The format of IUI98 papers is similar to that used by CHI98 (and previous IUI and CHI conferences). For your convenience, we include several templates that should help you produce a well formatted paper.
 | Microsoft Word: For version 6 and greater,
both Macintosh and Windows.
| Rich Text Format (RTF): For earlier
versions of Word.
| FrameMaker Templates: For FrameMaker 4 for
Windows and other versions of FrameMaker.
| LaTeX2e Instructions
(from CHI'96 - same paper format as IUI98) | Note: the CHI LaTeX format may contain bugs; if you find any, please let us know. "Old" LaTeX Style File (from
CHI'95 - modified courtesy of Charles Rich to conform with IUI98
format)
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If you do not plan to use one of these templates, please follow the formatting instructions below carefully. Papers must conform to the IUI98 paper format to be reviewed and to be included in the Conference Proceedings.
Title of Paper
ABSTRACT
This is a sample paper using the format and guidelines required for the IUI98 Proceedings. Please keep the abstract reasonably short and concise. Usually 100-200 words is an ideal length.
Keywords
Include here keywords to clearly describe the general and specific topics of your paper.
INTRODUCTION
The Proceedings of IUI98 represent the final archival records of the conference. To give the books a high-quality appearance, we ask that authors follow these guidelines. Basically, we ask you to make your document look as much like this document as possible. This HTML sample cannot be made to look exactly as a properly formatted paper.
The easiest way to format correctly an IUI98 paper is to download
a sample document from the IUI98 Formatting Instructions web page
[2] in the file format you wish to use, and then replace the text
shown here with your own. Available formats are Microsoft Word,
FrameMaker, and LaTeX. Each one has a style sheet for applying
styles like Normal, Author Name, Heading 1, etc.
PAGE LIMIT AND PAGE SIZE
Submissions in different categories have different page limits. Papers should be no more than 8 pages. Short papers, interactive posters, and demonstrations are limited to 4 pages. Panels should not exceed 6 pages.
All material on each page should fit within a rectangle of 18 x 23.5 cm (7" x 9.25"), centered on the page, with a top margin of 1.9cm (.75"), and a .81 cm (.32") space between the two columns. Use either US Letter or A4 paper. Right margins should be justified, not ragged.
TYPESET TEXT
Submissions should be prepared on a word processor or by a typesetter.
Use a 10-point Times Roman font, or other Roman font, as close
as possible in appearance to font used here. Note that different
components (such as title, authors, and headings) use the same
font, but with different sizes and styles. Please do not use different
fonts except for special purposes, such as varying Style
sheet names from regular text. Fonts similar to Times Roman
include Times, Computer Modern Roman, and Press.
If you do not have a laser printer, you may be able to arrange for a business to print your document for you. If no laser printer is available, then please ask the IUI98 conference office for assistance.
Title and Authors
The title (Helvetica 18-point bold), authors' names (Times Roman 12-point bold), and affiliations (Times Roman 12-point) run centered across the full width of the page--one column 17.8 cm (7 in) wide. We also include phone number and e-mail address. If there are multiple names and addresses, each should be placed in its own column, using a centered tab (you can also do this with centered columns in a table with invisible borders). If only one address is needed (for one or more authors), center all address text. For more than three authors, you may place some address information in a footnote.
Abstract and Keywords
Every submission (except summaries of SIGs and Workshops) should begin with an abstract of no more than 100-200 words, followed by a set of keywords. The abstract and keywords should be placed in the left column of the first page under the left half of the title. The abstract should be a concise summary of the work described. Keywords should help readers determine if the paper contains topics they are interested in.
First Page Copyright Notice
Leave at least 2.5 cm (1") of blank space at the
bottom of the left column (within the margins) of the first page
only. This space is reserved for the copyright notice that will
be added to the above submissions during final printing.
Subsequent Pages
For pages other than the first page, start at the top of the page, and continue in double-column format. It is preferable (but not required) that the two columns on the last page are of approximately equal length.
References and Citations
Use the standard Communications of the ACM format for references: a numbered list at the end of the article, ordered alphabetically by first author, and referenced in the text by numbers in brackets [2]. See the examples of citations at the end of this document.
References should be published materials accessible to the public. Internal technical reports may be cited only if they may be obtained by any reader and are easily accessible (you should give the address to obtain it within your citation). Proprietary information may not be cited. Private communications should be acknowledged, not referenced (for example, [Tauber, M., personal communication]).
Page Numbering, Headers and Footers
Do not include any headers, footers or page numbers in your submission. Page numbers will be added when the publications are assembled.
SECTIONS (Stylesheet Name: heading 1)
The title of a section should be in Helvetica 9- point bold in all capitals. Please do not number the sections.
Subsections (Stylesheet Name: heading 2)
The title of subsections should be in Hevetica 9- point bold with only the initial letters of each word capitalized. For subsections and subsubsections, a word like the or a is not capitalized unless it is the first word of the heading.
Subsubsections (Stylesheet Name: heading 3)
The heading for subsubsections should be in Helvetica 9-point italic with initial letters of each word capitalized.
FIGURES
Figures should be inserted at the appropriate point in your text. Figures may extend over the two columns up to 17.8 cm (7") if necessary. Please remember that IUI98 Proceedings are printed in black ink over white paper. No other colors can be reproduced. If you have a multicolored figure, please make sure that it reproduces correctly in black ink.
LANGUAGE, STYLE AND CONTENT
The written and spoken language of IUI98 is English. Spelling and punctuation may consistently follow any dialect of English (e.g., British, Canadian or US). Please write for an international audience:
| Write in a straightforward style. Use simple sentence structure.
Try to avoid long sentences and complex sentence structures. Use
semicolons carefully.
| Use common and basic vocabulary (for example, use the word
"unusual" rather than the word "arcane").
| Briefly define or explain all technical terms.
| Explain all acronyms when they first appear in your text (for
example "World Wide Web (WWW)")
| Explain "insider" comments. Be sure that your whole
audience will understand any reference whose meaning you do not
explain (for example, do not assume that everyone has used a Macintosh
or MS-DOS).
| Avoid or explain puns, jokes and colloquial language. Humor
and irony are difficult to translate.
| Use unambiguous forms for representing culturally localized
concepts, such as times, dates, and currencies. (for example,
1/5/96 could be either January 5th or 1 May, and 7:00 could be
7 am or 1900).
| Be careful with the use of gender-specific pronouns (he,
she) and other gender-specific words (chairman, manpower).
Use inclusive language (such as she or he, s/he, they, chair,
staff-hours, person-years) that is gender-neutral. see [4]
for further advice and examples regarding gender and other personal
attributes.
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Authors are responsible for making sure that their work is conducted in a professional and ethical manner [1], including fully informed consent of participants in studies, protection of personal data (e.g., [3]), and permission to use others' copyrighted materials.
INFORMATION AND QUESTIONS
For more information, contact the IUI98 Office at iui98@sigart.acm.org, +1 973 360 8343
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Our thanks to the CHI 98 Conference for providing the general guidelines for the IUI98 paper format.
REFERENCES
- Anderson, R.E. Social impacts of computing: Codes of professional ethics. Social Science Computing Review, 10, 2 (Winter 1992), 453-469.
- IUI98 Formatting Instructions, Available as <http://sigart.acm.org:80/iui98/format.htm>
- Mackay, W.E. Ethics, lies and videotape... in Proc. CHI' 95 (Denver CO, May 1995), ACM Press, 138-145
- Schwartz, M., and Task Force on Bias-Free Language. Guidelines for Bias-Free Writing. Indiana University Press, Bloomington IN, 1995.
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