1. Academic Writing Using LaTeX
Michael Boyer
Chris Gregg
Jiawei Huang
University of Virginia
04/24/2012
Basic idea, take advantage of, employ HW whose output is not always accurate, but can be implemented more efficiently, so that the efficiency of the whole system can be improved while still maintaining the output quality.

2. LaTeX is a typesetting system
What is LaTeX?
LaTeX is a typesetting system
LaTeX Source File
PDF
LaTeX Compiler

3. Brief History TeX released by Donald Knuth in 1978
LaTeX released by Leslie Lamport in 1985
In 1977, well-known computer scientist Donald Knuth was working on the second volume of his seminal book The Art of Computer Programming. When he received the proofs from the publisher, he was horrified at how awful the typesetting looked. He decided to write his own digital typesetting system, which he called TeX. The first version was released a year later in 1978.
TeX is a fairly low-level language, so in 1985 Leslie Lamport started the development of a high-level interface to TeX, which he called LaTeX. LaTeX is the primary way in which TeX is used today.

4. Why Use LaTeX? Looks better Separation of content & formatting
Especially math
Separation of content & formatting
More flexible
Easier concurrent editing
Easier citations
More widely available
Free (as in beer)
Free (as in speech)

5. Why Use Word? What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG)
All-in-one document format
More widely used

6. Workshop Outline What is LaTeX and why use it? High-level workflow
How to write a paper
Equations
Figures & Tables
Citations
Packages
Compiling
Useful tools

7. Steps to Produce a PDF Using LaTeX
(input file)
.bib
(bibliographic file)
.sty
(style file)
.eps
(graphics file)
latex
.dvi
(typeset file)
packages
pdflatex
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{subfigure}
...
dvips
.ps
(postscript file)
Packages are collections of macros.
ps2pdf
.pdf
(output file)

8. Packages Collections of macros to extend the functionality:
Text coloring
Cell merging in a table
Special math symbols …
Download from
Package Manager by MiKTeX
To enable a package
\usepackage{package_name}

9. Let’s Write a Paper! Download author kits from the conference website:
-> ISCA2012.zip
Web-based LaTeX editor/compiler:
Create a project “ISCA”, upload the .zip file

10. Math 1 \usepackage{amsmath} Embedded in text, use $...$:
Separate paragraph, use or or
In math mode, sky is the limit! $$ … \[ … \]
\begin{equation} …
\end{equation}

11. Math 2 (in math mode) Super/subscript Fractions, square root, etc.
x^{2} ->
x_{0} ->
Fractions, square root, etc.
\frac{x+1}{x-1} ->
\sqrt{x} ->
\sin{\theta} ->
Greek letters
\alpha ->
Operators
\times ->
\le ->
Normal text
y=x\mbox{ if and only if }x<0
->

12. Math 3 (in math mode) Practice \usepackage{amssymb}
Practice
e = \lim_{n\to\infty} \left( 1 + \frac{1}{n} \right)^n
\usepackage{amssymb}
Equation array (multiline equations):
\begin{align*}
[A]&=[2x]=[-2,2]\\
[B]&=[x^2+1]=[1,2]\\
[A+B]&=[-2,2]+[1,2]=[-1,4]
\end{align*}
\begin{align}
...
\end{align}
Numbered
Un-numbered

13. Math 4 LaTeX Cheat sheet Wikipedia Symbol classifier
Detexify
Equation editor

14. Cross-reference Define Reference
\label{my_label}
Reference
\ref{my_label}
Use with chapters, sections, tables, figures, equations, etc.