials, devices, technology, and applications of
optical fiber communications. Hence, authors with first-rate
discoveries but without the material, equipment, or personnel to
support exhaustive characterizations are also encouraged to submit
their work. Authors are encouraged to properly qualify techniques or
devices that indicate advancements but are not yet fully implemented.
We recognize that recent technology advancement, improvements in
understanding, and the overall maturity of optical fiber
communications has led to increased expectations for OFC papers. In an
effort to meet these well-founded expectations, the OFC 2003 Technical
Program Committee will closely examine the correlation between what is
claimed, what is convincing, and what is demonstrated in submitted
papers. For example, performance claims must be substantiated with
measurements; a "Terabit" system cannot simply measure a few
representative 10Gb/s channels. Measurement conditions that affect
performance should be fully specified, for example pseudorandom
pattern length.
Papers submitted to OFC 2003 will be closely judged based on various
merits such as: novelty, thoroughness, originality, reference to
previous work, degree of applicability, amount of useful information,
accuracy, perceived degree of interest in the community, believable
claims, demonstrated claims, degree of disclosure of related
information, clarity and sufficient progress in the field. The
seemingly difficult task of fairly weighing all these merits is placed
in the well-qualified hands of the OFC 2003 Technical Program
Committee--a truly superb collection of diverse leaders in optical
fiber communications.
Authors are discouraged from submitting papers that are little more
than product announcements with minimal technical detail.
Additionally, authors are reminded that related technical information
should be approved for public distribution by all controlling
organizations. OFC is a public forum for the exchange of information.
For all reasonable questions (including technical detail), presenters
are encouraged to have answers approved for distribution prior to the
presentation. Authors not interested in properly discussing their work
with attendees in a conference setting are encouraged to submit their
work to journals.
Please keep these considerations in mind while preparing manuscripts
and presentation material for OFC 2003.,
Topic Categories
OFC 2003's Technical Program Committee has come up with nine (9) Topic
Categories. As part of the submission process, authors will be asked
to indicate where their paper best fits within these broad topic
categories. The program co-chairs will use this information to
facilitate the paper review process.
Modes of Presentation
All contributing authors are asked to choose a mode of presentation
for their papers. The program committee will schedule contributed
papers into both oral and poster sessions. The abstract of all papers
(both oral and poster) are typeset and published in the Conference
Program, and the summaries are typeset and published in the Technical
Digest.
Poster Presentations: For poster sessions, each author is provided a
4-foot high x 8-foot-wide (122 cm x 244 cm) bulletin board and
pushpins on which to display a summary of the paper. Please note that
no additional equipment is provided. Those requiring additional
equipment should refrain from requesting the poster presentation
format. Authors must remain in the vicinity of the poster for the
duration of the session (approximately 2 hours) to answer questions of
attendees.
Oral Papers: The time allotted for oral contributed paper
presentations is 15-minutes (12-minutes for presentation and 3-minutes
for a discussion period) and presenters are provided with an LCD
projector, overhead/viewgraph projector, screen, microphone and
pointer. Oral invited paper presentations are allotted 30 minutes (25
minutes for presentation and 5 for discussion period) and Oral
Tutorial paper presentations are 60 minutes.
Submission Process
Papers may be submitted electronically ONLY - in the following
formats: PostScript, Tex, Word, and WordPerfect - by 12:00pm (Noon)
EST on September 25, 2002. After that time the electronic submission
system will be closed and no additional abstracts or summaries will be
accepted. Avoid duplicate submissions, and submit just one copy of the
abstract and summary to OFC 2003 by electronic submission. Revisions
will not be accepted and a paper may be rejected because the
instructions were not followed. No papers will be returned.
Please adhere to the style guide when preparing your submission.
Preparation of Abstract & Summary
Electronic Submission Form: On the submission form, authors are asked
to provide vital pieces of information, including: the paper title,
category, presentation type, authors, 35-word abstract, 3 page
summary, and the submitting author's contact information. This form
must be completed in its entirety. Failure to do so may cause your
paper to be misdirected outside the preferred scope.
* A 35-word abstract of the paper. This abstract, prefaced by the
title of the talk at the top of the paper in upper and lowercase
letters, followed by the author's name, affiliation, complete
return address, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address,
should appear on page 1 of the 3-page summary. In the case of
multiple authors, each author's name and address should be listed
separately after the title. The use of scientific and engineering
symbols, as well as acronyms should be avoided in the
electronically submitted abstract and title. The program committee
will arbitrarily shorten abstracts longer than 35 words.
* A summary of the presentation. This summary of up to a maximum of
three pages, will be typeset directly from the material submitted
by the author(s). The author(s) must include within the three (3)
page limit all text, equations, drawings, figures, and references.
Tables, photographs, and drawings must appear on the page exactly
as they are to be reproduced. The text may be typed either single
or double-spaced. The title of the talk and the authors' names,
affiliations, complete return address, telephone and fax numbers,
and e-mail address must appear on the first page. The abstract
should not be repeated in the summary. Do not use asterisks,
acknowledgments, job descriptions, or footnotes. Cite references
at the end of the summary.
Notification
Notification will be sent to the author listed on the contributed
paper. Authors will receive notification of accepted and rejected
papers via email by November 15, 2002. The Notification will include
date and time of presentation and access information to the OFC
Speaker web site.
Upon acceptance, the summary, including essential illustrations, will
be typeset from the material submitted by the author(s) and will be
published in the Technical Digest.
OFC 2003 is managed by the Optical Society of America located at
2010 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1023, USA
Tel: 202.416.1907 Fax: 202.416.1408
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