We encourage you to submit your paper electronically because: (1) it is easier and cheaper than sending papers by express mail; (2) you get at least one more day to work on your paper; (3) this will greatly simplify our otherwise tedious job of numbering every page of the proceedings;

Here are submission instructions:

1. If you plan to send your paper electronically and are using Latex and dvips, here is a summary of the steps you need to take to prepare your postscript file. If you encounter problems with this procedure, please check the detailed instructions. In case of problems, contact us as soon as possible. Remember that your paper can be at most 12 pages long.

2. By May 17, submit to colt2000@dsi.unimi.it an email letter which begins with the following template (in plain ASCII) with your paper information AND THEN the postscript file for your paper. All fields in the template are optional, except Title, Authors and Abstract.

3. At your option, you may also send us a back-up hard copy of the paper which we will visually compare to the version we print from your electronic submission, and which we will use as camera-ready copy in case we cannot print your electronic submission. If you expect to be out of town or unreachable in the period May 17-25, you should also consider sending a back-up hard copy. The hard copy can must be received by May 17th. Be sure that your hard copy is printed SINGLE-SIDED on 8.5" x 11" paper.

4. Print out, sign and send us the Morgan Kaufmann copyright form to Sally Goldman at the below address so that it arrives by May 17th:

   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

5. Assuming all goes well, by May 19, we will attempt to print your postscript. If we have any difficulties, we will let you know, and we may ask you to send us a hard-copy via express mail (unless you have already sent us a back-up copy).

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