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HOW TO PREPARE AN ABSTRACT FOR THE SEC2008 SYMPOSIUM
For more detailed information please contact
François Toutlemonde
Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, France
Francois.toutlemonde@lcpc.fr
Françoise Bourgain
Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, France
bourgain@mail.enpc.fr
Requirements
The abstract shall be approximately one page long - the body should contain 250 to 350 words.
The proposed paper shall contain an original idea accompanied by supportive reasoning and data, or describe an experiment, invention or
'field work', or a review summarising a topic of interest to the audience, etc. It has to clearly indicate the ideas or activities to be presented, the objectives behind, main outcomes, and - if applicable -
how these outcomes could be applied by others.
The text must be in English or in French, with correct grammar and spelling. English native speakers should please be aware that the
language shall be simple enough to be understood also by readers less proficient in English.
Structure
Please start with the title of the proposed paper; it shall be clear and understandable and relate to the content.
Next, please give the main author's name, affiliation (institution, city, country), and e-mail address, followed by the same
information for all additional authors.
Please indicate the topic(s) of which you think the paper best fits to; at least one of the main symposium topics listed at the symposium
home page has to be chosen.
The "body" of the abstract is a summary of the whole paper, not just introduction or conclusions, indicating what the proposed
presentation will be about.
Selection Criteria
To insure the quality of the papers selected for the symposium programme, your abstract will be reviewed by several members of the
programme committee who decide on acceptance or refusal. Criteria for this decision will be
- quality: well explained ideas and context
- relevance to the symposium topics: ideas have to be useful to others
- academic style of presentation, clear and understandable English
- scientific methodology: evidence of reflection and evaluation, relation to relevant literature, full and complete referencing, no plagiarism;
References
Li, V.O.K. (1999). Hints on Writing Technical Papers and Making Presentations. IEEE Transactions on Education, vol.42, no.2, May 1999.
www.mnlab.cs.depaul.edu/seminar/resources/tech-pres.pdf
Schulman, E.R. (1996). How to Write a Scientific Paper. Annals of Improbable Research, vol.2, no.5, p.8. September/October 1996
www.improb.com/airchives/paperair/volume2/v2i5/howto.htm
members.verizon.net/~vze3fs8i/air/airpaper.html
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