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The paper format instructions are repeated below:

Well-formed papers should start with a title, authors line, affiliation statement, and a 100-word (max.) abstract. The title should be 18 point Times Roman Bold or equivalent, body text should be 12 point Times Roman.

General guidelines for the authors

We ask you to use A4 papersize (21×29.7 cm2) with margins all around of 3 cm. In the proceedings, these pages will be reduced to 17×24 cm2. Please write your paper, if possible, in 12 point Times (new) Roman and in one column format. The first page should start with the title (bold, 18 point), the author(s) name(s), the affiliation in 10 point and a 100-word (max.) abstract in 12 point italic. Thereafter on the same page follows the paper. The maximum number of pages is 4. Please do not number the pages.

The section headings should be 14 point bold. Lettering in tables and figures should be at least 10 point. In order to conserve space, references may be given in 10 point. It is recommended that references conform to the IEEE conventions as shown in the example below.

LEOS attendees

The authors should take into account that the background of the attendees of the LEOS symposium covers a broad range (from scientists and engineers in an academic environment to application oriented persons in industry and small enterprises). The contributions, therefore, should contain some introductory remarks, should emphasize the main results, and should be readable by avoiding, for example, non common abbreviations, etc.