Clear and Concise Title

First AUTHORa,, Second AUTHORb and Third AUTHORb

(Blinded review process – please leave this part as it is before review; however, when revising the paper for re-submission after review, please fill in this part with your information and also fill in the corresponding author information in the footnote.)

a Institution, City, Country (add after review)

b Institution, City, Country (add after review)

Abstract. Background: Give background. Objectives: Name objectives. Methods: The abstract should be one paragraph only. Results: Maximum abstract length is 15 lines. Conclusion: Abstracts need to be structured into Background – Objectives – Methods – Results – Conclusion.

Keywords. keyword, keyword, please use MeSH keywords only, keyword

Introduction

First paragraph. Please see Instructions to Authors pdf for details concerning formatting.

Second paragraph.

Full and short scientific papers

All scientific papers need to be submitted in English.

Paper length is restricted to eight pages for full papers and to two pages for short papers. Additional pages are allowed with a page charge of € 100,- (excl. taxes) per extra page.

All accepted papers (both full and short papers) will be published “open access” by IOS Press in the Studies in Health Technology and Informatics series. Full papers will be indexed in PubMed and Web of Science, among others.

Submissions to the Best PhD Paper Award

Submissions originating from a PhD thesis can be submitted. The PhD thesis must either be in progress or it must have been finalized no earlier than 2020. The author of the paper needs to be subscribed at a university.

Submissions are submitted using the category "Student Contest - Best PhD Paper". The paper format corresponds to the full paper format of regular submissions.

Submissions will regularly be reviewed and – if accepted – papers will be selected for oral or poster presentation.

As regular submissions, accepted PhD papers will be published within the IOS Press proceedings.

Depending on the reviewers’ recommendations, the best PhD submissions will be selected for the Best PhD Paper finals. From all finalists, an independent jury will elect the winner of the Best PhD Paper Award, based on the reviewers’ evaluations, the written papers and the oral presentation.

Submissions to the Best Master Paper Award

Submissions originating from a master thesis or equivalent can be submitted. The thesis etc. must either be in progress or it must have been finalized no earlier than 2020. The author of the paper needs to be subscribed at a university.

Submissions are submitted using the category "Student Contest - Best Master Paper".

The paper format corresponds to the full paper format of regular submissions. However, papers can be submitted both, in English or in German. English submissions may be considered for inclusion in the IOS press proceedings, depending on the quality. German submissions cannot be included in the IOS press proceedings, they will be displayed at the conference website.

Submissions will be reviewed in a separate review process and – if accepted – papers will be selected for oral or poster presentation. Depending on the reviewers’ recommendations, the best submissions will be selected for the Best Master Paper finals. From all finalists, an independent jury will elect the winner of the Best Master Paper Award, based on the reviewers’ evaluations, the written papers and the oral presentation.

Methods

Structure your paper in Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion.

Examples for figures are shown in Figure 1, Figure 2, Table 1 and Equation 1.

Heading

First paragraph.

Item

Item

Item

Second paragraph.

Results

First paragraph.

Second paragraph.

Figure 1. Short caption. All figures, tables and equations must be referenced in the text.

Figure 2. Long caption. Make sure that no font size even within figures is smaller than 8 (compare the font size with the font size of the caption).

Table 1. Long caption. Long caption. Long caption. Long caption. Long caption. Long caption. Long caption. Long caption. Long caption

Column1	Column2	Column3
–10.2	10.2	10.2
5.36	6.32	6.32
–5.7	5.7	0.326

(1)

Discussion

First paragraph.

Second paragraph.

References

A.N. Author, Book Title, Publisher Name, Publisher Location, 1995.

A.N. Author, B.N. Name, C.N. Name, Chapter Title, in: Book Title. Publisher Name, Publisher Location, 1995. pp. 325-329.

A.N. Author, Article title, Journal Title 66(3) (1993), 856–890.

A.N. Author, Website Title, URL, last access: 1.1.2018.

Corresponding Author: Author Name, Institution, City, Country, E-Mail: XXXXXX (add after review)