2009年9月30日星期三

CGRAN

CGRAN
https://128.2.212.19/

Some interesting projects:
https://128.2.212.19/wiki/UCLAZigBee#HowToInstall
https://128.2.212.19/wiki/USRPFadingSimulator
https://128.2.212.19/wiki/SpecEst
https://128.2.212.19/wiki/CompSens

2009年9月4日星期五

Latex Information

Latex Information

Latex is highly recommended for papers submitting to international conferences and journals.
For Starters - How to write a paper with Latex

Software

* Windows - You are recommended to download a software package from http://www.ctex.org/CTeX which includes the Latex compiler (MikTex), an integrated editor (WinEdt), as well as GSview and Ghostscript. The Chinese extension (fonts etc) is not needed for writing English papers.
* Linux/Unix - Emacs/vim + the latex package (coming with Linux distribution) usually is sufficient.

To Start With...

* Start with a template (see below for more ACM/IEEE templates)
o Download IEEE templates from http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/IEEEtran/
o Start a conference or journal paper with bare_conf.tex or bare_jrnl.tex provided.
* Familiarize yourself with the following essential structures
o Title: \title, \author, \thanks ...
o Section: \section, \subsection, \subsubsection ...
o Lists: \begin{enumerate} \item ... \item ... \end{enumerate}; or use itemize instead of enumberate.
o Figures & Tables: \begin{figure[*]) ...\end{figure[*]}, \begin{table[*]) ...\end{table[*]}, etc. (Use * to spread the figure across two columns)
o Include EPS figures: \includegraphics{}, \epsfig{}, etc. (see below for how to create an EPS figure)
o Labels: use \label to label ALL section headings, figures, and tables, and use \ref for ALL cross-references.
o Bibliography: BibTex is recommended. All bibliography entries could be compiled in a separate file such that it could be used for multiple papers.

Frequently Used Templates

* ACM Proceedings Templates
o http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates
* IEEE Transactions
o IEEETran Home page: http://www.michaelshell.org/tex/ieeetran/
o Official IEEETran Readme & HOWTO
* IEEE Computer Society Conferences
o http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/IEEEconf/

Useful Tips

* How to convert Word (.doc) documents to Latex:
o wsW2LTX developed by Ingo H. de Boer and distributed by CTAN.org.
* How to convert OLE (Visio, Excel, PowerPoint...) figures to EPS
o I recommend the OLETeX Utility.
o You can always use a PS printer (e.g., HP ColorJet 5 PS) to print any document into a .ps file, then open it using GSview to convert it to .eps (don't forget to calculate the bounding box!!).

Additional Reading Materials

* Latex Help from U. Florida: http://web.image.ufl.edu/help/latex/
* A web based LaTeX help, based on George D. Greenwade's LaTeX help for VMS machines.
* LaTeX cookbook: tricks and methods, LaTeX construct and their results.
* Essentials of LaTeX by Jon Warbrik; a LaTeX file which can be downloaded, processed and printed out. Requires the hndout.sty style file.
* A gentle introduction to TeX by Michael Doob; a plain tex file, process it by TeX.
* symbols.tex is a LaTeX file which lists all (i.e. most of) available symbols in LaTeX with their names.
* An introduction to TeX and friends by Gavin Maltby, a LaTeX file which was also used as a course handout.
* Making double spacing in your document
* www.dante.de a German web site with a use collection of TeX related material.
* www.tex.ac.uk is a TeX archive in English, with almost anything you might want in connection with TeX.