Preparation of Papers in Two-Column Format

for Conference Proceedings Published by IEEE

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Bart Simpson and omer Simpson !on"ey #ing$ Ba%ie &hu and Seng Tang
Department of Nuclear Power Engineering Department of Intelligent Robotics
University of Springfield University of Huaguoshan
Springfield Nostate !"#$% US& Huaguoshan 'ileshi(ie Province )hina
'bart(simpson ) homer(simpson*+uspringfield(edu mon"ey("ing+uhuaguoshan(edu(cn
Abstract - These instructions give you the basic guidelines
for preparing papers for IEEE conference proceedings.
Index Terms - List key index terms here. No mare than 5.
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1our goal is to simulate the usual appearance of papers in
IEEE conference proceedings( For items not addressed in
these instructions$ please refer to the last issue of your
conference2s proceedings for reference or as" your conference
Publications Chair for instructions(
&* Preparing +our Paper
!, Paper Si-e3 Prepare your paper in full-si4e format on
0S letter si4e paper 56(7 by 11 inches8(
", .ype Si-es and .ypefaces3 Follow the font type si4es
specified in Table I( The font type si4es are gi9en in points$
same as in the !S :ord font si4e points( Times ,ew -oman
is the preferred font(
#, Paper /argins3 Paper margins on the 0S letter si4e
paper are set as follows3 top ; <(=7 inches$ bottom ; 1 inch$
side ; <(>?7 inches( Each column measures @(7 inches wide$
with a <(?7-inch gap between the two columns(
$, Paper Styles3 Aeft- and right-%ustify the columns( .n
the last page of your paper$ ad%ust the lengths of the columns
so that they are eBual( 0se automatic hyphenation and chec"
spelling and grammar( 0se high resolution 5@<<dpi or abo9e8
figures$ plots$ drawings and photos for best printing result(
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> Table superscripts
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Section titles
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$ references$ tables$
table names
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$ table captions$
figure captions$ footnotes$ teDt
subscripts$ and superscripts
E Cbstract$ IndeD Terms
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Cuthors2 affiliations$ main teDt$
eBuations$ first letter in section
titles
a
Subheading
11 Cuthors2 names
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0ppercase
0* Preparing +our PD1 Paper for IEEE 2plore3
/etailed instructions on how to prepare P/F files of your
papers for IEEE 2ploreF can be found at
http3GGwww(ieee(orgGpubsGconfpubcenter
P/F %ob setting files for Ccrobat 9ersions H$ 7 and > can be
found for downloading from the abo9e webpage as well( The
instructions for preparing P/F papers for IEEE 2ploreF
must be strictly followed(
II( EAPF0A I,TS
&* 1igures and .ables
Try to position figures and tables at the tops and bottoms
of columns and a9oid placing them in the middle of columns(
Aarge figures and tables may span across both columns(
Figure captions should be centered below the figuresI table
captions should be centered abo9e( C9oid placing figures and
tables before their first mention in the teDt( 0se the
abbre9iation JFig( K$L e9en at the beginning of a sentence(
Figure aDis labels are often a source of confusion( 0se
words rather than symbols( For eDample$ as shown in Fig( 1$
write J!agneti4ation$L or J!agneti4ation 5!8L not %ust J!(L
Put units in parentheses( /o not label aDes only with units(
In the eDample$ write J!agneti4ation 5CGm8L or
J!agneti4ation 5Cm
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8(L /o not label aDes with a ratio of
Buantities and units( For eDample$ write JTemperature 5#8$L
not JTemperatureG#(L
!ultipliers can be 9ery confusing( :rite J!agneti4ation
5"CGm8L or J!agneti4ation 51<
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CGm8(L Figure labels should
be legible$ at 6-point type(

Cpplied Field 51<
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CGm8
Fig( 1 !agneti4ation as a function of applied field(
,ote how the caption is centered in the column(
0* References
,umber citations consecuti9ely in sBuare brac"ets M1N(
Punctuation follows the brac"et M?N( -efer simply to the
reference number$ as in M@N( 0se J-ef( M@NL or J-eference M@NL
at the beginning of a sentence3 J-eference M@N was the first
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This work is partially supported by NSF Grant #2003168 to H. Simpson and CNSF Grant #9972988 to M. King.
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,umber footnotes separately in superscripts( Place the
actual footnote at the bottom of the column in which it was
cited( /o not put footnotes in the reference list( 0se letters for
table footnotes 5see Table I8( IEEE .ransactions no longer use
a %ournal prefiD before the 9olume number( For eDample$ use
JIEEE .rans* /agn*$ 9ol( ?7$L not J9ol( !CP-?7(L
Pi9e all authorsQ namesI use Jet al(L if there are siD
authors or more MHN( Papers that ha9e not been published$
e9en if they ha9e been submitted for publication$ should be
cited as JunpublishedL MHN( Papers that ha9e been accepted for
publication should be cited as Jin pressL M7N( In a paper title$
capitali4e the first word and all other words eDcept for
con%unctions$ prepositions less than se9en letters$ and
prepositional phrases(
For papers published in translated %ournals$ first gi9e the
English citation$ then the original foreign-language one M>N(
)* &bbreviations and &cronyms
/efine abbre9iations and acronyms the first time they are
used in the teDt$ e9en if they ha9e been defined in the
abstract( Cbbre9iations such as IEEE$ SI$ !#S$ CPS$ ac$ dc$
and rms do not ha9e to be defined( /o not use abbre9iations
in the title unless they are una9oidable(
D* E4uations
,umber eBuations consecuti9ely with eBuation numbers
in parentheses flush with the right margin$ as in 518( To ma"e
your eBuations more compact$ you may use the solidus 5G8 and
the eDp function$ etc( Italici4e -oman symbols for Buantities
and 9ariables$ but not Pree" symbols( 0se an en dash 5R8
rather than a hyphen for a minus sign( 0se parentheses to
a9oid ambiguities in denominators( Punctuate eBuations with
commas or periods when they are part of a sentence$ as in
? G 8 sin 5cos ? G 8 eDp5
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sin cos
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Symbols in your eBuation should be defined before the
eBuation appears or immediately following( Cite eBuations
using J518$L not EB( 518L or JeBuation 518$L eDcept at the
beginning of a sentence3 JEBuation 518 is OL
E* 6ther Recommendations
The -oman numerals used to number the section
headings are optional( /o not number CC#,.:AE/PE!E,T
and -EFE-E,CES and begin Subheadings with letters( 0se two
spaces after periods 5full stops8( yphenate compleD
modifiers3 J4ero-field-cooled magneti4ation(L C9oid dangling
participles$ such as$ J0sing 518$ the potential was calculated(L
:rite instead$ JThe potential was calculated using 518$L or
J0sing 518$ we calculated the potential(L
0se a 4ero before decimal points3 J<(?7$L not J(?7(L 0se
Jcm
@
$L not Jcc(L /o not miD complete spellings and
abbre9iations of units3 J:bGm
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L or Jwebers per sBuare
meter$L not JwebersGm
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(L Spell units when they appear in
teDt3 JOa few henries$L not JOa few (L If your nati9e
language is not English$ try to get a nati9e English-spea"ing
colleague to proofread your paper( /o not add page numbers(
III( 0,ITS
0se either SI 5!#S8 or CPS as primary units( 5SI units
are encouraged(8 English units may be used as secondary
units 5in parentheses8( Cn eDception would be the use of
English units as identifiers in trade$ such as J@(7-inch dis"
dri9e(L
C9oid combining SI and CPS units$ such as current in
amperes and magnetic field in oersteds( This often leads to
confusion because eBuations do not balance dimensionally( If
you must use miDed units$ clearly state the units for each
Buantity that you use in an eBuation(
IS( S.!E C.!!., !ISTC#ES
The word JdataL is plural$ not singular( In Cmerican
English$ periods and commas are within Buotation mar"s$
li"e Jthis period(L C parenthetical statement at the end of a
sentence is punctuated outside of the closing parenthesis 5li"e
this8( 5C parenthetical sentence is punctuated within the
parentheses(8 C graph within a graph is an Jinset$L not an
Jinsert(L The word alternati9ely is preferred to the word
JalternatelyL 5unless you mean something that alternates8( /o
not use the word JessentiallyL to mean JapproDimatelyL or
Jeffecti9ely(L Be aware of the different meanings of the
homophones JaffectL and Jeffect$L JcomplementL and
Jcompliment$L JdiscreetL and Jdiscrete$L JprincipalL and
Jprinciple(L /o not confuse JimplyL and Jinfer(L The prefiD
JnonL is not a wordI it should be %oined to the word it
modifies$ usually without a hyphen( There is no period after
the JetL in the Aatin abbre9iation Jet al(L The abbre9iation
Ji(e(L means Jthat is$L and the abbre9iation Je(g(L means Jfor
eDample(L Cn eDcellent style manual for science writers is
M=N(
CC#,.:AE/P!E,T
The preferred spelling of the word Jac"nowledgmentL in
Cmerica is without an JeL after the Jg(L Try to a9oid the
stilted eDpression$ J.ne of us 5-( B( P(8 than"s OL Instead$
try J-(B(P( than"s OL Put sponsor ac"nowledgments in the
unnumbered footnote on the first page(
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