\documentclass[12pt]{article}

% this will generate some kind of contents line
\newcommand{\paper}[3]{#1 \\ \hspace*{3cm} {\em #2} \dotfill #3 \\}

% this will include a page as an eps image
\newcommand{\pageimage}[1]{\epsfxsize=\textwidth\epsffile{#1}}

\input{epsf}

% important: heading with page numbers.

\pagestyle{myheadings}
\markboth{SOCS-3 Proceedings, CMU, October 2000}{SOCS-3 Proceedings,
CMU, October 2000}

% these commands will hold the page numbers for each paper.
% coule be done in a simpler way
\newcommand{\one}{}
\newcommand{\two}{}
\newcommand{\three}{}
% etc. you get the idea

\include{pagenumbers}		% created by the perl script

\begin{document}

\thispagestyle{empty}

\begin{center}
\Huge
\bf Third Student Symposium on Computer Systems: SOCS-3
\end{center}

% here was more stuff, but I cut it as it's not too deep

\paper{Title}{Author}{\one}
\paper{Title2}{Author2}{\two}
% repeat this as much as neccessary; don't leave spaces between lines

\newpage

\input{allpapers}               % created by the perl script

\end{document}