04_MASTERS_Conference Paper_template

David J Walker

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Adelaide

Mark B. Jaksa

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Adelaide

18 pt Arial Bold

Abstract

The abstract should set out clearly the main points made in the paper. It should contain a brief background to the work, a concise outline of the work undertaken, and a summary of the main findings of the paper. It should not contain any references to other work, nor should the author assume that the reader will always read the summary. For this reason it is likely that much of the summary will be lifted from sections of the paper. Summaries are often used in data retrieval systems.

An example of a set of references and their use is given 1. INTRODUCTION

The main purpose of an introduction is to enable the below. Do not include references as footnotes. Only paper to be understood without undue reference to papers actually referred to should be included. other sources. It should therefore have sufficient background material for this purpose. Smith, A. (1989). Report writing can be tedious. Journal of Academic Pursuits, Vol. 5 No. 3, 34–78.

2. MAIN BODY OF PAPER

The contents of the main body of the paper will vary Smith, B. and Jones, V. (1999). Recent advances in but it is likely that it will contain: report writing, Macmillan Publishing, New York.

 Material studied, Area descriptions, Methods,

Smith, C., Jones, A. and Howard, J. (1984). Australian Techniques;

History. Journal of Science, Vol. 99, 45–90.  Results;

 Discussion;

5. FIGURES AND TABLES  Conclusion;

Figures, either diagrams or photographs must be  Acknowledgements; and

included in the text. They should be numbered  References.

consecutively (Figure 1, 2 etc.). Any figure included in

the paper should be referred to in the text and should 3. FORMATTING AND OTHER DETAILS

appear in the paper as soon after its first mention as The paper should be prepared so that it can be

possible. When referring to a figure, use capitals in the photocopied and put into the proceedings for

text (e.g. It can be seen in Fig. 1 that...). The figure distribution at the start of the conference. Do not

should have a caption that contains enough information staple the submitted copy. Place page numbers at the

to make the figure and caption self sufficient. Notice bottom of each page, centred, with the group number

also that figures and tables are centered in the text. first (see the list of projects, for yours), followed by a

hyphen, and the page number, as shown below. There

All figures and tables should be included in the are a number of requirements that must be met and

electronic form of the paper as a picture or object, and these are set out later in the paper.

not a linked file.

As far as possible, copy this document. The text, use

of bold, line spacing, capitals are all deliberate. A

copy of this document (Final Yr Research_Conference.doc) will be placed on the Intranet and can be downloaded to be used as a template for your paper.

3.1 Subheadings

The work should be set out logically. Use subheadings where appropriate although try to avoid too many levels (no more than 4).

3.2 Photographs

Photographs should be scanned in black and white and

Figure 1: A picture can be worth a thousand words.

may be enhanced for printing by density correction,

This figure speaks volumes about the environment.

converting pixels to dots, etc. in readily available photo

(Source: New Scientist, 1998).

manipulation packages. 4. REFERENCES group number – page number (automatic) References should be included at the end of the paper, sorted alphabetically and not numbered (Smith 1989).

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Tables should be treated in a similar fashion to figures. The caption should appear at the top of the table, unlike the figure where the caption appears below. As an example, Table 1 sets out the formatting requirements of the paper. If in doubt contact the conference organiser.

Tables and figures may span both columns if necessary.

Table 1. Formatting requirements for papers. Feature Requirements Paper size A4 Margins 2cm all round Fonts Times New Roman 10 point except Title which will be Arial Bold, 18 point Spacing and Spaces Single line spacing and single lines between sections and paragraphs Section headings In bold Text justification Fully justified, left and right margins Paper length 6 pages 6. EQUATIONS

Equations should be numbered in the text and referred to by the number (The results of using Eq. 1...). The number should be tabbed to near the right hand margin. An example is included below.

Emc2 (1)

where E = energy; m = mass; and c = speed of light. 7. SUMMARY

The main aim of these author guidelines is to ensure that when all the papers appear in the proceedings there is some uniformity in the presentation. These guidelines have been prepared in Microsoft Word. This is not a requirement, but it is assumed that you will be able to produce a document that looks very similar to these guidelines.

Ensure, as far as possible, that on the last page the columns are evened up.

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