LaTeX package for a PRACE whitepaper

(c) CSC - IT Center for Science Ltd.
original author: Martti Louhivuori (martti.louhivuori@csc.fi)
(c) JSC/PRACE
Dirk Broemmel (prace-pmo@fz-juelich.de)

Please report any problems with this template to prace-pmo@fz-juelich.de or contribute directly to this repository.

PURPOSE

Enable the writing of a PRACE project report in LaTeX with minimal typographical effort. Uses a pre-defined document class 'prace' that automatically sets the correct document style and layout as well as provides custom macros for the ease-of-use of the writer.

FILES

prace.cls : LaTeX document class
template.tex : PRACE whitepaper template
prace-logo.[pdf|eps|png] : logo of PRACE (used by prace.cls)

The example directory contains a full example: example.tex : example of a filled-in template
example.pdf : example PRACE whitepaper
example.[eps|png] : figure used in the example whitepaper

REQUIREMENTS

Some LaTeX packages are assumed to be present for this class to work: mathptmx (for the correct font), siunitx (for properly formatted numbers+units), and fancyhdr (which should be updated at some point).
The current version of the template is meant for use with latex or pdflatex, a modern dialect may follow in the future.

QUICK HOW-TO

1. copy template.tex to yourname_yourproject.tex
2. fill in all the required information in yourname_yourproject.tex using your favorite text editor
3. convert .tex to .pdf, e.g. pdflatex yourname_yourproject
4. send the resulting PDF to PRACE

MACROS

\author[<affiliation>]{<name of the author>}

Defines the name and affiliation(s) of an author. The affiliation(s) should be given as a comma-separated list of integers corresponding to the order of \affiliation definitions.

\corresponding

Flags the following \author definition as the corresponding author.

\affiliation{<name and address>}

Defines the name and address of an affiliation. The syntax should be 'Name, Street, Postcode and City, Country'.

\email{<e-mail address>}

Defines the e-mail address of the corresponding author.

All these macros should be used in the pre-amble of the document, so that all the required information is defined before calling \maketitle. In the main body of the document you can use default LaTeX commands for sections, figures etc., but you should refer to the comments in the template.tex for further information regarding the required structure, syntax and nomenclature in a PRACE whitepaper.