The unstructured abstracts can be submitted in either English or Persian in about 300 (max 500) words.

1. Title

Concise and informative. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.

2. Author names and affiliations

Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author and check that all names are accurately spelled. Present the authors' affiliation below the names. (in this format: Name, Department/Center/Faculty/College, Institution, City, Country) Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. You may include your ORCID, and list a secondary affiliation.

3. Corresponding author & presenter

If your paper has multiple authors, clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing, and who will present the paper at the Seminar. Their email should be provided listed.

4. Keywords

Provide four to six keywords representing the main content, and try to avoid general and plural terms and multiple concepts.

5. Biographies

A brief biography of the author(s) in about 25-30 words (min 20, max 40).

Submission:

All abstracts should be submitted on the Seminar’s website (https://mil.ut.ac.ir/ ) or in MS Word files to salehinejad@ut.ac.ir with “MIL Seminar 2023” in the subject line by 22 Sep 2023.

This seminar does not charge any submission or registration fees.

Presentations and proceedings:

The presentation language can be in either English or Persian. The proceedings will be published Civilica. Although the seminar only accepts abstracts, the authors are encouraged to submit an English Commentary (1500-4000 words) or an Article (6000-9000 words) for consideration for publication in Journal of Cyberspace Studies’ special issue on MIL. (https://jcss.ut.ac.ir/)