Design of Medical Devices Conference
Instructions for Authors

Questions? Contact Will Durfee, Conference Program Chair.

Consult the conference web site for important dates. Preliminary two page abstracts are used for peer review. The preliminary abstract and the final, camera-ready paper are formatted in 2-column IEEE style and converted to PDF. Information on IEEE style is provided later in this document.

Abstracts and final papers in PDF format are submitted by email to dmdpapers@me.umn.edu. In the subject line of the email put "abstract for 2007 dmd conference" or "final paper for 2007 dmd conference"

Direct any questions to Will Durfee, University of Minnesota, 2007 DMD Program Chair, wkdurfee@umn.edu, 612-625-0099.

Format for Papers

The format for abstracts and final camera-ready copy of contributed papers follows the IEEE EMBS conference paper format. A Word template is available on-line (papertemplate.doc, 60 Kb Word doc).

Preliminary abstracts are two pages and final papers are no more than four pages in IEEE 2-column format. Paper size is US Letter (8-1/2 x 11 in.). While it is recommended that the preliminary abstract be in 2-column format, a single column, single spaced document is also acceptable. All submissions are in PDF which means you have final control over the output and can use any program you like to input the document.

PDF Files

In converting the paper to PDF, please observe the following requirements for creating the settings for the PDF conversion:
1. All fonts must be Type 1 and embedded in the document.
2. Fonts that require non-English language support are not allowed
3. Set PDF Writer or Distiller to include all fonts except the standard 13
4. The resolution for grayscale and color images should be set to 150 dpi. Compression should be checked and set to automatic. Image quality should be set to medium.
5. The resolution for black and white images (no gray scale) is to 300 dpi. Compression should be checked and set to CCITT Group 4.
6. No password protection on the PDF file.
7. No links or bookmarks.
8. No page numbers, footers or headers.
9. All security settings turned off and no passwords assigned.
10. Save in Acrobat 4.0 (PDF 1.3) compatibility.

Check the new PDF document against your original document to ensure a successful conversion and confirm the PDF is viewable on more than one computer.