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-==== Call for Papers (Extended Abstracts) ====
+==== Call for Contributions (Extended Abstracts) ====
+It is our great pleasure to invite you to attend and contribute to the 9th International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability (MMR2015) which will take place in Tokyo, Japan, on June 1-4, 2015, hosted by the Reliability Engineering Association of Japan.
+The MMR conferences serve as a forum for discussing fundamental issues on mathematical methods in reliability theory and its applications. It is a forum that brings together reliability engineers in various fields, quality and safety experts, statisticians and data scientists, from within a central focus on reliability. As a major international forum on reliability, it attracts increasing number of researchers from all continents of the world.
 === Topics of MMR2015 ===
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 === Submission ===
-Deadline: December 31, 2014
+We ask all delegates to submit his/her extended abstract in PDF format and also to [[https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mmr2015|EasyChair for MMR2015]].  The templates for both LaTeX2e and Microsoft Word are prepared.  Please follow the [[instruction_for_authors|Instruction for authors]] and submit your extended abstract to [[https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mmr2015|EasyChair for MMR2015]].
-Please follow the instruction for authors and submit your extended abstract to [[https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mmr2015|EasyChair for MMR2015]].
-=== Instruction for Authors ===
-All speakers will have to submit their extended abstracts (4-pages in principle, with the templates provided below) in PDF format to [[https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mmr2015|EasyChair for MMR2015]] by December 31, 2014.  The maximum length of these extended abstracts is 8 pages.  You can use LaTeX2e or Microsoft Word to create your extended abstract.  But you are asked to submit your extended abstract in PDF format.
-Extended abstracts should be submitted to [[https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mmr2015|EasyChair for MMR2015]].
-Download the templates below.
-|Files for LaTeX2e Users||
-|LaTeX2e Sample with Figure|{{::mmr2015-latex2e-sample.zip|sample-MMR.tex, Figure1.eps}}|
-|Class File for LaTeX2e|{{::mmr2015-latex2e-format.zip|mmr2015.cls and multirow.sty}}|
-|Sample in PDF|{{:sample-mmr2015.pdf|sample-MMR2015.pdf}}|
-|Files for Microsoft Word Users||
-|Word Format|{{::mmr2015_mspaperformat.doc|MMR2015_MSExtendedAbstractFormat.doc}}|
-|Word Format in PDF|{{::mmr2015_mspaperformat.pdf|MMR2015_MSExtendedAbstractFormat.pdf}}|
-An Acrobat PDF version of the final submission of your extended abstract should also be provided. We strongly recommend you to create papers using LaTeX2e.
-=== Note on EasyChair Usage ===
-We use [[http://easychair.org/|EasyChair]], which is a conference management system, for handling your submissions.  This is an independent service and you will be asked to create a user account on their website, to log into [[https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mmr2015|EasyChair for MMR2015]].
-  * If you have never used EasyChair, as an author or a chair, please open up [[https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mmr2015|EasyChair for MMR2015]], click "Sign up for an account", and follow the instructions.  You will be sent an email requesting your contact information, and to confirm your account.  After this you will be able to log in: click "New Submission" to submit your paper.  After creating your account you may modify your personal information and submit a paper at any time
+=== Key dates for contributed papers ===
-  * If you have your own EasyChair account, please log in with your account.
-  * If you have forgotten your EasyChair password, visit the EasyChair password recovery page.
-[[easychair_instructions|Here]] is a detailed instruction on how to use EasyChair.
+^ Date ^ Event ^ Corresp. ^
+|31 December 2014|Extended abstract submission due|[[https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mmr2015|EasyChair for MMR2015]] <html><span style="color:#ff0000"> (Contributed paper submission has been closed.  Even though you can through your file to EasyChair, we won't be able to trigger the review process for your application.)</span></html>|
+|2 February 2015|Confirmation and acceptance of extended abstracts|via email from the program committee|
+|28 February 2015|Extended abstract camera ready due|[[https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mmr2015|EasyChair for MMR2015]]|
+|1 April 2015|Program announcement|TBA|
-=== Note on time for speakers and sessions ===
+=== Time for each speaker ===
 Invited sessions are 90 minutes - 3 talks in a particular session.
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   * Contributed sessions are 60-120 minutes.
-=== Note on LaTeX2e Class File ===
+=== Please Feel Free to Contact Us ===
-The class file mmr2015.cls is equivalent to mmr2013.cls, which was used for [[http://www.sastat.org.za/mmr2013/|MMR 2013]].  This class file has its origin at latex8.sty, a style file for IEEE CS Conference, and has been adopted to LaTeX2e and maintained by people around [[http://www.aparmnet.org/|APARM]].  We appreciate their efforts and generosity.
+If you have any questions, please send an email to [[mailto:office@mmr2015.org]] or a facsimile to fax:+81-42-443-5273.  Further contact information can be found at [[contact_us|this page]].

MMR 2015 - Tokyo (The Ninth International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability)

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