• Authors are invited to submit papers for possible publication. The manuscript must be original and written in English.
• Manuscripts are to be submitted to the Publisher by our web-based online submission at http://www.worldscinet.com/ijia/editorial/submitpaper.shtml
  or, for hard copy submission, manuscripts should be submitted in triplicate (3) to one of the Chief Editors below. The Chief Editor to whom the manuscript is submitted is responsible for the complete review process and transmittal of the accepted final manuscript and original artwork to the publisher (WSPC).
  
  Tao Mei
  Acting Director
  Institute of Intelligent Machines
  Chinese Academy of Sciences
  Home page: www.iim.ac.cn
  Email: tmei@iim.ac.cn
  Tel.: +86-551-5591100
  Tel.: +86-551-5591136
  Fax.: +86-551-5592420
  
  Max Meng
  Department of Electronic Engineering
  Chinese University of Hong Kong
  Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
  Email: max@ee.cuhk.edu.hk
  Tel: +852 2609-8282
  Fax: +852 2603-5558
  

• Submission of a manuscript indicates a tacit understanding that the paper is not under consideration for publication in other journals.
• All manuscripts will be acknowledged and refereed, but will not be returned.
• There is no prescribed maximum length of a manuscript. However, the authors are encouraged to write concisely.

Copyright:

• If copyright material is used, it is the responsibility of the author(s) to obtain the necessary copyright release and submit it along with the manuscript.
• Submission of a manuscript is an indication that the paper is not actively under consideration for publication with other journals and that once it is accepted, the copyright will be transferred to the publisher.

Proofs:

• Proofs will be sent to the author (first named author if no corresponding author is identified of multi-authored papers) and should be returned within 48 hours of receipt.
• Corrections should be restricted to typesetting errors. Any queries should be answered in full.

Electronic submission:

• Once the authors are notified of the acceptance of their manuscripts, camera-ready manuscripts are to be prepared using computer typesetting software (Preferably TeX or LaTeX but Microsoft Word is acceptable) according to the instructions provided with the acceptance letter.
• Manuscripts are to be prepared according to the instructions provided. They should preferably be prepared using a TEX style file, which can be obtained from the World Wide Web at http://www.worldscinet.com/style_files/ijia/198-ijia_2e.zip or from the Publisher. Authors are allowed to check their proofs before publication.
• Detailed instructions for preparation of manuscripts are available in:
  • Latex2e (readme / Download)
  • MS-Word (ZIP files) (readme / Download)
• Submission of camera ready manuscripts implies that the manuscripts are in their final form and will not be returned to the author for proofreading before publication.

Offprints:

• There is no page charge for the journal.
• The author(s) will be provided a total of 50 offprints free of charge.
• Additional offprints and copies of the issue can be ordered at a specially reduced rate using the order form sent to the corresponding author after the manuscript has been accepted.