The Research Track abstract should be written in English (no longer than 500 words) in Word format and submit email to T-LOG@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn for review (no later than September 25, 2006). The file should be named as the last name, the first name, the type of submission and the topic (example: slack-peter-research track-terminal operations.doc).

The abstract should contain a scholarly exposition of ideas, techniques, and results, including (1)title, (2)objectives, (3)a comparison with related work, (4)main outcome measure(s), (5)results, (6)conclusion(s), (7)key words.

Meanwhile, each abstract should be preceded by a presentation page including (1) the title of the paper, (2) the name(s) of the author(s), (3) the affiliation of the author(s), (4) the address of the first author(mailing address, telephone & fax numbers, and email address).

A reference number will be sent to you upon receiving your abstract. Please contact us with this number for the following communications.

After the abstract is reviewed by the committee, we will inform the acceptance information on or before October 15, 2006. If your abstract is accepted, please submit the full paper before December 15, 2006 according to instructions from Papers Submission (Research Track).