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Workshop Proceedings Deadline Extension! The deadline for submitting manuscripts to the Journal of Chemical Information & Modeling and SAR & QSAR in Environmental Research has been extended until April 12, 2005. Proceedings of the workshop will be published in special issues of the Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling (formerly JCICS, now JCIM) and SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research. Submissions to JCIM should be submitted electronically through the ACS Paragon System. If you are unfamiliar with submitting manuscripts through Paragon, please see the How To Submit A Manuscript page for more details. A cover letter indicating that the manuscript is part of the 4th Indo-US Workshop on Mathematical Chemistry special issue must accompany the submission. Submissions to SAR and QSAR should be submitted following the instructions on the Taylor and Francis web site and must also be accompanied by a cover letter. Manuscripts submitted to either journal will be peer reviewed, and must be accepted by the journal for publication. The submission deadline is April 12, 2005, manuscripts submitted after this date will not be accepted for the special issues. Call for Presentations Abstract submissions are now being accepted for the Fourth Indo-US Workshop. The workshop program will include keynote speakers as well as oral and poster presentations. You are invited to submit a proposal for a presentation that shares your original research. Only scholarly, well-documented presentations will be accepted. The organizers will be accepting abstract submissions for both oral and poster presentations through September 27th, 2004. Presentation Options Oral Presentations Presentations will be 20 minutes long (including 5 minutes for questions). More details on acceptable presentation formats will be provided in the near future. Internet access will not be available. Poster Presentations Poster boards (dimensions to be determined) will be provided for poster presentations. Presenters are required to attend their posters, with a short break to have lunch, during the poster lunch on Monday, January 10th from noon until 2:00 pm. Preparing the Abstract The following instructions must be followed when preparing your abstract for submission (see sample abstract). All proposals must be in English. All proposals must be accompanied by a cover letter (see below for details). The title should be in lowercase letters except for proper names and the beginning word of the title. Include the author's name, institution and complete address. For multiple authors, separate authors' names and addresses by a semicolon. If multiple authors are from the same institution, separate names with a comma. Underline the name of the author who is giving the presentation. Skip a line before beginning the abstract text. Single space text with a double line break between paragraphs. The proposal body is limited to 400 words (one page). Use a flush left (no indent) margin. Use Times New Roman and font size 10 point. All scientific names should be in italics. Sample Abstract Dissimilarity based clustering of psoralen derivatives in the topological structure space: A strategy for drug design Subhash C. Basak, Gregory D. Grunwald, Brian D. Gute, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth, 5013 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, MN 55811, USA; Debasish Panja, East India Pharmaceutical Works Limited, 119 Birendra Roy Road West, Calcutta - 700061, India; Kanika Basak, St. Xaviers Computer Center, 30 Park Street, Calcutta - 700016, India. Abstract text . . . Abstract Deadline The abstract deadline has passed. The organizers are no longer accepting abstracts for the 4th Indo-US Workshop. Abstract Review All abstract proposals will be reviewed carefully for content, clarity and conformity to size and format instructions. Those not adhering to these standards risk rejection of their abstract. The review committee reserves the right to accept requests for oral presentations as poster presentations due to time constraints. Presenters will be notified by letter or email by November 11, 2004 regarding the status of their proposal for presentation at the conference. All presenters are expected to pay the full registration fee to the workshop. Book of Abstracts All registered participants will receive a copy of the book of abstracts at the beginning of the workshop. Additional copies of the book of abstracts will be available for purchase following the conclusion of the workshop. Full papers presented at the workshop will be published in a peer-reviewed, international journal. More details will be made available on the conference website as arrangements are made. Methods for Abstract Submission Email Submission Follow the instructions for preparing your abstract. It is preferred that you send your abstract as an email attachment, however, if necessary the abstract can be included in the body of the email. If you are sending your abstract in the body of your email, be sure to clearly label any special characters, or super- or subscripted text. Attached files should be created in Microsoft Word, written for either DOS or Mac. If you use any other word processing program, save your abstract as a rich-text file (.rtf) and send the rich-text version by email. Be sure to include ALL of the information requested on the cover sheet listed below. Send abstract and required information to: Mail Submission If email access is not available, you may submit your abstract on diskette by mail. Follow the instructions for preparing your abstract. Submit your abstract on a 3.5 inch diskette or CD-R. The disk may be formatted for either Windows or Mac (CD-R media must be formatted for Windows) and the abstract file should be created in Microsoft Word or be saved in rich-text file format. Include ALL of the information requested on the cover sheet listed below and include a printed copy of the abstract and cover sheet. To have receipt of your proposal acknowledged, provide an email address or enclose a self-addressed postcard. Send disk, cover sheet, and hard copy to the address listed below. If mailing your abstract, please allow sufficient time for delivery. If your abstract arrives too late it will not be included in the book of abstracts and there may not be space available for your presentation. Contact Information To submit an abstract or for more information about this event, please write, fax, phone, or email: Fourth Indo-US Workshop Attn: Brian Gute Natural Resources Research Institute University of Minnesota Duluth 5013 Miller Trunk Highway Duluth, MN 55811 Tel: +1 218 720 4284 Fax: +1 218 720 4328 Call for Presentations Cover Sheet Include the following information for each abstract being submitted for consideration. Presenting Author: last (family) name, first name Institution Address City State/Province Zip/Postal Code Country Phone Fax Email Title of Abstract: use lowercase letters except for proper names and the first word of the title Presentation Format (Oral or Poster) Deadline for submission is September 27, 2004. For more information, you can also contact: Dr. Subhash Basak Tel: +1 218 720 4230 Fax: +1 218 720 4328 Email: or Dr. Indira Ghosh Tel: +91 20 569 0195 Email:

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