Two-Column Template for Competition Papers

Based on IEEE Format (Title)

First Author, Highest Degree1 , Second Author, Highest Degree2 , and Third Author, Highest Degree3
1,3
First and Third Author’s University, Country, first.author@email.edu, third.author@gmail.com
2
Second Author’s University, Country, second.author@email.com

Abstract– The instructions give the basic guidelines for Competition papers are currently indexed by EBSCO.
preparing papers for the LACCEI conference proceedings adapted We are in the process of obtaining additional indexing, which
from the IEEE 2-Column format for Competition Papers. You can may require additional instructions for the final version of the
use this document for the instructions and as a template into which refereed papers. This section will contain further information
you can type your own text over the given text or select the preset
styles (shown in parentheses). Full paper submissions are limited
as we obtain new indexing for the proceedings.
to 10 pages maximum, and extended abstracts to 2 pages. II. HELPFUL HINTS
Keywords-- List at most 5 key index terms here.
A. Figures and Tables
I. INTRODUCTION (HEADING 1) Try to position figures and tables at the tops and bottoms
of columns. Large figures and tables may span across both
Your goal is to simulate the appearance of papers columns. Center figure captions below the figures; center table
published in IEEE conference proceedings [1], with changes captions above the table. Avoid placing figures and tables
to style of the author-institution-email sections, as shown here. before their first mention in the text. Use the abbreviation
Any questions should be sent to the technical committee chair, “Fig. #,” even at the beginning of a sentence.
email can be found in COMPETITION PAPERS MyReview For labeling axis on graphs use words rather than symbols.
submission site. For example, as shown in Fig. 1, write “Magnetization,” or
“Magnetization (M)” not just “M.” Put units in parentheses.
A. Preparing Your Paper (Heading 2) Do not label axes only with units and clearly show multipliers.
1) Paper Size: US letter size, 8.5” x 11”(210 x 297 mm). In the example, write “Magnetization (kA/m)” or
2) Type Sizes and Typefaces: Follow the font type sizes in
“Magnetization (103 Am-1).” Do not label axes with a ratio of
Table I. The font type sizes are given in MS Word font size
quantities and units. For example, write “Temperature (K),”
points. Times New Roman is the preferred font.
not “Temperature/K.”
3) Paper Margins: Set top = 0.75” (19.05mm), bottom =
Figure labels should be legible, at 8-point type.
1” (25.4mm), side = 0.625” (15.875mm). Each column
measures 3.5 inches wide, with a 0.25-inch gap in between.
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4) Paper Styles: Left- and right-justify the columns. On
Magnetization (kA/m)

the last page of your paper, adjust the lengths of the columns
so that they are equal. Use automatic hyphenation and check 10
spelling and grammar. Use high resolution (300dpi or above)
figures, plots, drawings and photos for best printing result.
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TABLE I
TYPE SIZE FOR PAPERS
Type Appearance 0
size
(pts.) Regular Bold Italic 0 2 4 6
6 Table superscripts Applied Field (103 A/m)
Section titlesa, references, tables, Fig. 1 Magnetization as a function of applied field.
table namesa, table captions, Note caption is centered below figures, but above tables.
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figure captions, footnotes, text
subscripts, and superscripts B. References
9 Abstract, Index Terms
Authors' affiliations, main text,
Number citations consecutively in square brackets [2].
10 equations, first letter in section Subheading Punctuation follows the bracket [3]. Refer simply to the
titlesa reference number, as in [4]. Use “Ref. [4]” or “Reference [4]”
11 Authors' names at the beginning of a sentence: “Reference [4] was the first …”
22 Paper title
a
Number footnotes separately in superscripts. Place the
Uppercase actual footnote at the bottom of the column in which it was
cited. Do not put footnotes in the reference list. Use letters for
B. Preparing Your PDF Paper for Indexing table footnotes (see Table I). For journal volumes cite in this
format: “IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 25,” not “vol. MAG-25.”

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 Give all authors’ names; use “et al.” if there are six (in parentheses). An exception would be the use of English
authors or more [5]. Papers that have not been published, even units as identifiers in trade, such as “3.5-inch disk drive.”
if they have been submitted for publication, should be cited as Avoid combining SI and CGS units, such as current in
“unpublished” [5]. Papers that have been accepted for amperes and magnetic field in oersteds. This often leads to
publication should be cited as “in press” [6]. In a paper title, confusion because equations do not balance dimensionally. If
capitalize the first word and all other words except for you must use mixed units, clearly state the units for each
conjunctions, prepositions less than seven letters, and quantity that you use in an equation.
prepositional phrases.
IV. SOME COMMON MISTAKES
For papers published in translated journals, first give the
English citation, then the original foreign-language one [7]. The word “data” is plural, not singular. In American
English, periods and commas are within quotation marks, like
C. Abbreviations and Acronyms
“this period.” A parenthetical statement at the end of a
Define abbreviations and acronyms the first time they are
sentence is punctuated outside of the closing parenthesis (like
used in the text, even if they have been defined in the abstract.
this). (A parenthetical sentence is punctuated within the
Do not use abbreviations in the title unless they are
parentheses.) A graph within a graph is an “inset,” not an
unavoidable.
“insert.” The word alternatively is preferred to the word
D. Equations “alternately” (unless you mean something that alternates). Do
Number equations consecutively with equation numbers not use the word “essentially” to mean “approximately” or
in parentheses flush with the right margin, as in (1). To make “effectively.” Be aware of the different meanings of the
your equations more compact, you may use the solidus (/) and homophones “affect” and “effect,” “complement” and
the exp function, etc. Italicize Roman symbols for quantities “compliment,” “discreet” and “discrete,” “principal” and
and variables, but not Greek symbols. Use an en dash (–) “principle.” Do not confuse “imply” and “infer.” The prefix
rather than a hyphen (-) for a minus sign. Use parentheses to “non” is not a word; it should be joined to the word it
avoid ambiguities in denominators. Punctuate equations with modifies, usually without a hyphen. There is no period after
commas or periods when they are part of a sentence, as in the “et” in the Latin abbreviation “et al.” The abbreviation
“i.e.” means “that is,” and the abbreviation “e.g.” means “for
e ix cos x + i sin x example.” An excellent style manual for science writers is
=  exp(ix) / 2 = (cos x + i sin x) / 2 . (1)
2 2 [8].
Symbols in your equation should be defined before the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
equation appears or immediately following. Cite equations The preferred spelling of the word “acknowledgment” in
using “(1),” not Eq. (1)” or “equation (1),” except at the America is without an “e” after the “g.” Try to avoid the
beginning of a sentence: “Equation (1) is …” stilted expression, “One of us (R. B. G.) thanks …” Instead,
E. Other Recommendations try “R.B.G. thanks …” Put sponsor acknowledgments in the
The Roman numerals used to number the section headings unnumbered footnote on the first page.
are optional. Do not number ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and REFERENCES
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abbreviations of units: “Wb/m2” or “webers per square meter,” Stand. Abbrev., in press.
not “webers/m2.” Spell units when they appear in text: “…a [7] Y. Yorozu, M. Hirano, K. Oka, and Y. Tagawa, “Electron spectroscopy
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III. UNITS ___________________

Texto Tomado y Adaptado de LACCEI/ LEIRD 2023
Use either SI (MKS) or CGS as primary units. (SI units
are encouraged.) English units may be used as secondary units

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