add template for academic papers (inspired by old ACM templates)

README.md

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 [Link to PDF](https://github.com/cmichi/latex-template-collection/raw/master/essay-collection/report.pdf)
 
 
+## Paper 
+
+[![Paper/Proposal Template](https://github.com/cmichi/latex-template-collection/raw/master/images/paper.png)](https://github.com/cmichi/latex-template-collection/raw/master/paper/paper.pdf)
+
+[Link to PDF](https://github.com/cmichi/latex-template-collection/raw/master/paper/paper.pdf)
+
+The `paper/` folder contains a Makefile. In order to compile the entire
+paper execute `make biber`. If you use something else to compile the
+document be sure to use the XeLaTeX/XeTeX engine.
+This template uses the font Palatino Linotype, if you don't have it installed on
+your system uncomment line 7 `\setmainfont{Palatino Linotype}` in the 
+file `paper.tex`.
+
+I built the template for my thesis proposal, it is heavily inspired by an old
+ACM template which was used in e.g. the classical [UNIX paper](http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=361061).
+
+
 ## University exercise
 
 [![University exercise](https://github.com/cmichi/latex-template-collection/raw/master/images/exercise.png)](https://github.com/cmichi/latex-template-collection/raw/master/university-exercise/exercise.pdf)

paper/Makefile

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+all:    once
+
+once: 
+	xelatex -halt-on-error paper.tex > /dev/null
+
+alert: 
+	xelatex -halt-on-error paper.tex
+
+clean: 
+	rm -f *.log *.nlo *.idx paper.synctex* *.aux *.toc *.out ./misc/*.aux *.bcf *.blg *.bbl *.run.xml
+
+biber:
+	make once
+	biber paper
+	make once
+	make once
+

paper/bibliography.bib

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+@book{Asimov:1984:DWF:577473,
+	author = {Asimov, Isaac},
+	title = {How Did We Find Out About Computers?},
+	year = {1984},
+	publisher = {Walker \& Company},
+	keywords = {academic},
+	mydoi = {http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=577473}
+}
+
+@book{Asimov:1985:RMM:4983,
+	author = {Asimov, Isaac and Frenkel, Karen A.},
+	title = {Robots: Machines in Man's Image},
+	year = {1985},
+	isbn = {0-517-55110-1},
+	publisher = {Harmony Books},
+	address = {New York, NY, USA},
+	keywords = {academic},
+	mydoi = {http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=4983}
+} 
+
+@book{Asimov:The-Last-Question,
+	author = {Asimov, Isaac},
+	title = {The Last Question},
+	year = {1956},
+	publisher = {Columbia Publications},
+	keywords = {fiction},
+	mypdf = {http://micha.elmueller.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/the-last-question.pdf}
+} 
+
+@book{asimov1951foundation,
+	author = "Asimov, Isaac",
+	title = {Foundation (Foundation, \#1)},
+	publisher = "Spectra",
+	year = "1951",
+	keywords = {fiction}
+}
+
+@book{asimov1950i,
+	author = "Asimov, Isaac",
+	title = "I, Robot",
+	publisher = "Spectra",
+	year = "1950",
+	keywords = {fiction}
+}

paper/misc/abstract.tex

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+{\bfseries
+	\lipsum[1]
+}\par

paper/misc/title.tex

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+{
+	\parindent0pt
+	\setstretch{1.4}
+	\ \\ \ \\ \ \\
+
+	\hrulefill
+	\vspace{0.0cm}
+	\begin{spacing}{2.1}
+	{	
+		\flushleft
+		\fontsize{22pt}{44pt}\selectfont 
+		Donec Vehicula Augue eu Neque Esuada Fames 
+	}\\
+	\textsc{Master's Thesis Proposal}
+	\end{spacing}
+
+	\ \\ \ \\
+	{
+		\setstretch{1.2}
+		Michael M\"uller\\
+		[email protected]\\
+		Institute of Distributed Systems\\
+		Ulm University\par
+	}
+	\ \\
+
+	\hrulefill
+
+}

paper/paper.tex

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+\documentclass[a4paper, twocolumn]{article}
+
+% font handling
+\usepackage{fontspec}
+
+% uncomment (or change) if you don't have this particular font installed
+\setmainfont{Palatino Linotype}
+
+% for setting the linespace (\setstretch)
+\usepackage{setspace}
+
+% distance between the columns
+\setlength{\columnsep}{1cm}
+
+% for compactitem
+\usepackage{paralist}
+
+% for comments
+\usepackage{verbatim}
+
+\usepackage[
+	sorting=none,
+	minbibnames=8,
+	maxbibnames=9,
+	block=space,
+	backend=biber
+]{biblatex}
+\bibliography{bibliography}
+
+\usepackage{lipsum}
+
+\begin{document}
+
+%=============================
+\input{misc/title}
+{
+	\setstretch{1.1}
+	\input{misc/abstract}
+}
+\newpage
+
+%=============================
+\input{sections/introduction}
+\input{sections/concept}
+\input{sections/conclusion}
+
+\section{References}
+% the \nocite command leads to the whole bibliography
+% being displayed (without any \cite commands necessary).
+% remove this command in order to get the "normal" behavior.
+\nocite{*}
+\printbibliography[heading=none]
+
+\end{document}

paper/sections/concept.tex

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+\section{System Model}
+\label{sec:system-model}
+
+\subsection{Concept}
+\lipsum[1]
+
+\begin{compactitem}
+	\item \lipsum[53]
+	\item \lipsum[11]
+\end{compactitem}
+
+\lipsum[43]
+
+\subsection{Implementation}
+\lipsum[2]

paper/sections/conclusion.tex

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+\section{Conclusion}
+\label{sec:conclusion}
+
+\lipsum[9-10]

paper/sections/introduction.tex

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+\section{Introduction}
+\label{sec:introduction}
+
+\lipsum[2]