1 Contribution Title (Times New Roman 14)

2 First Author (First Name + Family Name)1, Second Author (First Name + Family
3 Name)2, Third Author (First Name + Family Name)3 , ….., ….., ….. and Last Author
4 (First Name + Family Name)6 (Full and complete names! No abbreviation of names is
5 allowed! And please do not inverse names… Family Name goes always 2nd… Please
6 use Times New Roman 10)

7 1
Princeton University, Princeton NJ 08544, USA (Times New Roman 9)
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University of Sfax, 3029 Sfax, Tunisia
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Springer Publishing, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany
10 corresponding-author-only@gmail.com (Courier 9)

11 Abstract. The abstract should summarize the content of the paper in short
12 terms, i.e. max. 250 words! Please insert it here (Times New Roman 9). It
13 should start with a very brief background about why your study needs to be
14 done, methods used, major results and implications of your research work.

15 Keywords: First Keyword, Second Keyword, Third Keyword, Fourth

16 Keyword, Fifth Keyword (Times New Roman 9).

171 Introduction (Times New Roman 12)

18Please insert here a very short Introduction (Times New Roman 10). Please note that
19the first paragraph is not indented. The first paragraph that follows a table, figure,
20equation etc. does not have an indent, either.
21 Subsequent paragraphs, however, are indented (here insert the second paragraph).

222 Settings or Methods or Materials and Methods or … etc.

23 (Times New Roman 12)

24Please insert here the Second Section (Times New Roman 10). Please note that the
25first paragraph is not indented. The first paragraph that follows a table, figure,
26equation etc. does not have an indent, either.
27 Subsequent paragraphs, however, are indented (here insert the second paragraph).
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283 Results (Times New Roman 12)

293.1 Results (Subsection Sample / Only if needed!) (Times New Roman 10)

30Please insert here the Third Section (Times New Roman 10). Please note that the first
31paragraph of a section or subsection is not indented. The first paragraphs that follows
32a table, figure, equation etc. does not have an indent, either.
33 Subsequent paragraphs, however, are indented (here insert the second paragraph).
343.2 Results (Subsection Sample / Only if needed!) (Times New Roman 10)

35Please insert here the Third Section (Times New Roman 10). Please note that the first
36paragraph of a section or subsection is not indented. The first paragraphs that follows
37a table, figure, equation etc. does not have an indent, either.
38 Subsequent paragraphs, however, are indented (here insert the second paragraph).
39Please see below how to insert Table 1 and Fig. 1 in the text.

40 Table 1. Table captions should be placed above the tables (Times New Roman 9).

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41Displayed equations are centered and set on a separate line.

42 x+y=z (1)

43Please try to avoid rasterized images for line-art diagrams and schemas. Whenever
44possible, use vector graphics instead (see Fig. 1).
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47while long ones are justified. The macro button chooses the correct format automatically
48(Times New Roman 9).
493.3 Results (Subsection Sample / Only if needed!) (Times New Roman 10)

50Please insert here the Third Section (Times New Roman 10). Please note that the first
51paragraph of a section or subsection is not indented. The first paragraphs that follows
52a table, figure, equation etc. does not have an indent, either.
53 Subsequent paragraphs, however, are indented (here insert the second paragraph).

544 Discussion (Times New Roman 12)

55Please insert here the Fourth Section Discussion which should be the most detailed
56section (Times New Roman 10). Please note that the first paragraph of a section or
57subsection is not indented. The first paragraphs that follows a table, figure, equation
58etc. does not have an indent, either.
59 Subsequent paragraphs, however, are indented (here insert the second paragraph).
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615 Conclusions (Times New Roman 12)

62Please insert here the Fifth Section (Times New Roman 10). Please note that the first
63paragraph of a section or subsection is not indented. The first paragraphs that follows
64a table, figure, equation etc. does not have an indent, either.
65 Subsequent paragraphs, however, are indented (here insert the second paragraph).
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67For citations of references in the text, we prefer the use of square brackets and consecutive
68numbers. Citations using labels or the author/year convention are also acceptable. The
69following bibliography provides a sample reference list with entries for journal articles [1], a
70book chapter [2], a book [3], proceedings without editors [4], as well as a URL [5].
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71References (Times New Roman 12)

72 1. Author, F.: Article title. Journal 2(5), 99–110 (2016).
73 2. Author, F., Author, S.: Title of a proceedings paper. In: Editor, F., Editor, S. (eds.)
74 CONFERENCE 2016, LNCS, vol. 9999, pp. 1–13. Springer, Heidelberg (2016).
75 3. Author, F., Author, S., Author, T.: Book title. 2nd edn. Publisher, Location (1999).
76 4. Author, F.: Contribution title. In: 9th International Proceedings on Proceedings, pp. 1–2.
77 Publisher, Location (2010).
78 5. ASTI Homepage, http://www.springer.com/ASTI, last accessed 2016/11/21.
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80IMPORTANT: Please carefully read “Submission / Author Guidelines” on the conference
81website before preparing your paper and do not exceed 4 pages. If you need to reach 5 pages,
82an approval of the conference manager should be requested in advance.