Extended Abstract, SICFP’09
Paper Title
Author A, Author B*, Author N+
Department, Institution/Company, Town, State/Country, Email-Address
…
+
Department, Institution/Company, Town, State/Country
The extended abstract must be written in two
columns, as shown below, and maximum
number of pages is two.
Page size - A4 (210 x 297 mm).
The preferred order of contents is as follows:
1.
Title of paper
2.
Author(s) name(s) and business address(es)
3.
Abstract of not more than 500 words: covering the
aims of the work, methods used, results obtained and
Margins – Top: 3 cm, bottom: 2,5 cm, left: 1,8
cm, right: 1,8 cm.
4.
Keywords
Fonts - The title font is 18 point, bold, Times New
5.
Body of the extended abstract
Roman. The body text font is 10 point, Times New
6.
References
conclusions reached
Roman.
The extended abstract must be sent to
sicfp09@iei.liu.se before April 15, 2009.
1.1 Equations
Symbols for physical quantities must be in italic type.
Mathematical operators, constants and symbols for units
Abstract
Clearly state what is new in this first paragraph.
Relate your work to existing previous work in the field.
This very first section should describe your major
should be in roman (upright) type. Vectors should be in
bold italic type and matrices in bold upright type.
Subscripts should be in roman (upright) type.
Equations
should
be
numbered
consecutively
achievements and represent a summary and conclusions of
throughout the text with the numbering in parentheses to
your contribution. Do not use more than 500 words in this
the right of the equation. The word "equation" should be
section.
shortened by "Eq." when used in the text, except at the
beginning of a sentence. Equation 8 shows the kinetic
Keywords
Keywords are your choice, not mandatory.
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energy, whereas Eq. 9 defines the area.
For example an equation should look like this:
Eb 
Paper summary
A =  R2
The language of the conference is English and the
preferred spellings are those of the Oxford English
Dictionary, English (U.K.). The extended abstract should
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mb vb
2
(8)
(9)
The maximum length of equations is 7 cm, others must
be separated by line feed.
be written in the third person in an objective, formal and
impersonal style. SI units should be used wherever
possible, as recommended in ISO 1000.
The body of the extended abstract should be organized
into logical sections, sequentially numbered with no more
than two grades of subheadings.
1.2 Tables
Tables have a headline in upright type (font size 10 pt)
and should be numbered consecutively throughout the text
(e.g., "As illustrated in Table 1 the...").
Extended Abstract, SICFP’09
Table 1: Cylinder types
Examples of References
Type
Diameter [mm]
Length [mm]
A45
500
4500
D60t
800
6000
G50a
1000
5000
[1] Rahmfeld, R., Ivantysynova, M. An overview about
active oscillation damping of mobile machine
structure. International Journal of Fluid Power,
Vol. 5 (2), pp. 5-24, 2004.
[2] Werndin R, Achten P: Efficiency Performance and
1.3 Figures
Control Aspects of a Hydraulic Transformer. The
Illustrations have centered subtitles in italic type (font
Sixth Scandinavian Int. Conference of Fluid
size 9 pt) and should also be numbered consecutively
Power, Tampere, Finland, Vol. 1, pp 395-407, May
throughout the text. The word "figure" is shortened by
26-28, 1999.
"Fig.", except at the beginning of a sentence (e.g., “As
shown in Fig. 3 and...”, “Figure 4 illustrates the…”).
Please take care for good quality of your figures, do
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not use too thin lines or too small fonts in your figures.
The axes nomenclature in your diagram should be
homogeneous and readable. Furthermore, please use only
high resolution figures and make sure that all figures will
be readable in black and white printing.
Fig. 1:
Normal figure size in a column
1.4 References
Footnotes should be Times New Roman 8-point, and
ragged right.
A numbered list should be presented at the end of the
article referenced by numbers in brackets [1]. See the
examples of citations in next paragraph of this document.
The body text of the citation/references section should be
10 pt. Times New Roman.
The extended abstract must be sent in electronic form
to sicfp09@iei.liu.se . Text files should be submitted
as a master copy including all figures, tables, references,
etc. in pdf format.