Paper Sample for the

Paper Sample for the IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Task Planning

Pierre De Lit

Audrey Smon

Nicolas Chaillet*Universit libre de Bruxelles

CAD/CAM Department

Av F. D. Roosevelt, 50, CP 165/14

B-1050 Brussels, Belgium*Laboratoire dautomatique

de Besanon

Rue Alain Savary, 25

F-25000 Besanon, France

Abstract

This document aims at explaining the formatting requirements for the camera-ready manuscripts to be published in the proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Task Planning (ISATP).

1 ISATP Style

Only use the style items preceded ISATP (for instance ISATPpar, ISATPHead1, etc.).

2 General Page Layout

Papers should be submitted in a 2-column format on 8.5 by 11inch sheets. Each column is limited to 31/4inches in width and 87/8inches in length, with a 3/8inch gutter between columns. The margins should be 13/16inch on the sides, and 11/16inch on the top and bottom. Even if you are printing the paper on an A4page, please specify that you are printing on a letter page before printing the paper.

Note that the text in Word is not bottom flushed, which may lead to different column length. Please place your figures to avoid this side effect.

3 Title

The paper title should be centered and spreading over two columns. The font should be Times new Roman, boldface, 14pt. Use ISATPTitle style.

4 Authors and Affiliations

Formatting the authors names and their affiliation depends on the number of authors and the number of different affiliations. Font is Times New Roman, 11pt. Both names and affiliations spread over both columns.

4.1 Authors Names

Please mention authors first and last name. There should be a reasonable amount of space between the author names (depending on the number of authors). Unless all authors are from the same institution, their names should be followed by a distinctive symbol referring to their affiliation address. Use the following symbols: , *, , +, superscripted, yielding , *, , and +. Center the names on the page. Use ISATPAuthor style.

4.2 Affiliations

Authors affiliations are to be typeset using a table as represented. The number of columns in the table depends on the number of different affiliations. Introduce the address using the symbols previously used. Use ISATPAddress style.

5 Abstract

Abstract font is Times New Roman, italic, 10pt. Space between the abstract and the abstract heading is 12pt. Abstract size should not exceed 200words if possible. Use ISATPAbstractTit and ISATPAbstract styles.

6 Headings

6.1 Section Headings

First letter of each word in the section heading should be capitalized, excepting typically not capitalized ones (such as a, not, the, in). Heading font is Times New Roman, boldface, 12pt. Heading is left justified, vertical space left is 18pt before, 12pt after. Please do not add blank lines by hand. Use ISATPHead1 style.

6.2 Subsection Headings

First letter of each word in the section heading should be capitalized. Heading font is Times New Roman, boldface, 11pt. 12pt are left blank before the heading, 12pt after. Please do not add blank lines by hand. Use ISATPHead2 style.

6.2.1 Subsubsection Headings

Avoid using such headings if possible (if impossible, use ISATPHead3 style).

7 Paragraph Text

The text font should be Times New Roman, 10pt. The first line of each paragraph is indented 0.4cm. Use ISATPpar style by default.

Two more styles have been created for the text: ISATPparnoindent that starts a new paragraph without indentation, which is useful to comment an equation (see section9), and ISATPparpostitem, which is to be used after the last item of a list or an enumeration (adjusts the space left after the last item, see section10).

8 Figures and Tables

Figures and tables are to be centered on the column. The caption should be placed below both figures and tables. Check that text in the figures and tables is clearly readable (ideally, 10 pt Times New Roman).

12pt are left before the figure or the table, 12pt after. No space is left before the caption, 12pt after.

Figure1: This is the figure caption.

For tables, please follow the format hereunder (no vertical lines between column, no horizontal lines between lines.

Table1: This is a table caption.

9 Equations

Equations should be right-hand numbered continuously. I do not know a simple way to achieve this in Word, but the construction hereunder seems to work. Make a two-column table, with the equation on the left (ISATPEq), and its number (equations are numbered consecutively) on the right (ISATPEqNumber). Leave 12pt before and after the equation. Do not enlarge the equations in the paper.

(1)

where R is the circle radius (used ISATPparnoindent)

(2)

10 Items and Enumerations

Items are to be introduced with bullets, enumerations with numbers. Separate items with a full stop (.) if items are sentences and with semicolons (;) in other cases. Use ISATPpostitem after the last item. For instance:

first item;

second item.

For sentences (note that ISATPparpostitem has been used here):

1. This is the first sentence.

2. This is the second one.

3. This is the third one.

Continue with normal paragraph (ISATPparpostitem).

11 Cross-References

All figures and tables should be referred to in the text. For instance, this is a reference to section4.1, to figure1, and another to table1. Please do not capitalize the reference (dont write reference to Figure1 or Table1). References to equations depend if the reference is at the beginning of a sentence. Equation (2) shows that ... but this is a reference to (2).

12 References

Do not number the reference section. Use Times New Roman, boldface, 14pt, left justified, 18pt before, 12pt after.

The references should be numbered consecutively as they appear in the paper (not in alphabetical order). Use the reference sample to format your references.

Acknowledgment

An acknowledgment can be added at the end of the text. The heading is the same as the section heading, except that it is not numbered (ISATPAcknowHead).

References

[1] A. N. Author and A.-N. Other, Article title, Journal Title, vol.38, no.3, pp. 256-270, 1991.

[2] A. N. Author, A Book, Wiley, Chichester, U.K, 2003.

[3] A. N. Editor and A. Nother (Eds.), An Edited Book, Wiley, Chichester, U.K, 2003.

[4] A. N. Author, A. Second, and A. Third, Conference Paper, in Proceedings of the Conference, City, Country or State, July 2003, pp. 21-25.

[5] A. N. Author, My Thesis, Ph.D. thesis, School, City, Country or State, 1999.

[6] A. N. Author and A.-N. Other, Article in book, in Booktitle, Wiley, Chichester, U.K, 2003.

[7] A. N. Author and A.-N. Other, Technical report, Number, Institution, City, Country or State, 2003.

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