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How to participate

Everyone is welcome to participate at the symposium and present their ideas and experiences. We welcome all students who want to take charge of their career and learn about the extra skills needed for a successful start of their professional life. Symposium will also be a great opportunity for companies to present their needs to the international group of students.

Topics for presentations are divided in two main sections: paper presentations and poster presentations. Due to short duration of the symposium and space limitations, we decided that only the best papers and posters would be presented. Special invitations will be sent to 12 authors of papers and 12 authors of posters after a careful reviewing process. See Paper and Poster submission section for further information.

Paper and Poster Submission

Time schedule
20. 9. 2000 camera-ready paper and poster deadline
25. 9. 2000 notification of acceptance
2. 10. 2000 payment of registration fee
18. 10. 2000 beginning of symposium

Your camera-ready paper and poster abstract should be sent to the email address: paper@um.ieee.si, on 20th September, 2000 at the latest. Papers should not exceed more than four (4) pages. Poster presenters should prepare extended abstract of two (2) pages. The page limit is strict. Both will go through a reviewing process.

A selection of papers and poster abstracts will be published in the proceedings of the symposium. To help us maximize the quality of presentations we decided that only invited speakers would be able to present their work at the symposium. Invitations will be based on the quality of the paper.

We expect that both the paper/poster submission algorithm and deadlines, presented on this site, will be respected by contributing authors.

Presentations of the invited papers will be limited to 20 minutes. Additional 10 minutes will be available for discussion. Of course, there will be plenty of time for informal discussions.

Authors retain copyright on their papers (which means that they can reuse them later), but they also give IEEE SB Maribor a permission to publish the proceedings and author information on their WWW pages.

Topics of interest

Topics for papers include, but are not limited to the following themes:

  1. The profile of a successful engineer
    1. What is an ideal profile of an engineer
    2. Engineer's code of ethic
    3. How to check a profile of an engineer
    4. How important are engineers experiences
    5. How important is formal education (M.Sc, Ph.D, ...)

  2. Techniques and methods of engineers work
    1. How to find your field of work
    2. How to find and get informations
    3. How to cooperate with other engineers
    4. How to improve your programming skills
    5. How to manage project documentation
    6. How to prepare a technical paper
    7. How to present your work
    8. How to become more efficient

  3. Computer tools
    1. Computer aided planing and managing of projects
    2. Computer tools supporting engineers work
    3. Computer tools for solving mathematical and other technical problems
    4. Writing and formating technical documents
    5. System administration

  4. Working in a team
    1. How to be a leader of a team
    2. How to communicate in a team
    3. How to keep a pleasant atmosphere in your team
    4. How to get ideas in a team (brainstorming, ...)
    5. How to manage collective work from different geographical locations

  5. No money no game
    1. How to contact employers to get your first job
    2. How to cooperate with industry
    3. How to get money for a project from industry
    4. How to get money for a project from your government
    5. How much is engineer's work worth
    6. How to sell knowledge and your products
Topics for posters include, but are not limited to the following themes:

  1. Student projects and works:
    1. Reports on innovative and practical diploma works and master thesis of engineering studies
    2. Reports on engineering projects realized by cooperation of students from different countries
    3. Presentation of organizations providing international student exchange, student praxis, traineeships programs etc.
    4. Requests for student cooperation in interesting international engineering projects

  2. IEEE Student Branches projects and works:
    1. Presentation of events organized by IEEE Student Branches
    2. Presentation of projects realized by IEEE Student Branches
    3. Reports on cooperation of IEEE Student Branches with industry
    4. Organization of IEEE Student Branch Officers work
    5. Schemes for running IEEE Student Branch meetings
    6. Reports on recruiting and fund raising activities
    7. Proposals for arrangement or rearrangement of IEEE Student Branch status within legal system in various countries
    8. Managing IEEE Student Branch library and document archives
    9. Managing IEEE Student Branch Home Page

Paper and Poster Submission Format

Please make sure that:
  1. your files are self-contained, i.e., that there are no pointers to your system setup.
  2. your files are complete. Include: abstract, text, references, footnotes, biographies and figure captions.
  3. poster size should be B1: width = 70.7 cm, height = 100 cm
Because of special format requirements we have adapted the original IEEE Transaction author's template to our needs.

We have prepared:

We are accepting paper in PS and PDF formats. If you have problems converting your article or extended poster abstract to this electronic forms, please contact us for help.

More information about IEEE Publications paper submissions format.

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Last update: 6th July, 2000
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