TERM PAPER REPORT FORMAT

Staple Binding using Transprencies - white

no: of pages : 25-30 excluding Appendix where your Research Paper should be enclosed
Font: Times new roman
Line spacing 1.5
Text size:
chapter name size- 14 small bold
main heading -14 All caps Bold
Sub heading- 12 Small bold
Text body-12 small
alignment: justify
margin: Left -1.5
Right-1
Top-1
Bottom-1
table numbering: eg: Table 1.1 table name
figure eg: fig 1.1 figure name
header : Term Paper name (left) page numbers(right) font size -8 ,italics gray color
footer : college name(left) dept name(right) font size -8 ,italics gray color
Algorithms or pseudo-code are often presented in papers. Unless your subject matter deals
explicitly with a particular language, pseudo-code is advised. Algorithms must be
presented is a clear, readable format with lots of comments. If possible, use a typewriterstyle font (the tt font in LaTex, for example).
Page order
Cover page, Contents, abstract, Type of paper Appendices

1. Abstract:
Give the overall view of the paper. Three hundred word summary of your
paper that appears at the beginning of the paper that includes
Scope: That at which one aims which is purposed to be reached or
accomplished.
Objectives: State main objectives. (What you will investigate? Why?)
Describe methods. (What you will do?)
Summarize the most important results. (What you will find out?)
State major conclusions and significance. (What do the results mean? So
what?)
2. Type of paper: just Specify the type
Theoretical
prove theorems
describe new algorithms
Implementation
describe new software tools
Experimental
describe results of experiments
Survey/Review
review current results in a field of research

3. Prerequisites: Describe the Keywords given in the paper.

Describe concepts required to comprehend the paper.
Some material with diagrams should be enclosed with explanation
4. Literature Survey: Literature survey is the documentation of a comprehensive review of
the published and unpublished work from secondary sources data in the area of your paper
that describes current research. Give Literature survey on at least 15 references
5. Problem Statement/Description:
This section provides specific details about the problem. What is the crux of the research
problem?
6. Existing Solution:
What are the existing solutions and methodologies available? Detailed explanation should
be given with diagrams. What are some alternative approaches to address the research
problem? Existing methods, Algorithms and Architectures should be enclosed. Give at
least 3 existing solutions.
7. Proposed Approach and Methodology: (with diagrams)
Describes the methodology of the solution or the steps to solve the problem.
What are the claimed contributions of the paper?
How do the authors substantiate their claims?
Describe methods, Describe Algorithms, Describe Architectures and Some material
with diagrams should be enclosed
8. Conclusions and Future Work
Summarize the paper, draw conclusions about the proposed solution, and chart future
directions of the research. How can the research results be improved?
Can the research results be applied to another context?
What are the open problems raised by this work?
Describe results of experiments
9. References
Budd, T. (1997b), An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming, 2nd edn, AddisonWesley.
Ghezzi, C., Jayazeri, M. & Mandrioli, D. (1998), Fundamentals of Software Engineering,
2nd edn,Prentice-Hall.
K. Appel and W. Haken. (1976), Every Planar Map is 4-colorable, Bull. Amer. Math.
Soc., vol. 82, pp. 711-712
10. Appendices
Enclose your Research Paper

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KONERU LAKSHMAIAH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Autonomous Approved by A.I.C.T.E. Accredited by N.B.A
(Affiliated to Acharya Nagarjuna University, Vaddeswaram-522 502)

2010-2011

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