Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before March 1, 2010 (extedend deadline), a 2-3 page chapter proposal in printable PDF format clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by March 15, 2010 about the status of their proposal and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters (8000-10000 words) are expected to be submitted by June 15, 2010. All submissions must describe original work, not published or currently under review. All submissions must be in printable PDF format and written in English. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind peer review basis. Please note that the final chapters are to be provided in MS Word format, according to the IGI Global standards.
Directions for preparing the manuscript and the template in MS Word format can be retrieved through the Full Chapter Submission Guidelines and Chapter Organization and Formatting links on the IGI Global site.
Submissions should be made via Easychair at the following address:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pdsc2011
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded by e-mail to any of the book editors at pdsc@icmc.usp.br