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\centerline{\bf AUTHOR'S INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING}
\centerline{\bf 31st Summer School - Conference ABSTRACTS}

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\centerline{ {\bf A.~Author}$^{\rm a}$ and {\bf \underline{B.~Author}}$^{\rm b}$}

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\centerline{$^{\rm a}$Department of Mathematics, University of
Patras, Patras, GR26110 Greece} \centerline{author1@upatras.gr}

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\centerline{$^{\rm b}$Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 52242-1527}
\centerline{author2@eng.usc.edu}

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For each presentation contributed talk or poster an abstract is
required that summarizes the presentation.



The abstract submission process has two steps: (1) submission of
the extended abstract, by\textbf{ 30 April 2010}, (2) notification
of abstract acceptance, by \textbf{14 May 2010}.

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The  abstract length should not exceed 2 pages. The abstract must
contain (1) the presentation title, (2) names of the presentation
authors, and (3) contact information for the corresponding author,
including authors' postal and e-mail addresses. The name of the
presenting author should be underlined.

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Only {\LaTeX} files will be accepted.

The template for the preparation of the abstracts in {\LaTeX} can be found on the Conference  website:

\url{https://complexity2025.dib.uth.gr/}

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The abstract is to be prepared using the following format:

$\bullet$ Title in CAPS and Bold

$\bullet$ Authors' names in Bold

$\bullet$ 12pt article documentclass

$\bullet$ 1 line spacing between title and authors

$\bullet$ 1 line spacing between authors and affiliations

$\bullet$ 2 line spacing between affiliations and abstract body

$\bullet$ 1 line spacing between abstract paragraphs

$\bullet$ No paragraph indents

$\bullet$ 1 line spacing between abstracts and references

$\bullet$ Equations and figures may be included

$\bullet$ ``References'' heading in Bold type as shown below

$\bullet$ References numbered and indented as shown below, No line spacing
between listed references

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\parindent=0pt \textbf{References}

[1] T.~Belytschko, Y.~Lu, and L.~Gu, ``Element-Free Galerkin Methods,"
\textit{International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering\/}, v.~37,
p.~229-256, 1994.


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