ICOCI 2021 Author’s Guide

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
The International Conference on Computing and Informatics (ICOCI) 2021 will publish
accepted manuscripts in selected journals for personal, institutional, and library usage. To
preserve the consistency and quality of the manuscripts, all authors must follow this simple
and basic template prior to adhering to the selected journal’s formatting.
This document is intended to serve as a basic visual and instructional guide, and as a
Microsoft Word document template, for the ICOCI basic format. Most importantly, it
includes predefined styles to provide the basic formatting required by the publisher’s
formatting instructions. Such styles include the Normal style for body text, the Abstract style
for abstract text, the Endnote Text style for bibliographical references, the Author style, Title
style, Paper Number style, and so on. There are also styles for centered equations, figure and
table captions, section and sub-section headings, footnote text, etc. To use this electronic
document as a template, simply copy and change its contents with your own information
while maintaining the required predefined style, rather than starting anew. Since this
document is not a tutorial on how to use Microsoft Word, please refer to Microsoft Word
Help for more information on formatting using predefined styles.
Please take note that since the ICOCI 2021 will not produce any proceedings nor e-
proceedings and accepted manuscripts will be published in selected journals. Hence, the
content of your manuscript should be written as a journal manuscript and not conference
proceeding manuscript; thus, the content should be of journal standard. We are highly
interested in manuscript written in complete research work containing appropriate
methodology, complete results and thorough analysis of findings in respective domain
areas as specified in our conference scope of topics.
The manuscript is to be written in English. The size of the manuscript should be around
5,000 to 10,000 words, where review type manuscript should be around 10,000 words. Page
numbers should be centered halfway between the lower margin and the bottom edge of the
page (i.e., approximately 0.5 inches from the bottom).
Numbering of section headings and paragraphs should be avoided. Major section headings
are majuscule, bold, flush (aligned) left, and use the same style san-serif font as the body
text. Widow and orphan lines should also be avoided; more than one line of a paragraph
should appear at the end or beginning of a page, not one line by itself. A heading should not
appear at the bottom of a page without at least two lines of text. Equations, figures, and
tables must be sequentially numbered with no repeated numbers or gaps. Excessive white
space—such as large gaps before, between, and after text and figures—should be
eliminated.
Secondary, or sub-section, headings are title case (miniscule lettering with the first letter
of major words majuscule), flush left, and bold. Secondary headings use the same serif font
style as the body text and, like section headings, should not be numbered. Tertiary headings
should be avoided, but if necessary, they are run-in, italic, and end in a period, as illustrated
in the following paragraphs.

a=b2 (0)

Equations. Equations are centered with the equation number flush to the right. In the
text, these equations should be referenced by name as Eq. (1) not eq.1, (1), or Equation 1.To
improve readability, scalar variable names such as a andb2are usually italicized when
appearing in text and equations.1
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Although footer may be used, it is NOT encouraged. Use it sparingly or when there is no other way to clarify the
meaning of the texts.
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 Abbreviations. When units of measure are abbreviated, lower case without periods is
preferred in most instances; e.g. km, kg, sec, m/s, etc., but in. for inch.
Figures. Illustrations are referenced by name and without formatting embellishments,
such as , Figure 2, etc., or, Figures 3 and 4 (e.g., not figure (1), Fig. 1, Figure 1, Figure  1, etc.).
Each illustration should have a caption unless it is a mere sketch. Single-phrase captions are
usually in title case; they are bold 10-point serif font and centered below the figure as shown
in . An explanatory caption of several sentences is permissible. Ideally, every illustration
should be legibly sized – usually about one-half or one-quarter page – and appear in the text
just before it is called out or mentioned. Alternatively, it is also permissible to place all
figures together at the end of the text as a separate appendix; however, these two
conventions should not be mixed. All figures and callouts should remain clearly legible after
reduction.

Figure 1. A Caption Goes Here.

Graphic Formats. The highest quality formats are Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) and
PDFvector-graphic formats. These formats are recommended for all illustrations, unless they
create document files that are excessively large. Specifically, you should change the graphic
format or compress the image resolution whenever an illustrated page takes more than two
seconds to render onscreen, or, whenever the total manuscript file size starts to approach
5 Mb. Photographs, illustrations that use heavy toner or ink (such as bar graphs), and figures
without text callouts, may be suitably displayed with picture formats such as BMP, GIF, JPEG,
PNG, TIFF, etc. Line drawings, plots, and callouts on illustrations, should not use picture
formats that do not provide sharp reproduction. Note that the Windows Metafile Format
(WMF) should be avoided.
References and Citations. The parenthetical citation of bibliographical references is
indicated in the text preferably at the end of a sentence (Allam & Dhunny, 2019). Citations
should precisely follow APA style for both, parenthetical and in-text citation as well as
reference entries. The reference section of this article provides samples of the 7 th edition
APA reference format. The reference list must be sorted alphabetically. The citation of
private communication is especially discouraged, but if required it should be cited as a
footnote and include the date, professional affiliation, and location of the person cited.
Tables. Tables are referred to by name in the text as Table 1 or Tables 2 and 3 (e.g., not
table 1, Tbl. 1, or Table  1). The title is centered above the table, as shown in Table 1. The
font size inside tables should be no larger than the body text but may be adjusted down to
9-point sans-serif font, if necessary. Note that table units are in parentheses. Only the
minimum number of table lines needed for clarity is desired. Ideally, every table should
appear within the text just after it is called out.
Table 1. A Caption Goes Here.

Animal Description Price ($)

Gnat per gram 13.65

Gnu stuffed 92.50

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 Equations, figures, and tables must be sequentially numbered with no repeated numbers
or gaps. Each figure and table shall be called out in the text; gratuitous figures and tables
that are not called out should be eliminated. Intermediate equations may be numbered
without being called out.
Notations. If extensive use of mathematical symbols requires a table of notation, that
table may appear here. Where the first mathematical symbol is introduced, a footnote
should direct the attention of the reader to this table. The notation table does not need its
own caption like an ordinary table, since the section heading serves this purpose. The
notation section is optional.

a a real number

b the square root of a

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS
Your final manuscript should be camera-ready as submitted—free from technical,
typographical, and formatting errors. Manuscripts not suitable for publication are omitted
from the final publication.
The MS Word document (.docx or .doc) is the preferred format for electronic
submissions. However, the final manuscript (called Camera Ready) must be submitted in MS
Word document (.docx or .doc). The use of internal hyperlinks within the electronic file is
not encouraged because hyperlinks may not be supported in the final version of the
electronic proceedings.
Journal Submissions
Manuscripts submitted will undergo a rigorous blind review process. Authors will be notified
if the manuscripts are accepted to be submitted to a specific journal. Hence, authors must
then adhere to the formatting and style of the said journal prior to submitting the camera-
ready version of the manuscripts.
Worth reminding (again), upon acceptance authors will need to prepare a final camera
ready paper according to the selected journal style and format. We will advise on the
journal selection for your paper.
Copyrights
By contributing your manuscript for publication, you necessarily extend any copyrights to
the ICOCI 2021’s selected journal and its designated publisher, to allow the publisher to
publish your manuscript content in all the forms that it wishes.

MANUSCRIPT TITLE: CENTRE CALIBRI 14 PT BOLD CAP

John Doe1, Husniza Husni2, and Joanne Ahmed3

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University, Korea, [email protected]
2
Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia, [email protected]
3
In-Fusion Solution Sdn Bhd, Malaysia, [email protected]

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 ABSTRACT
The abstract should briefly state the purpose of the manuscript, the
problem to be addressed, the objectives to be achieved, the
approach taken, the nature of results or conclusions that can be
expected, and the implication of the study. It should stand
independently and tell enough about the manuscript to permit the
reader to decide whether the subject is of specific interest. The
abstract shall be typed single space, justified, centered, and with a
column width of 4.5 inches. The abstract is preceded by a heading of
bold “ABSTRACT” and its length may not extend beyond the first
page.

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INTRODUCTION
The introductory section should state the objectives of the work or investigation being
carried out. Provide an adequate background and avoid a detailed literature review or a
summary of the results.

BACKGROUND AND RELATED STUDIES

Background and related studies section should contain a detailed and critical review of the
backgound of the work and previous studies. This section could contain sub-section(s) for a
better structure of the review.
Sub-section title
Sub-section(s) can be used to separate and give structure to the literature review for clarity
and a more focused discussion on certain related sub-topics of the review.

METHODOLOGY
This section should describe the methods and materials used to conduct the study. Detailed
descriptions of methods are required to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent
researcher.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

This section should present the results clearly and precisely. The use of figures and tables are
much encouraged accompanied by a detail explanation and discussion in the text. A
thorough analysis of the results is expected of the manuscript with a detail discussion.
Results and discussion can also be presented in separate sections.

CONCLUSION

The conclusion section should contain a concise conclusion for the work or investigation,
including insights from the analysis of the results or findings. Repetition of results and
discussion should be avoided.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Any acknowledgment by the author may appear here. It is advisable that authors
acknowledge the sponsors of the research work.

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REFERENCES (APA 7TH)

Allam, Z., & Dhunny, Z. A. (2019). On big data, artificial intelligence and smart cities. Cities,
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Foth, M. (2006). Towards a design technology to support social networks of residents in
inner-city apartment buildings [Doctoral Dissertation, Queensland University of
Technology]. QUT ePrints. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16655
Hatti, M. (Ed.). (2019). Renewable Energy for Smart and Sustainable Cities: Artificial
Intelligence in Renewable Energetic Systems. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-
030-04789-4
Lejdel, B. (2019). Multi-agent approach to analysis data from social media for building smart
cities. In M. Hatti (Ed.), Renewable Energy for Smart and Sustainable Cities: Artificial
Intelligence in Renewable Energetic Systems (pp. 14-23). Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04789-4
McLaren, D., & Agyeman, J. (2015). Sharing Cities: A Case for Truly Smart and Sustainable
Cities. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Rashid, A. M., Yassin, A. A., Abdel Wahed, A. A., & Yassin, A. J. (2020). Smart city security:
Face-based image retrieval model using grey level co-occurrence matrix. Journal of
Information and Communication Technology, 19(3), 437-458.
Skouby, K. E., & Lynggaard, P. (2014). Smart home and smart city solutions enabled by 5G,
IoT, AAI and CoT services. Proceedings of 2014 International Conference on
Contemporary Computing and Informatics (IC3I), Mysore, 874-878.
https://doi.org/10.1109/IC3I.2014.7019822.

APPENDIXES ARE NOT ENCOURAGED

Appendixes are not encouraged. If an appendix is deemed necessary, then the title of each
appendix section is preceded by “APPENDIX A:” followed by “APPENDIX B:”etc., when
multiple appendixes are necessary. Appendices normally go after references. The contents
of each appendix must be called out at least once in the body of the manuscript.