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The document provides guidelines for preparing papers for the LACCEI conference proceedings, including formatting instructions based on the IEEE 2-Column format. It outlines requirements for paper length, margins, font types, and styles, as well as tips for figures, tables, references, and common mistakes to avoid. The document also emphasizes the importance of proper citation and the use of consistent units in scientific writing.

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Fomato IEEE

The document provides guidelines for preparing papers for the LACCEI conference proceedings, including formatting instructions based on the IEEE 2-Column format. It outlines requirements for paper length, margins, font types, and styles, as well as tips for figures, tables, references, and common mistakes to avoid. The document also emphasizes the importance of proper citation and the use of consistent units in scientific writing.

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Titulo de la Investigacion

First Author, Highest Degree1, Second Author, Highest Degree2, and Third Author, Highest Degree1
1
First and Third Author’s University, Country, [email protected],[email protected]
2
Second Author’s University, Country, [email protected]

Abstract– The instructions give the basic guidelines for B. Preparing Your PDF Paper for Indexing
preparing papers for the LACCEI conference proceedings adapted LACCEI Proceedings are currently indexed by EBSCO.
from the IEEE 2-Column format for conference proceedings. You We are in the process of obtaining additional indexing, which
can use this document for the instructions and as a template into may require additional instructions for the final version of the
which you can type your own text over the given text or select the
refereed papers. This section will contain further information
preset styles (shown in parentheses). Full paper submissions are
as we obtain new indexing for the proceedings.
limited to 10 pages maximum, and extended abstracts to 2 pages.
Keywords-- List at most 5 key index terms here. II. HELPFUL HINTS

I. INTRODUCTION (HEADING 1) A. Figures and Tables


Try to position figures and tables at the tops and bottoms
Your goal is to simulate the appearance of papers of columns. Large figures and tables may span across both
published in IEEE conference proceedings [1], with changes columns. Center figure captions below the figures; center
to style of the author-institution-email sections, as shown table captions above the table. Avoid placing figures and
here. Any questions should be sent to the technical tables before their first mention in the text. Use the
committee chair, email can be found in LACCEI’s abbreviation “Fig. #,” even at the beginning of a sentence.
MyReview submission site. For labeling axis on graphs use words rather than
symbols. For example, as shown in Fig. 1, write
A. Preparing Your Paper (Heading 2) “Magnetization,” or “Magnetization (M)” not just “M.” Put
1) Paper Size: US letter size, 8.5” x 11”(210 x 297 mm). units in parentheses. Do not label axes only with units and
2) Type Sizes and Typefaces: Follow the font type sizes clearly show multipliers. In the example, write
in Table I. The font type sizes are given in MS Word font “Magnetization (kA/m)” or “Magnetization (10 3 Am-1).” Do
Magnetization (kA/m)

size points. Times New Roman is the preferred font. not label axes with a ratio of quantities and units. For
3) Paper Margins: Set top = 0.75” (19.05mm), bottom = example, write “Temperature (K),” not “Temperature/K.”
1” (25.4mm), side = 0.625” (15.875mm). Each column Figure labels should be legible, at 8-point type.
measures 3.5 inches wide, with a 0.25-inch gap in between.
4) Paper Styles: Left- and right-justify the columns. On 15
the last page of your paper, adjust the lengths of the columns
so that they are equal. Use automatic hyphenation and check
spelling and grammar. Use high resolution (300dpi or above) 10
figures, plots, drawings and photos for best printing result.
TABLE I 5
Type Size for Papers
Type Appearance
size 0
(pts.) Regular Bold Italic
6 Table superscripts 0 2 4 6
Section titlesa, references, tables, Applied Field (103 A/m)
table namesa, table captions, Fig. 1 Magnetization as a function of applied field.
8
figure captions, footnotes, text Note caption is centered below figures, but above tables.
subscripts, and superscripts
9 Abstract, Index Terms
Authors' affiliations, main text,
B. References
10 equations, first letter in section Subheading Number citations consecutively in square brackets [2].
titlesa Punctuation follows the bracket [3]. Refer simply to the
11 Authors' names reference number, as in [4]. Use “Ref. [4]” or “Reference
22 Paper title
[4]” at the beginning of a sentence: “Reference [4] was the
a
Uppercase
first …”
Number footnotes separately in superscripts. Place the
actual footnote at the bottom of the column in which it was
Digital Object Identifier: (only for full papers, inserted by LACCEI).
cited. Do not put footnotes in the reference list. Use letters
ISSN, ISBN: (to be inserted by LACCEI).
DO NOT REMOVE for table footnotes (see Table I). For journal volumes cite in

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this format: “IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 25,” not “vol. MAG- Use either SI (MKS) or CGS as primary units. (SI units
25.” are encouraged.) English units may be used as secondary
Give all authors’ names; use “et al.” if there are six units (in parentheses). An exception would be the use of
authors or more [5]. Papers that have not been published, English units as identifiers in trade, such as “3.5-inch disk
even if they have been submitted for publication, should be drive.”
cited as “unpublished” [5]. Papers that have been accepted Avoid combining SI and CGS units, such as current in
for publication should be cited as “in press” [6]. In a paper amperes and magnetic field in oersteds. This often leads to
title, capitalize the first word and all other words except for confusion because equations do not balance dimensionally. If
conjunctions, prepositions less than seven letters, and you must use mixed units, clearly state the units for each
prepositional phrases. quantity that you use in an equation.
For papers published in translated journals, first give the
IV. SOME COMMON MISTAKES
English citation, then the original foreign-language one [7].
The word “data” is plural, not singular. In American
C. Abbreviations and Acronyms
English, periods and commas are within quotation marks,
Define abbreviations and acronyms the first time they
like “this period.” A parenthetical statement at the end of a
are used in the text, even if they have been defined in the
sentence is punctuated outside of the closing parenthesis (like
abstract. Do not use abbreviations in the title unless they are
this). (A parenthetical sentence is punctuated within the
unavoidable.
parentheses.) A graph within a graph is an “inset,” not an
D. Equations “insert.” The word alternatively is preferred to the word
Number equations consecutively with equation numbers “alternately” (unless you mean something that alternates). Do
in parentheses flush with the right margin, as in (1). To make not use the word “essentially” to mean “approximately” or
your equations more compact, you may use the solidus (/) “effectively.” Be aware of the different meanings of the
and the exp function, etc. Italicize Roman symbols for homophones “affect” and “effect,” “complement” and
quantities and variables, but not Greek symbols. Use an en “compliment,” “discreet” and “discrete,” “principal” and
dash (–) rather than a hyphen (-) for a minus sign. Use “principle.” Do not confuse “imply” and “infer.” The prefix
parentheses to avoid ambiguities in denominators. Punctuate “non” is not a word; it should be joined to the word it
equations with commas or periods when they are part of a modifies, usually without a hyphen. There is no period after
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
. example.” An excellent style manual for science writers is
[8].
(1) ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Symbols in your equation should be defined before the The preferred spelling of the word “acknowledgment” in
equation appears or immediately following. Cite equations America is without an “e” after the “g.” Try to avoid the
using “(1),” not Eq. (1)” or “equation (1),” except at the stilted expression, “One of us (R. B. G.) thanks …” Instead,
beginning of a sentence: “Equation (1) is …” try “R.B.G. thanks …” Put sponsor acknowledgments in the
E. Other Recommendations unnumbered footnote on the first page.
The Roman numerals used to number the section REFERENCES
headings are optional. Do not number ACKNOWLEDGEMENT [1] Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings, IEEE.
and REFERENCES and begin Subheadings with letters. Use two http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/template
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Use a zero before decimal points: “0.25,” not “.25.” Use [6] J.-G. Lu, “Title of paper with only the first word capitalized,” J. Name
“cm3,” not “cc.” Do not mix complete spellings and Stand. Abbrev., in press.
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colleague to proofread your paper. University Science, 1989.

III. UNITS

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