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

template from another document, make sure that the text Texta
You can cite your references in text by including the
Fig. 1. This is a figure caption. It appears directly underneath the figure. corresponding number, in square brackets [1]. If you need to

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cite a specific part of the source, you can include a page [1] D. V. Lindberg and H. K. H. Lee, “Optimization under constraints by
number [2, p. 13] or range [3, pp. 41–56]. applying an asymmetric entropy measure,” J. Comput. Graph. Statist.,
vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 379–393, Jun. 2015, doi:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 10.1080/10618600.2014.901225.
[2] B. Rieder, Engines of Order: A Mechanology of Algorithmic
“Acknowledgment(s)” is spelled without an “e” after the Techniques. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Amsterdam Univ. Press, 2020.
“g” in American English. [3] I. Boglaev, “A numerical method for solving nonlinear integro-
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!
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