COLT 2000 information for authors

This page contains the detailed instructions for formatting and submitting the final version of your COLT'2000 paper.

Please read the following information first:

  1. MORGAN KAUFMANN COPYRIGHT FORM -- Be sure to sign and return the Morgan Kaufmann copyright form included below. Morgan Kaufmann will not publish your paper without this form. We must receive this form by WEDNESDAY, MAY 17th. Please send the form via airmail or express mail to

    Sally Goldman - COLT 2000
    Department of Computer Science
    Campus Box 1045 - Bryan Hall 509
    Washington University
    One Brookings Drive
    St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4899

    Email: sg@cs.wustl.edu
    Phone: (314) 935-7545

  2. DEADLINE -- Your paper must be RECEIVED by WEDNESDAY, MAY 17th. Because we face absolute deadlines imposed by the printing company, it is crucial that you send your paper in on time.

  3. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS -- We encourage you to submit your paper electronically in postscript. See the instructions below for information about how to submit postscript, and about the precautions we are taking to ensure correct and high quality printing.

  4. LATEX STYLE FILES For the sake of uniformity of the proceedings, we encourage you to use the Latex style file which we have provided. If you do not wish to use this style file, be sure to adhere to the formatting requirements provided. Please DO NOT use font size smaller than 10pt.

  5. PAGE LIMIT -- Your paper should be at most 12 pages long.

  6. ELECTRONIC ABSTRACTS -- We plan to post the abstracts of all papers on a web page prior to the conference. Please email us your abstract WEDNESDAY, MAY 17th, following the formatting instructions below.

Concise Instructions

We are assuming that everyone will be able to submit their papers electronically. If you will not be able to do this please send email to as soon as possible to colt2000@dsi.unimi.it.

If you are using Latex and dvips and planning to send your paper electronically, here is a concise summary of the steps you need to take.

Detailed Instructions

All electronic correspondence and submissions should be sent to colt2000@dsi.unimi.it

All hard-copies of papers and Morgan Kaufmann forms should be sent to:

Sally Goldman - COLT 2000
Department of Computer Science
Campus Box 1045 - Bryan Hall 509
Washington University
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4899

Phone: (314) 935-7545

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Mail questions and comments to:  colt2000@dsi.unimi.it.