Toronto, Canada
International Symposium on Room Acoustics
2013 June 9-11
ISRA
2013
Instructions for preparation of papers for the ISRA 2013
proceedings
Tuk C. Lim (tuk.lim@ucc.edu)
Jay Kim (jay.kim@ucc.edu)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3
George Brown (Brown@gmail.com)
W.L. Mackenzie (W.K.Mackenzie@Ryerson.ca)
Ryerson University
210 Church St
Toronto, ON, M5B 2k5
ABSTRACT
Papers must be submitted in PDF format. If, for some reason, it is not possible to submit your
paper in PDF format, please use Microsoft Word and we will convert it to PDF format. Please
note however that blocking (e.g. placement of graphs and images) can change significantly in
Microsoft Word, when the receiving computer has a different default printer. The instructions for
preparing your paper, given below, are in the fonts and formats that should be used in your
paper. These instructions assume that you will use Microsoft Word to prepare the paper before
converting it to a PDF file. If you use a different approach it must look like this template with the
same fonts and format including all details described in this template. Failure to comply with
these formatting instructions could result in the omission of your paper from the Proceedings.
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INTRODUCTION
The ISRA 2013 Proceedings will be published on a CD. Your paper submitted in PDF format
will be included on the Proceedings CD. CDs of the complete Proceedings will be given to each
ISRA 2013 registrant.
The purpose of these instructions is to ensure uniformity in the layout and typography of ISRA
2013 conference papers. The headings and subheadings used in these instructions are in the
format required in the preparation of your paper. The type font used here and for the paper is
Microsoft Word Arial in 11 point font. Similar sans serif fonts may be used if Arial is not
available. ISRA 2013 papers, including the figures, tables and illustrations, should usually be 4
to 9 pages in length, but must not exceed 5 megabytes in size.
The exclusive use of SI units is strongly recommended. The technical program chairs reserve
the right to reject any paper based on the final submission, even if the abstract was previously
accepted. Note that the final conference program will include only accepted full-length papers
(for which a registration fee has been received).
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MANUSCRIPT FORMAT
2.1
Format Styles
We strongly encourage all submitters to use the Microsoft Word Format Styles imbedded in this
document. The format styles are summarized in the table below.
Table 1: Summary of fonts and styles to be used
Item
Word Format
Style Name
Font
Justification
Title of Paper
Title
Arial 16 pt
Bold
Centred
Authors
Authors
Arial 10 pt
Left
Text
Normal
Arial 11 pt
Justified
Abstract
Heading
1st Level
Heading
2nd Level
Heading
Heading Abstract
Heading 1
Arial 11pt
Bold Full Caps
Arial 11 pt
Bold Full Caps
Arial 11 pt
Bold
Table and
Figure Titles
Caption
Heading 2
Arial 11 pt
Other
Centred
Left
# Heading
Left
#.# Heading
Centred
Figure # Bold,
following text normal
If you are not using Microsoft Word, the instructions below will provide the required information
2.2
Margin Settings
The paper size in Imperial Units should be 8 ½ by 11 inches (“Letter”). The top margin should
be set to 1.0” (2.54 cm) and the bottom to ¾” (1.9 cm). Side margins should be set at 1 inch
(2.54 cm). There is a header on the first page to contain the conference description and logo
Do not use headers or footers on other pages. Add page numbers centred at the bottom of
each page. If it is necessary to use A4 sized paper, set the top margin to at least 2.54 cm, the
side margins to 2.20 cm, and the bottom margin to 3.70 cm. Tab stops should be set at 0.25
inches (6 mm).
2.3
Top of first page
At the top of the first page, the following text and logo must be included exactly as in the header
of this template:
Toronto, Canada
International Symposium on Room Acoustics
2013 June 9-11
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ISRA
2013
The font type in the header is Arial 10-point regular for the first and third lines and Arial 11 point
bold for the second line. A similar sans-serif font (e.g., Helvetica) may be used if Arial is not
available.
2.4
Title of the Paper
The title of the paper is in Arial 16-point bold. The title must be centred. Capitalize only the first
word of the title, e.g. see title on first page of this document.
2.5
Author Information
Author information should be left justified below the title, and is in Arial 10-point type. Include
the author's name (first name or initial followed by middle name or initial and last or family
name), affiliation and address (city, postal code or equivalent, and country). Do not include
personal titles (e.g., Dr., Prof.) with the author names. For multiple authors or group authors
with the same affiliation/address, please use the following format:
Name1 (email 1)
Name2 (email 2)
Affiliation/address1
Name3 (email 3)
Affiliation/address 2
If you would like to include author email addresses, please do so in brackets after each name
(see the example on the first page of these instructions).
2.6
Headings
Major headings must be left justified in 11-point Arial bold type, in all capital letters and must be
labelled numerically: e.g., 1. INTRODUCTION and 2. MODEL DEVELOPMENT. Leave an 11
pt line space below each major heading. Subheadings should be in 11-point Arial bold type, in
upper and lower case, and labelled numerically: e.g., 2.1. Application of Fuzzy Relational
Methods and 2.2. Value Analysis. Leave an 11 pt line space below subheadings.
2.7
References
The list of references should be labelled numerically in the order they are referred to in the text.
Use superscripts in the text to indicate references: e.g., “…acoustic properties can be
identified5-8 …” and “… action can be taken as reported by Cooper.3” Use a superscript version
of Arial 11 pt. Examples of reference listings are given at the end of this document.
2.8
Figures, Tables and Equations
Include figures and tables within the text if possible. Some examples of tables and figures are
shown below, along with their caption formats. Table captions should be centred above tables,
and Figure captions should be centred below figures. The table and figure identifiers (e.g.
Figure #) should be in bold 11 point Arial font, and the following text in normal 11 point Arial
font. Please ensure that text within a graph or image is large enough to be legible, i.e. close to
11 point Arial when possible.
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80
70
70
60
60
50
50
SPL - dB
SPL - dB
Text inside tables should be centred in the cell, use Arial 11 pt normal. The first row should be
Arial 11 pt Bold. The table itself should be centred on the page and sized to be easily read.
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Right
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40
30
20
20
10
10
Left
0
0
2500
5000
7500
Left
Right
0
10000 12500 15000
0
2500
5000
7500
10000 12500 15000
Frequency - Hz
Frequency - Hz
Figure 1: Two examples of estimated power spectra from binaural recordings with a resolution
of 11.7 Hz.
Table 2: Model parameters for the two configurations
Configuration 1
k1
(N/m)
c1
(Ns/m)
Configuration 2
Formulae should be left justified and indented 1.0 cm, as indicated below, with the formula
number right justified.
A(s)r
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 qr u r u r  .
T
(1)
NAMING AND SUBMISSION
Name your file “ISRA2013_xxx.pdf” where “xxx” are the final three digits of the assigned number
you received when you submitted your abstract. Please ensure that the PDF file is no more
than 5 MB in size. Submit your paper as a PDF file using the link to the ISRA 2013 website in
your abstract acceptance email message. If this is not possible you may submit a correctly
formatted Microsoft Word file which we will convert to PDF file for you.
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CONCLUSIONS
Please follow these paper preparation instructions carefully and make sure that you paper does
not exceed 5 megabytes in size. Smaller is much preferred.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We gratefully acknowledge all authors for submitting their work to ISRA 2013!
REFERENCES
1 Leo L. Beranek, “Criteria for noise and vibration in communities, buildings, and vehicles,”
Chap. 17 in Noise and Vibration Control Engineering-Principles and Applications, edited by
Leo L. Beranek and Istvan L. Ver (Wiley, New York, 1992).
2 Heinrich Kuttruff, “Room Acoustics – Fourth Edition,” Spon Press, New York (2000).
3 Bernard Widrow and Samuel D. Steams, Adaptive Signal Processing (Prentice-Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1985).
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