Submission Information

Important Dates

  • Submission deadline (extended abstracts and full papers): Nov. 15, 2018 (extended)
  • Notification to Authors: Jan. 7, 2019
  • Submission of camera ready abstracts / papers: Jan. 31, 2019
  • Conference registration deadline: March 1, 2019
  • Conference: March 29, 2019
  • Conference social tour including wine tasting: March 30, 2019

Call for Papers

Download Call for Papers (CfP)

Author Guidelines

The CERC proceedings shall be submitted to CEUR-WS for online publication, indexed among other at DBLP, Scopus and Google Scholar. Authors need to follow the guidelines below.

Please consider the different contribution total limits (including title, abstract, figures, tables, references etc.):

Full PaperShort Paper (Extended Abstract)
Lengthmax 12 pages LNCS stylemax 6 pages LNCS style

Full papers shall present relevant research results with scientific rigor. Extended abstracts will be published as short papers. They may have a smaller scope of contribution than full papers and may describe work in progress. Both types will be subject to peer review and will be published in the proceedings when accepted.

The papers must be submitted using the LNCS template:

  • Users of MS Word: Please use this MS Word template, designed for MS Word 2010 and newer versions. Download the template here: splnproc1703.zip
  • Users of LaTeX: Please use the LaTeX2e template to prepare your final submission. Download the template here: llncs2e.zip
  • Users of Mac: Springer provides a special version for Mac Users. The template can be downloaed here: splnproc1703.zip (use the splnproc1703_mac.docm)

All authors are kindly asked to follow the LNCS Springer_Guidelines_for_Authors_of_Proceedings for the preparation of their manuscripts.

Paper Submission

For submissions you need to:

  • Register as author at the conference management system: Create account
  • After registration, please login and upload your file (PDF and source – .docx file or latex source as .zip archive): Upload paper
  • Please fill and sign the Copyright Transfer Form

In case of problems during the registration or paper submission process, please contact us for support via

Registration Regulation

For paper presentation at the conference and inclusion of the papers in the proceedings, at least one author must be registered by 01 March 2019.