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LaTeX template for IEEE papers (including Bash script for easy setup)

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IEEE LaTeX Paper Template

This repository contains a LaTeX template for research papers that are going to be submitted to IEEE journals or conferences. It is based on the IEEEtran LaTeX class.

Additionally, there is a bash script that helps setting up a new document.

Usage

You can simply copy all the files in the repository and start writing your document in main.tex.

If you want to use the generator script, follow the following steps

0. Requirements

The following software is required

  • Bash
  • jq
  • Git

1. Installation

# Clone the git repository
git clone https://github.com/klb2/ieee-paper-template.git
# Optional: link script to local bin directory
ln -s $(realpath ieee-paper-template/mkieeepaper.sh) "$HOME/.local/bin/"

2. Custom Default Values

You can create a config file with custom values that are used for initializing the paper. Create the file config.json in ieee-paper-template/ with the following content (replace with your values as needed)

{
  "author": "Name of the first Author, \\IEEEmembership{Student Member, IEEE} and Second Author, \\IEEEmembership{Senior Member, IEEE}",
  "affiliation": "Author 1 is with ...",
  "funding": "This work is supported by ..."
}

3. Initialize New Paper

mkieeepaper name-of-the-paper-directory

This command will create a new directory name-of-the-paper-directory with the template. It automatically includes the default information from config.json and copies all necessary files. Additionally, it initializes a Git repository and makes an initial commit.

Additional Information

This template includes various custom commands and definitions: