Instructions for Paper Preparation and Submission for NOLTA2007
First Author† and Second Author‡†School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University
8888 University Dr. Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Canada‡Graduate School of Engineering Tokushima University
2-1 Minami-Josanjima, Tokushima, 770-8506 JAPAN
Email: author1@domain1, author2@domain2
Abstract—This document provides the guidelines forpreparing papers for 2007 International Symposium on
Nonlinear Theory and its Applications (NOLTA2007).
Please read carefully and follow the guidelines as closelyas possible in order to produce high-quality proceedings
with common formatting for all papers.
1. Introduction
Authors are kindly invited to submit papers describing
original works in all aspects of nonlinear theory and its applications to NOLTA2007. Please prepare your paper according to the guidelines and submit via NOLTA2007 website not later than April 1, 2007. Only electronic submission of papers in PDF format is accepted. After review,each corresponding author will be requested to submit thefour page final camera-ready paper in PDF format for thesymposium proceedings not later than July 10, 2007.

names appear below the title in 12pt. The affiliations should
be given below the author names in 10pt and contain full
mailing address and email address.
2.4. Abstract
The paper should start with an abstract giving a shortoverview on the discussed matter and the presented results.
2.5. Section Headings
2.5.1. Typesetting
Section and subsection headings should appear in 10pt
bold face, while subsubsection headings in 10pt italic face.
The first letter of each major word must be capitalized.
2.5.2. Alignment
All the headings should be aligned left.

2. Preparation of Papers

2.5.3. Numbering

2.1. Paper Format

Section, subsection and subsubsection headings should
be numbered with Arabic numerals.

Please prepare your paper in A4 format (210mm by297mm). Leave the top margin to 20mm with the exception of the first page which begin 35mm from the top edge.
Set the bottom margin to 30mm and the left and right margin to 20mm. Text, figures, tables and references must becontained in a 170mm by 237mm area. All text must be
in a two-column format with 5mm column separation. Thepaper should not exceed four pages in length. Please do
not put page numbers on your paper.
2.2. Typesetting
Text should be written with a font size of 10pt unlessspecified otherwise. Times New Roman font is recommended for consistency and readability both on screen andin print. Please do not use Asian fonts as this will makeyour manuscript unreadable for reviewers.
2.3. Title, Authors and Affiliations
The title of the paper appears on the first page, centeredover both columns and is set in 14pt bold letters. The author

2.6. Equations
Equations are centered and numbered consecutively with
Arabic numerals in parentheses as follows:f (x) =ax + bx2 + αx + β(1)2.7. References
A list of references should appear at the end of the paper.
Number all references consecutively with Arabic numerals in square brackets. When referring to them in the text,
type the corresponding reference number in square brackets as [1].
2.8. LATEXStyle File and MS Word Template
For the convenience of LATEXusers, we provide aEmats the manuscript in accordance with the symposium
requirements. A LATEXsample file (nolta2007.tex) will

LAT Xstyle file (nolta2007.sty) which automatically for-show you how to use the style file. We also provide a Microsoft Word template (nolta2007.doc) and a sample paper in PDF format (nolta2007.pdf). All of these files areavailable at NOLTA2007 web site:
http://nolta07.is.tokushima-u.ac.jp

3.3. File Protection
Please do neither password protect nor encrypt yourPDF file so that we can insert headings and page numbers.
4. Submission of Papers

3. Creating PDF files

4.1. How to Submit

3.1. Software

To submit your electronic manuscript, please visit theNOLTA2007 web site atAs mentioned above, only electronic submission of papers in PDF format is accepted. There are several methods
for creating PDF files: Adobe Distiller, PDFWriter, ps2pdf,dvipdfm, pdflatex, and so on. Generally Adobe Distiller
provides higher quality output than others, and is thereforepreferred.
3.2. Embedding Fonts
All fonts must be embedded into the PDF file of yourpaper including the following standard 14 fonts:• Courier• Courier, Italic• Courier, Bold
• Courier, Bold Italic• Arial MT• Arial MT, Italic• Arial MT, Bold• Arial MT, Bold Italic• Times New Roman PS MT• Times New Roman PS MT, Italic• Times New Roman PS MT, Bold
• Times New Roman PS MT, Bold Italic• Symbol• ZapfDingbatsthat come with Acrobat Reader, so that the file can beviewed correctly on any computer. The method of embedding fonts is different on various systems and PDF creation
mechanisms; for example, in Adobe Disitller, choose Job
Options and check Embed All Fonts. For authors using
other software, please refer to your own help sources.
Before submission, please make sure that all fonts areembedded into the PDF file you have created. To viewthe font information for a PDF, open the file in an Acrobat Reader, go to the File menu, select Document Info, andthen Fonts. The Font Info dialog box displays font information. If Used Font column is set to Embedded or Embedded
Subset, it means that the font is correctly embedded.

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4.2. File Size
File size is strictly limited to 3 MB. Any file with thesize bigger than 3 MB will be automatically rejected by theNOLTA2007 online submission system.
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank NOLTA2007 organizing committee members for their fruitful suggestions andcomments.
References[1] E. N. Lorenz, “Deterministic non-periodic flow,” J.
Atoms. Sci., vol.20, pp.130–141, 1963.