Call for Submissions

Submission guidelines are as follows. PDF version is available here.

The workshop will consist of invited talks, contributed talks, and a poster session. Contributors can choose a preferred presentation type from �gOral only�h, �gPoster only�h, or �gOral or Poster�h. A submission of the �gOral or Poster�h type will be reviewed as an oral presentation and if it is not accepted as an oral presentation, it will then be reviewed as a poster.

Authors of accepted papers for oral presentations or a poster session should prepare a final extended abstract (at most two pages on A4 paper using at least 11-point fonts) to be included in the workshop abstract book. Please submit the abstract by December 20, 2007. The format is the same as the format for oral/poster submission.

Contributors are asked to submit a paper presenting original and unpublished research results. The paper

• must not exceed 10 pages on A4 paper using at least 11-point fonts,
• must be in PDF or PostScript format,
• must include the title of the paper, author's names, affiliations, a short abstract summarizing the results, and references.

Please use the template file and the LNCS class file.

• Template file (template.tex)
• LNCS class file (llncs.cls)
• Sample of a paper (template.pdf, template.ps)
  If you have trouble with using the files, please see the LNCS instructions page or contact us at

If the authors believe that more details are essential to substantiate the main claims, they may include a clearly marked appendix that will be read at the discretion of the program committee. Simultaneous submission of papers to any other conference with published proceedings or submitting previously published papers is not allowed.

Contributors are invited to submit an extended abstract, which

• must not exceed two pages on A4 paper using at least 11-point fonts,
• must be in PDF or PostScript format,
• must include the title of the paper, author's names, affiliations, a short abstract summarizing the results.

Please use the template file and the LNCS class file.

• Template file (template.tex)
• LNCS class file (llncs.cls)
• Sample of a paper (template.pdf, template.ps)
  If you have trouble with using the files, please see the LNCS instructions page or contact us at

All submissions must be made electronically through the online submission system (http://www.easychair.org/TQC2008/) by September 30 (23:59 PST), 2007. Please read our Privacy Policy before submitting your manuscript.

1. Login at http://www.easychair.org/TQC2008/ with your username and password. If you do not have an EasyChair account, please click the button�gI have no EasyChair account�hand make your EasyChair account.
2. Click�gNew Submission�hto submit your manuscript.
3. Fill in the submission form and upload your manuscript.
4. Click�gSubmit Paper�h(once).

Outstanding Paper Award: Submissions will be considered for this award which recognizes a paper of exceptionally high quality

You can update or withdraw your submission during the open period. There will be no extension after the deadline.

All submitted manuscripts will be reviewed by the Program Committee. Notification of acceptance/rejection will be sent via e-mail by November 30, 2007. Please note that presenters not registered by the early-registration deadline (December 20, 2007) will have their submission automatically withdrawn. On-line registration will be available at the TQC web site in December 2007.

A selection of accepted papers for oral presentations will be published in the post-proceedings by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.