Dear Author,
     

Congratulations on the acceptance of your paper for publication in the
proceedings of IPPS/SPDP '99 (13th International Parallel Processing
Symposium and 10th Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing),
scheduled to be held April 12-April 16, 1999, in San Juan, Puerto
Rico.  (For more information please see the following WWW page: http://www.ipdps.org

Please note: You are an EXTENDED paper author. The page length for
your paper is eight (8) pages. You may purchase a maximum of two (2)
extra pages for $US150.00 each, made payable to IPPS99.  Please also
fill out the OVERPAGE CHARGES RECEIPT available at
http://www.ippsxx.org/ipps99/authorkit/overpage.html.  Please do not send your
check to the IEEE Computer Society. Please send the check and the
completed overpage charges receipt directly to
     

Ramesh K. Sitaraman
Computer Science Department
North Pleasant Street, Room A243
Lederle Graduate Research Center
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Email: ramesh@cs.umass.edu

Please mark  "Overpage charges for IPPS Proceedings" on the check.
 

Please send your paper as a postscript file via ftp to the following
ftp site:
     

              ftp.computer.org
              log in as anonymous
              go to> /pub/incoming/cspress/ipps99/
     

Please follow the naming convention of the first author's last name as
the file name. For instance, John Smith's paper would be named
<smith.ps>. And, importantly, fax your signed IEEE Copyright Release
form to: Bob Werner, IPPS99, 714-761-1784. If you do not have access
to a fax machine, please send a hardcopy of the form to

Bob Werner
IPPS99
IEEE Computer Society
10662 Los Vaqueros Circle
Los Alamitos, CA  90720
USA

The copyright release form is appended below.
     

             YOUR PAPER DEADLINE IS JANUARY 25.
     

Attached to this message is a set of electronic instructions for
formatting your paper:
     

COPYRIGHT release - print out the form below, fill it out COMPLETELY
(including the title of your paper, authors, etc.), and send your
signed IEEE Copyright Release form to Bob Werner. (See above for
details on where the form must be sent.)
     

ELECTRONIC ABSTRACT of your paper - Only e-mailed abstracts will be
accepted. Send your abstract to: ipps99-abs@computer.org. Note: as it
takes some time to set up this account, please do not send the
abstract before the paper due date. Allow at least 2 weeks after the
paper due date to send your abstract.
     

REPRINTS - Print out the electronic form in the attachment and use it
if you wish to order reprints.

CDROM submission - You are also required to submit another electronic
version of your paper separately for the conference CDROM.  Make sure
to submit an identical copy. The deadline for CDROM is submission is
also January 25. Please see the web page
http://www.ippsxx.org/ipps99/cdrom for further details including
instructions for workshop submissions.
     

Thank you,
     

Bob Werner
IPPS99
IEEE Computer Society
10662 Los Vaqueros Circle
Los Alamitos, CA  90720
USA

Ph: 714-821-8380 
Fax: 714-761-1784