Disclaimers and Limits on Liabilities

This site and all contents of the site are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, included without limitation warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
MAO makes no representations or warranties as to the truth, accuracy, or completeness of any statements, information or material contained on the site.

By your use of the site, you acknowledge that your use of the site is at your sole risk, and that you assume full responsibility for all costs associated with our site. You agree that user-posted material expresses the views of that user, and not the view of MAO. You agree that MAO shall not be liable for any damages of any kind related to your use of the site, including but not limited to: damages resulting from lost profits or revenue, loss of the use of the site or any connected programs, delays in operation or transmission of the site, loss of use of data or equipment, undelivered email addresses, etc. You acknowledge that MAO is not responsible for the accuracy, content, or availability of information accessed or linked to third parties through our site, nor does the inclusion of any such link imply endorsement by MAO of that website.

MAO cooperates with law enforcement inquiries, as well as other third parties, to enforce laws. We can (and you authorize us to) disclose any information about you to law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate, in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements, or other activity that is illegal or may expose us, service or content providers we work with, or you to possible legal liability.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold MAO harmless from and against all claims, damages, costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising from or related to your use of the site and in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions.

Plagiarism

MAO takes the issue of plagiarism of intellectual property very seriously. Plagiarism is defined as the verbatim copying or paraphrasing of ideas or words without properly citing the author or the source. This includes, but is not limited to, verbatim copying of another author’s words but not differentiating the text from one’s own, with or without proper citation, copying equations, diagrams, processes, results or computer codes that are not common knowledge, without proper citation, and verbatim copying or extensive reuse of one’s own previously published work, without proper citation.

Not only is plagiarism a serious breach of professional and ethical conduct, it may also be in breach of copyright and intellectual property laws. MAO will investigate every allegation of plagiarism.

If a paper that has been submitted for a MAO conference has been plagiarized in whole or in part, the paper will be rejected, and the author(s) will be prohibited from submitting papers to MAO conferences in the future.
All authors are deemed to be responsible for the content of the papers that have been submitted to MAO.