Paper Title

Given Name Surname

dept. name of organization
(of Affiliation)
name of organization
(of Affiliation)
City, Country
email address or ORCID

Abstract—IEEE format requires you to include an abstract

It’s recommended to insert figures inside a text box. So
at the start of your paper, followed by a list of keywords. In the
your figure would go here (adjusting the text box to the
“Styles” section in Microsoft Word, you can find the
appropriate styles for all the different sections and headings in
appropriate size to match).
the paper, which are already applied here. For example, the Fig. 1. This is a figure caption. It appears directly underneath the figure.
“abstract” style is applied to this text, the “keywords” style to
the next section. Note that the titles “Abstract” and “Keyword” appropriate style is still applied to each section, reapplying
should remain as they are written here: italicized and followed styles if necessary.
by an em dash.
b) This is another level 4 heading: It’s also possible to
Keywords—template, Scribbr, IEEE, format add bullet points when appropriate, using the “bullet list”
style:
I. THIS IS A LEVEL 1 HEADING
 Treat the word “data” as plural, not singular.
This is the start of the body text of your paper. You can
use headings like the one above to divide your paper into sub-  For example, “the data indicate that …”
topics. Use level 1 headings first, then level 2 headings if you
need further divisions inside those, and so on. Don’t use a B. This Is Another Level 2 Heading
level of heading unless there will be at least two headings of Place any figures or tables you use at the top or bottom of
that level. You don’t have to use any headings at all if it a column. Don’t place them in the middle of a column. If
doesn’t make sense to divide your paper in that way. particularly wide, a table or figure can span across both
Appropriate numbering is automatically applied to headings. columns. Insert a table or figure after the point where it is first
You don’t have to number them yourself, just make sure the cited in the text.
right heading style is applied to each one. Level 1 and 2 When inserting a figure, such as a photograph or
headings (as well as the paper title) should be written with title infographic, use 8 pt. Times New Roman for any labeling text
case capitalization, while level 3 and 4 headings are written in within the image and for the figure caption. You can see an
sentence case. example of a figure caption in Fig. 1, above. Refer to figures
Use the enter key to start a new paragraph. The appropriate like that, using the abbreviation “Fig.” and the figure’s
spacing and indent are automatically applied. number.
A. This Is a Level 2 Heading A table heading (using the “table head” style) appears
above a table. This will automatically number the table for
1) And this is a level 3 heading: Equations should be
you. Any footnotes appear below the table, using the “table
typed in either Times New Roman or Symbol font, or, if the footnote” style. Footnotes are indicated by superscript
equation is multileveled, inserted into your text as a graphic lowercase letters within the table. An example of a table can
instead. On the far right of the line containing the equation, be seen in Table I, below.
number it in parentheses, and use this number to refer to it in
the text (1). II. THIS IS ANOTHER LEVEL 1 HEADING
All the headings in the main body of your paper are
 ab  numbered (automatically).
Another type of heading is the “component heading”,
2) This is another level 3 heading: The body text is which is used for other components that aren’t part of the
divided into two columns on each page, written in 10 pt. main text. These are usually your acknowledgments and your
Times New Roman, and justified (meaning that the text is references, which you can see examples of below. These
spaced in a way that makes the right edge line up neatly). All headings are not numbered. The correct styling for them can
the appropriate formatting is automatically applied in this be applied using the “Heading 5” style, which is the same as
template. If anything goes wrong, you can reapply it using the the “Heading 1” style but without numbering.
“styles” section in Word.
TABLE I. THIS IS THE HEADING FOR A TABLE
a) And this is a level 4 heading: It’s recommended to
Table Table Column Head
write your text in a separate document and then add it to this
Head Table column subhead Subhead Subhead
template once it’s complete. When copying text into the
template from another document, make sure that the text Texta
a. This is a table footnote.

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 You can cite your references in text by including the REFERENCES
corresponding number, in square brackets [1]. If you need to [1] D. V. Lindberg and H. K. H. Lee, “Optimization under constraints by
cite a specific part of the source, you can include a page applying an asymmetric entropy measure,” J. Comput. Graph. Statist.,
number [2, p. 13] or range [3, pp. 41–56]. vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 379–393, Jun. 2015, doi:
10.1080/10618600.2014.901225.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS [2] B. Rieder, Engines of Order: A Mechanology of Algorithmic
Techniques. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Amsterdam Univ. Press, 2020.
“Acknowledgment(s)” is spelled without an “e” after the
[3] I. Boglaev, “A numerical method for solving nonlinear integro-
“g” in American English. differential equations of Fredholm type,” J. Comput. Math., vol. 34, no.
As you can see, the formatting ensures that the text ends in 3, pp. 262–284, May 2016, doi: 10.4208/jcm.1512-m2015-0241.
two equal-sized columns rather than only displaying one
column on the last page. Make sure to remove all placeholder and explanatory
This template was adapted from those provided by the text from the template when you add your own text.
IEEE on their own website. This text should not be here in the final version!