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

\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:

% 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:

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.