SIGMOD 2002 Author Instructions

Dear Author:

Please find the guidelines and pertinent information for submission of your SIGMOD 2002 paper(s). Please note:  It is of particular importance that you leave sufficient space in the lower left corner of the first column on the first page for ACM to fill in the copyright information.  There is a 12 page limit on Research and long Industrial Track papers, a 6 page limit on short Industrial Track papers and a 1 page limit on Demos, Panels and Tutorials.

Please submit camera-ready copy (produced on a high-resolution output device) of your manuscript on 8 1/2" x 11" paper following the SIGMOD 2002 proceedings format appended below. Proceedings templates to create the camera-ready copy are available in Word, WordPerfect, and LaTex. These templates are located at: http://www.acm. org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html.

The ACM copyright form is available via http://www.acm.org/pubs/copyright_form.html

and must be signed and returned with your paper. I caution you that ACM will not publish any paper that is not accompanied by a signed copyright form. In those cases where there is more than one author per paper, the first-named (assumed senior) author only must sign.

The full ACM Copyright policy, revised as of Dec. 18, 1998, is available via http://www.acm.org/pubs/ copyright_policy/.

Please federal express or mail your paper and signed copyright form so that it is received by the SIGMOD 2002 Proceedings Chair Bongki Moon by March 4, 2002.

Please email your final version in PDF format to the SIGMOD 2002 Electronic Proceedings Chair Anastassia Ailamaki (natassa@cs.cmu.edu), with CC to sigmod02@cs.arizona.edu.

The hard copy and signed copyright form should be sent to:

Note: The SIGMOD 2002 proceedings will be released shortly after the camera-ready copy date, so any patent applications should be made before then.