IEEE LaTeX Paper Writing
Notation Conventions
Maintain consistent notation throughout the paper:
| Type | Convention | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Vectors | lowercase bold | $\mathbf{x}$, $\mathbf{h}$ |
| Matrices | uppercase bold | $\mathbf{W}$, $\mathbf{A}$ |
| Scalars | italic | $\alpha$, $\beta$, $N$ |
| Sets | calligraphic | $\mathcal{X}$, $\mathcal{D}$ |
| Operators | roman | $\mathrm{ReLU}$, $\mathrm{softmax}$ |
| Norms | double bars | $|\mathbf{x}|_2$ |
| Expectations | blackboard | $\mathbb{E}[\cdot]$ |
Rule: Define every symbol on first use.
Required Packages
latex
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsfonts}
\usepackage{algorithmic}
\usepackage{algorithm}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{cite}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{balance}
Section Checklist
Each section has mandatory elements:
- •Abstract (150–250 words): Problem → Method → Key result → Significance
- •Introduction: Motivation → Limitations of prior work → 3 contributions → Paper organization
- •Related Work: Organized by methodology categories, not chronologically
- •Proposed Method: Notation table → Overview figure → Derivations → Pseudocode → Complexity
- •Experimental Setup: Datasets (with statistics table) → Metrics → Baselines → Implementation details
- •Results: Main comparison table → Ablation → Visualization → Statistical significance
- •Conclusion: Contributions → Findings → Limitations (honest) → Future work
Implementation Details Section — Consistency Rule
Every value in Section IV MUST exactly match workspace/src/config.py. Use this comment pattern:
latex
% CONFIG-SYNC: learning_rate = 1e-3
The learning rate is set to $\eta = 10^{-3}$.
The code-audit skill grep for CONFIG-SYNC comments to verify matches.
Compilation
Use the script at scripts/compile.sh or run:
bash
cd workspace/paper pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode main.tex bibtex main pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode main.tex pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode main.tex
BibTeX Rules
- •Every entry MUST have a DOI if available
- •Every entry MUST be a verified, real publication
- •Use consistent key format:
{FirstAuthorLastName}{Year}{FirstKeyword} - •Example:
Zhang2024Bearing
For the paper template, see templates/ieee_template.tex.