Abstracts for Technical Papers should be approximately 300 words or one page in length, highlight the main features of the proposed paper (previously unpublished) and deal with one or more of the topics listed above. Session proposals should include proposed papers/presentations and speakers. The closing date for receipt of Session Proposals and Abstracts for the Technical Program is April 10, 2008. To propose a session, send an e-mail to Larry V. Kirkland at larryk@westest.com, the Technical Program Chair, on or before April 10, 2008. Abstracts for Technical Papers and Session Proposals must include a point of contact, or author names, organization affiliation, mailing address, phone/fax numbers and e-mail address (if applicable).

Notification of acceptance or rejection will be provided by April 16, 2008. A copyright release will be required at the time of submission for each technical paper selected for inclusion in the IEEE AUTOTESTCON 2008 technical program. Final papers are due by July 1, 2008. All IEEE AUTOTESTCON 2008 participants, including authors, presenters, session chairs, and exhibitors must register for the conference.

Instructions for Paper Submission:

1.  Visit www.edas.info. If you already have an EDAS user's account, please log onto EDAS and skip to directions 4 and 5 below. If you do not already have an account, click the "New User" button.

2.  Create a profile.  Only the five fields with the red asterisk are required.  These fields are first & last name, affiliation (company or organization), country, e-mail address, and status. When the fields are filled in, check the "Privacy Policies" box and click the "Add Person" button.  [ note:  if you select USA as the country, you will get a message asking for your state ] 

3.  You will receive an e-mail containing your password.  You can then return to the EDAS log-in page (http://www.edas.info) and change your assigned password to one that is easier to remember.  To do this, click on the "My Profile" tab, and then click on "change your password".  Be sure to record your user name, password and ID number for later reference.

4.  To submit your abstract, click the "Submit Paper" tab.  Find IEEE AUTOTESTCON 2008 among the list of active conferences and click the button in the right-most column to access the form.  

5.  On the next screen titled "Register a Paper for IEEE AUTOTESTCON 2008", type in the title of the paper in the block, enter a short abstract, select the topic area(s) that your paper falls under and click the "Submit" button. The next page you see will have a large green check mark and a statement that "the paper was registered".  Click the "My Papers" tab at the top of the screen, and then select the Upload icon on the same row as the name of your paper.  The Upload icon (third column from the right) will open a dialog box that will enable you to select and upload the abstract file via the web or via FTP.