Technical Paper Submission (Full-length and Short)
We invite submissions as full-length papers (suggested length 10 - 12 pages, maximum 12) or as short papers (maximum 6 pages). All submissions will be handled via the Smart Chair system:
http://www.smartchair.org/register/?id=SPM2014
Peer-reviewed papers should present previously unpublished, original results that are not simultaneously submitted elsewhere. All papers will be rigorously peer-reviewed by members of the international program committee. The review will be double-blind. The submission should be formatted according to the style guidelines for Computer-Aided Design. All accepted papers, full-length or short, will appear in Computer-Aided Design (Elsevier). If you have any technical problems on paper submission, please contact the paper chairs for inquiry.

Paper Format (Full-length and Short)
The submission should be formatted according to the style guidelines for Computer-Aided Design. Full-length papers should not exceed 12 pages, and short papers should not exceed 6 pages, including figures and references. We strongly recommend using the latex template to format your paper. You can download the paper template files for latex here - spm14-latex-template.zip. We also accept papers formatted by MS Word according to the style guidelines for Computer-Aided Design. For format details, please refer to Preparation section at
http://www.elsevier.com/journals/computer-aided-design/0010-4485/guide-for-authors
The file must be exported to pdf file for the first round of submission.