Formatting guidelines for the 2006 CSAIL Research Abstracts:

Download the template here

Please note that there is a commented question in the template asking you to let us know which section your abstract should be included in.

<!-- Which section should this abstract be included in?
1.) Architecture, Systems and Networks
2.) Theory
3.) Language, Learning, Vision and Graphics
4.) Physical, Biological and Social Systems
-->

Title:

• <h3> </h3> tag
• capitalize appropriate first letters of your title

Authors:

• <h4> </h4> tag
• use commas between authors and an & (&amp;) instead of the word "and"

Section Headers:

• <h5> </h5> tag
• Feel free to add as many section headers and paragraphs of text as you like

Paragraphs:

• separate paragraphs with <p> tags
• include <a href="http://link.to.page">links</a> where ever possible
  

References:

• Use the following syntax for listing your references:

[1] Author A. Lastname and Author B. Lastname. Title of the paper. In <em>The Proceedings of the Conference</em>, pp. 1--3, City, State, Country, Month 2004.

Mathematical Equations:

• use 12pt helvetica font gif images for inline mathematical equations
• for the best alignment, use the align="absmiddle" tag (example below)
  <img src="equation.gif" alt="equation" align="absmiddle">
• for more math tips, including a very handy "cheat sheet" for html mathematical characters and a list of conversion tools,
  go to http://abstracts.csail.mit.edu/math-converters.html
• If you don't wish to go through all the trouble of creating all these math gifs, you may provide a link to a PDF file from within your abstract that references the math.

Images and Figures:

<img src="image.jpg" alt="brief image description goes here" width="xxx" height="xxx">

• use 72dpi, web optimized jpgs for photos and gifs for figures
• the absolute maximum size for your images should be no more than 600x600 pixels (600x600 will render quite large)
• include a brief description of the image in the alt tag
• width and height should be scaled to 100%
• use tables for side by side images