Abstract submission

To submit an abstract you first need to create an account on-line on our conference management system (www.conftool.com/dsc2020/). The submission form is then available under “Your submissions”.

The abstract (plain text) should not exceed 1000 words in length (excluding title and affiliations). Authors’ contact details (full address and email of all the contributing authors) and affiliations must be entered in the dedicated fields of the submission form. Figures with captions and bibliographic references can be uploaded with the abstract (title and text only) in a single .pdf file. No author information should be included in the .pdf file. The deadline to upload the abstract is December 31^st, 2019.

The abstract must properly address the following points:

• Introduction: background and motivation with references to similar/previous works
• Research question: description of working hypotheses for non-specialized audience
• Methodology: description of the experimental setup and procedure
• Results and discussion: when possible, findings must be supported by proper statistical tests
• Conclusions/implications: (expected) impact and value of the work for the scientific and/or industrial community.

IMPORTANT: Abstracts not meeting these requirements will not be accepted.

PAPER submission

If your abstract has been accepted for PAPER submission, please follow these step-by-step instructions to upload the paper. Formatting instructions are available on the paper templates below. The deadline to upload the paper is April 15^th, 2020.

1. Login to our conference management system (www.conftool.com/dsc2020/) with the account previously created for abstract submission. You will access your personal “Overview” page.
2. Click on “Your Submissions”. You will access your already submitted contributions.
3. Click on “Copy as New Contribution”, on the right of the contribution you intend to submit as paper. Contribution info like ID, title, authors list and affiliations will be copied to a new contribution.
4. Select which type of contribution you submit: “Short Paper” (limited to 4 pages) or “Full Paper” (limited to 8 pages), in accordance with the abstract acceptance result.
5. Follow the submission steps. Please use the template below to format your paper for upload.

NOTE: The main difference between full and short papers is in the paper length and not in the importance or impact of the contributions. Therefore, the work described in long or short papers differ in extent, but not in quality. Short papers can cover preliminary studies, prototype applications, or initial implementations. Full papers are suitable for completed scientific studies and reviews.

POSTER submission

If your abstract has been accepted for POSTER submission, please follow these step-by-step instructions to upload the poster abstract. Formatting instructions are available on the poster abstract templates below. The deadline to upload the poster abstract is April 15^th, 2020.

1. Login to our conference management system (www.conftool.com/dsc2020/) with the account previously created for abstract submission. You will access your personal “Overview” page.
2. Click on “Your Submissions”. You will access your already submitted contributions.
3. Click on “Copy as New Contribution”, on the right of the contribution you intend to submit as paper. Contribution info like ID, title, authors list and affiliations will be copied to a new contribution.
4. Select the “Poster Abstract” type of contribution (limited to 2 pages).
5. Follow the submission steps. Please use the template below to format your poster abstract for upload.

Abstract submission

To submit a paper you first need to create an account on-line on our conference management system (www.conftool.com/dsc2020/). The submission form is then available under “Your submissions”.

The paper (plain text) should not exceed 4 pages in length (excluding title and affiliations). Authors’ contact details (full address and email of all the contributing authors) and affiliations must be entered in the dedicated fields of the submission form. Figures with captions and bibliographic references can be uploaded with the abstract (title and text only) in a single .pdf file. No author information should be included in the .pdf file. The deadline to upload the paper is April 15^th, 2020.

The paper must properly address the following points:

• Introduction: background and motivation with references to similar/previous works
• Product solution: description of proposed product and/or process for non-specialized audience
• Methodology: description of the hardware/software setup and use-cases
• Results and discussion: Obtained results with the proposed product and/or process
• Conclusions/implications: (expected) impact and value of the work for the users and/or industrial community.

IMPORTANT: Papers not meeting these requirements will not be accepted.

Presentation and Publication

Final accepted papers will be presented at a parallel industrial session – 30 minutes including Q/A – and published in the DSC Europe 2020 VR Product Solutions Book available for all conference attendees.

To submit your project you first need to register (detailed information on the Registration page).

We expect you to provide a paper describing your project and a demonstration video.

Contest Submission Paper

The paper (plain text) should not exceed 4 pages in length (excluding title, authors and references). Authors’ contact details (full names and email of all the contributing authors) and affiliations must be entered in the dedicated fields of the submission form. Figures with captions and references (used sources) can be uploaded with the contest submission paper in a single .pdf file.

This paper must be submitted on our conference management tool (ConfTool). The deadline to upload the document is June 30^th, 2020.

The contest submission paper must properly address the following points:

• Introduction: motivation and inspirations for this solution
• Solution: description of the proposed solution for Sustainable Mobility
• Methodology: description of the setup (including used tools)
• Results and discussion: obtained results with the proposed solution
• Conclusions/implications: (expected) impact and value of the work for the users and/or industrial community.

The following template with formatting instructions and predefined styles (MS Word) is available for download:

DSC 2020 Contest Paper Template

Video

In addition to the contest submission paper, you must provide a short video (1 – 2 min) showing your simulation in real-time. You are invited to record more than one situation, to prove that your solution is efficient in many contexts.

You are invited to upload your video on YouTube, and to give its link when submitting the paper in ConfTool. The video shares the same deadline as the paper: June 30^th, 2020.