Call for papers

Conference themes

The seminar is intended for researchers developing computational methods and scientists and engineers focusing on challenging applications and covers all fields of computational mechanics. In particular, presentations by graduate students are welcome.

The official language of the seminar is English.

Submission of contributions

NSCM-24 offers two forms for submitting papers:

Extended abstract format
Participants who would like to contribute a short paper of 2-4 pages related to the topics of the seminar not later than September 23, 2011, which will be published in the seminar proceedings. Writing instruction for MS-Word users. Typesetting with LATeX, the class file nscm-24.cls and writing instructions NSCM-24_instructions.tex or as a pdf-file NSCM-24_instructions.pdf. The extented abstract should be sent to the organizers using the e-mail address: nscm-24(at)list.aalto.fi.

Full length journal paper format
In NSCM-24 it is also possible to submit a full length journal manuscript, which after peer-review will be published in a special issue of Rakenteiden Mekaniikka (Journal of Structural Mechanics). The deadline for submission is August 19, 2011. Templates for writing the journal paper can be found from the journal web-page.

For early acceptance (August 15, 2011) the submission deadline for both formats is August 8, 2011.