About    Call for Paper    Committee    Registration    Program    Publication    Exhibition    Workshop    Venue    Accomodation    Banquet    Gallery    Abstract Call for Papers The scopes of this conference will be emphasized on the list shown below. 1. Recording Head Technology      a. Recording Physics and models      b. Head-media interface      c. Tribology      d. MR heads      e. Inductive write heads      f. Head Testing 2. Media Technology      a. Longitudinal media      b. Perpendicular media      c. Fabrication Technology 3. Automation Technology      a. Manufacturing process      b. Image Processing      c. Logistics      d. Data Mining      e. Metrology 4. Process Analysis and Improvement      a. ESD/EOD      b. Microcontamination 5. Data Storage Technology      a. Recording Systems      b. Signal Processing (Equalization, Detection)      c. Servo System      d. Iterative Processing      e. Advanced Error Control Codes      f. Read/Write Interface      g. System Integration      h. System reliability 6. Others related to HDD/DST Technology      a. MRAM      b. Alternative recording technology      c. Storage Networks The participants are aimed to be the lecturers, graduate students, researchers and engineers. Invited and contributed papers accepted for the conference will be presented orally. The presentation language must be English. *Download the First Call for Papers in pdf file (First Call for Paper.pdf)* Paper Submission • Prospective authors are invited to submit original papers, in English, of not more than four (4) pages in standard IEEE two-column format, reporting their work and results, applications, and/or implementation in one or more of the listed topics. • Papers must be submitted only by internet through the conference web site (http://www.DST-CON.org). Accepted papers are expected to be presented at the conference. • All papers are peer reviewed. • Prospective undergraduate students are invited to submit a summary page, in English, of ONE A4 page in the specified format with Times New Roman font size of 11, reporting their work and results, applications, and/or implementation. Please email the summary page directly to UGProject@dstcon.org download template • At least one author of each accepted paper MUST register for the conference in order for the paper to be included in the program. Important Dates Manuscript Submission: 1-15 December 2007 Notification of Acceptance: 7 February 2008 Final Abstract Submission to dstcon_pub@dst-con.org : 21 February 2008 Check to see if your abstract needs to be corrected Download Abstact Template and Copyright Form here !! Conference Advanced Registration: 1 March 2008 Final Full Paper Submission: 4 April 2008 Conference Date: 21-23 April 2008 Publications Accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings. Accepted papers with no-show presentation will be reported to the corresponding author’s organization and result in 3 year unacceptable manuscript submission.