Guidelines for Authors

For scientific papers, DSC 2024 has a two-phases review process. In the first phase submitted abstracts are evaluated and selected for paper submission or poster presentation. In the second phase submitted papers are reviewed.

For product solution papers, DSC 2024 has a one-phase review process. Submitted abstracts are evaluated and selected for paper presentation in a parallel product solution session.

The Review Process page describes this more precisely.

Scientific track
Product Solution Track
Scientific track

Abstract submission

To submit an abstract you first need to create an account on-line on our conference management system (www.conftool.com/dsc2024/). The submission form is then available under “Your submissions”.

The abstract (plain text) should not exceed 1000 words in length (excluding title and affiliations). Authors’ contact details (full address and email of all the contributing authors) and affiliations must be entered in the dedicated fields of the submission form. Figures with captions and bibliographic references can be uploaded with the abstract (title and text only) in a single .pdf file. No author information should be included in the .pdf file. The deadline to upload the abstract is December 31st, 2023.

The abstract must properly address the following points (you can use the Abstract template in the “Templates” section below):

  • Introduction: background and motivation with references to similar/previous works
  • Research question: description of working hypotheses for non-specialized audience
  • Methodology: description of the experimental setup and procedure
  • Results and discussion: when possible, findings must be supported by proper statistical tests
  • Conclusions/implications: (expected) impact and value of the work for the scientific and/or industrial community.

IMPORTANT: Abstracts not meeting these requirements will not be accepted.

PAPER submission

If your abstract has been accepted for PAPER submission, please follow these step-by-step instructions to upload the paper. Formatting instructions are available on the paper templates below. The deadline to upload the paper is April 15th, 2024.

  1. Login to our conference management system (www.conftool.com/dsc2024/) with the account previously created for abstract submission. You will access your personal “Overview” page.
  2. Click on “Your Submissions”. You will access your already submitted contributions.
  3. Click on “Copy as New Contribution”, on the right of the contribution you intend to submit as paper. Contribution info like ID, title, authors list and affiliations will be copied to a new contribution.
  4. Select which type of contribution you submit: “Short Paper” (limited to 4 pages) or “Full Paper” (limited to 8 pages), in accordance with the abstract acceptance result.
  5. Follow the submission steps. Please use the template below to format your paper for upload.
  6. Upload the camera ready version of your accepted paper before July 15th, 2024. It is mandatory to format the paper using the template below.

NOTE: The main difference between full and short papers is in the paper length and not in the importance or impact of the contributions. Therefore, the work described in long or short papers differ in extent, but not in quality. Short papers can cover preliminary studies, prototype applications, or initial implementations. Full papers are suitable for completed scientific studies and reviews.

POSTER submission

If your abstract has been accepted for POSTER submission, please follow these step-by-step instructions to upload the poster abstract. Formatting instructions are available on the poster abstract templates below. The deadline to upload the poster abstract is April 15th, 2024.

  1. Login to our conference management system (www.conftool.com/dsc2024/) with the account previously created for abstract submission. You will access your personal “Overview” page.
  2. Click on “Your Submissions”. You will access your already submitted contributions.
  3. Click on “Copy as New Contribution”, on the right of the contribution you intend to submit as paper. Contribution info like ID, title, authors list and affiliations will be copied to a new contribution.
  4. Select the “Poster Abstract” type of contribution (limited to 2 pages).
  5. Follow the submission steps. Please use the template below to format your poster abstract for upload.
  6. Upload the camera ready version of your accepted poster abstract (2 pages) and the A0 poster (portrait) before July 15th, 2024. It is mandatory to format the poster abstract using the template below.

Product Solution Track

Paper submission

To submit a paper you first need to create an account on-line on our conference management system (www.conftool.com/dsc2024/). The submission form is then available under “Your submissions”.

The paper (plain text) should be of 2 to 6 pages in length (excluding title and affiliations). Authors’ contact details (full address and email of all the contributing authors) and affiliations must be entered in the dedicated fields of the submission form. Figures with captions and bibliographic references can be uploaded with the abstract (title and text only) in a single .pdf file. No author information should be included in the .pdf file. The deadline to upload the paper is April 15th, 2024.

The paper must properly address the following points:

  • Introduction: background and motivation with references to similar/previous works
  • Product solution: description of proposed product and/or process for non-specialized audience
  • Methodology: description of the hardware/software setup and use-cases
  • Results and discussion: Obtained results with the proposed product and/or process
  • Conclusions/implications: (expected) impact and value of the work for the users and/or industrial community.

IMPORTANT: Papers not meeting these requirements will not be accepted.

Poster submission

If your product solution paper has been accepted for POSTER, please follow these step-by-step instructions to upload the poster abstract. Formatting instructions are available on the poster abstract templates below. The deadline to upload the camera ready poster abstract is July 15th, 2024.

  1. Login to our conference management system (www.conftool.com/dsc2024/) with the account previously created for the product paper submission. You will access your personal “Overview” page.
  2. Click on “Your Submissions”. You will access your already submitted contributions.
  3. Upload the camera ready version of your accepted poster abstract (2 pages) and the A0 poster before July 15th, 2024. It is mandatory to format the poster abstract using the template below.

Presentation and Publication

Final accepted papers will be presented at a parallel industrial session – 20 minutes including Q/A – and published in the DSC Europe 2024 VR Product Solutions Book available for all conference attendees.

Templates

Abstract submission (scientific track)

The following template with formatting instructions and predefined styles (MS Word) is available for download:

Final uploads submissions (scientific, product solution, poster abstracts )

The following template with formatting instructions and predefined styles (MS Word) is available for download:

For LaTeX users, a template is also available. In this case, please upload your .tex file AND your pdf file when submitting your paper or poster abstract for review.

These templates are meant to be used for FINAL UPLOADS of:

  • Scientific papers
  • Product solution papers
  • Poster abstracts

For the first review phases, no specific formatting is required.

IMPORTANT: Final papers and final poster abstracts not meeting the required formatting will not be considered for publication. Full Scientific Papers are limited to 8 pages, Short papers to 4 pages, Product solution Papers to 4 pages and Poster abstracts to 2 pages.

Templates (Industrial Pitches – to come)

Proceedings

Accepted scientific papers and abstracts of accepted posters will be published in the Proceedings of the DSC 2024 Europe VR – Driving Simulation Conference & Exhibition.

Final accepted product solution papers will be published in the DSC Europe 2024 VR Product Solutions Book available for all conference attendees.

Presentation Template:

The following template with cover and closing pages and predefined styles (MS PowerPoint) is available for download:

DSC2024_Presentation_Template