ICML-99 Instructions for Authors

ICML-99 Instructions for Authors

These are instructions for the authors of accepted submissions to ICML-99. Papers need to be formatted in accordance with these instructions and delivered in electronic form to ProBook (Professional Book Center, 2050 South St. Paul St., Denver, CO 80210, USA, Fax: (+1)-303-756-5374, probook@sni.net). The deadline is Monday, April 19, 1999. This is a hard deadline. Please try to deliver your paper in advance of this deadline.

Please download and print out the author kit prepared by ProBook. A PDF version of the author kit is also available. Download and print out also the appropriately formatted sample. Below is a summary of the instructions in the author kit.

Forms

You need to fill in and sign the permission to publish form, of which a PDF version is also available. Otherwise your paper cannot be published in the ICML-99 Proceedings. You also need to fill in the lead author contact information form, of which a PDF version is also available. Please fax these to ProBook at (+1)-303-756-5374.

Formatting

For those using LaTeX, the files ml99.sty and ml99.tex are provided. The formatted sample above has been produced using these files.

For those using Microsoft Word, a draft template ml99.doc is provided, also available in ZIP format (ml99.zip). Since the same Microsoft Word file can look different on different machines, please make sure the formatted paper conforms to the sample.

For those using troff, we have copied the file ml98.trf from ICML-98. Please observe the instructions given in the sample. Please make sure the formatted paper conforms to the sample.

Delivery of formatted papers

The formatted papers should be delivered to ProBook in electronic form. The PostScript version of your paper should be saved in a file named pNUM.ps, where pNUM is the number assigned to your paper (e.g., p011). This should not be uuencoded, gzipped, zipped or otherwise encoded. The file (e.g., p011.ps) should be uploaded via anonymous ftp to ftp.sni.net into the directory morespace3/probook/icml/incoming/ If your PostScript is larger than 3MB, you should contact ProBook via email and wait for them to give you permission before uploading it.