September 17, 2014 IEEEtran is a LaTeX class for authors of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) transactions journals and conferences. The latest version of the IEEEtran package can be found at CTAN: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/IEEEtran/ as well as within IEEE's site: http://www.ieee.org/ This package contains the IEEE Computer Society journal subset of the full IEEEtran package and is intended for use with Computer Society publications. The included version of the IEEEtran_HOWTO.pdf has been specially formatted in Computer Society (compsoc) journal mode. For latest news, helpful tips, answers to frequently asked questions, beta releases and other support, visit the IEEEtran home page at my website: http://www.michaelshell.org/tex/ieeetran/ Version 1.8a has a number of significant changes over the v1.8 release. For a full list of changes, please read the file changelog.txt. The most notable changes include: 1) Extensive rework of the compsoc mode to comply with the latest standards of the IEEE Computer Society. 2) Fixed abstract, index terms and diamond line for compsoc technotes. 3) New \IEEEraisesectionheading{} command to provide for the special raised first section heading of Computer Society journal papers. 4) Internal code improvements for page setup and command argument processing. Best wishes for all your publication endeavors, Michael Shell http://www.michaelshell.org/ ********************************** Files ********************************** README - This file. IEEEtran.cls - The IEEEtran LaTeX class file. changelog.txt - The revision history. IEEEtran_HOWTO.pdf - The IEEEtran LaTeX class user manual. bare_jrnl_compsoc.tex - A bare bones starter file for Computer Society journal papers. bare_adv.tex - A bare bones starter file showing advanced techniques such as conditional compilation, hyperlinks, PDF thumbnails, etc. The illustrated format is for a Computer Society journal paper. *************************************************************************** Legal Notice: This code is offered as-is without any warranty either expressed or implied; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE! User assumes all risk. In no event shall IEEE or any contributor to this code be liable for any damages or losses, including, but not limited to, incidental, consequential, or any other damages, resulting from the use or misuse of any information contained here. All comments are the opinions of their respective authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the IEEE. This work is distributed under the LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL) ( http://www.latex-project.org/ ) version 1.3, and may be freely used, distributed and modified. A copy of the LPPL, version 1.3, is included in the base LaTeX documentation of all distributions of LaTeX released 2003/12/01 or later. Retain all contribution notices and credits. ** Modified files should be clearly indicated as such, including ** ** renaming them and changing author support contact information. ** File list of work: IEEEtran.cls, IEEEtran_HOWTO.pdf, bare_adv.tex, bare_jrnl_compsoc.tex. ***************************************************************************