Template for the UK Energy Storage conference 2026: https://www.ukesconference.co.uk
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%% And here's the template:
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%% The first command in your LaTeX source must be the \documentclass
%% command.
%%
%% For submission and review of your manuscript please change the
%% command to \documentclass[sigconf, anonymous, review]{ukesart}.
%%
%% When submitting camera ready, please change the command
%% to \documentclass[sigconf]{ukesart}
%%
% \documentclass[sigconf,anonymous,review]{ukesart}
\documentclass[sigconf]{ukesart}
%%
%% This package avoids urls margin overflow
\usepackage{xurl}
\usepackage{CJKutf8}
%% \BibTeX command to typeset BibTeX logo in the docs
\AtBeginDocument{%
\providecommand\BibTeX{{%
Bib\TeX}}}
\setcopyright{cc}
\copyrightyear{2026}
\acmYear{2026}
\acmDOI{}
%% These commands are for a PROCEEDINGS abstract or paper.
%% Make sure this is up to date with the correct edition of UKES.
\acmConference[UKES26]{UK Energy Storage conference}{15--17 April 2026}{Edinburgh, UK}
%% This suppresses the ACM Reference Format printing.
\settopmatter{printacmref=false}
\acmISBN{}
%%
%% end of the preamble, start of the body of the document source.
\begin{document}
%%
%% The "title" command has an optional parameter,
%% allowing the author to define a "short title" to be used in page headers.
\title{Keep Calm and Let the Paper Find Its Title}
%% The "author" command and its associated commands are used to define
%% the authors and their affiliations.
%% Of note is the shared affiliation of the first two authors, and the
%% "authornote" and "authornotemark" commands
%% used to denote shared contribution to the research.
\author{F{\=a}timah al-{\d S}{\=a}l{\=\i}{\d h}}
\authornote{Both authors contributed equally to this research.}
\email{fatimah.salih@example.ps}
\affiliation{%
\institution{Bethlehem University}
\city{Bethlehem}
\country{Palestine}
}
\author{Y{\=o}s\'ef Ben-D\'av{\'\i}d}
\authornotemark[1]
\email{yosef.bendavid@example.ac.il}
\affiliation{%
\institution{Tel Aviv University}
\city{Tel Aviv}
\country{Israel}
}
\author{Maria Madalena do Nascimento}
\email{m.nascimento@example.br}
\affiliation{%
\institution{Universidade Federal do Rec\^oncavo Baiano (UFRB)}
\city{Cachoeira}
\state{BA}
\country{Brazil}
}
\author{Aisha Williams}
\email{aisha.williams@example.ac.uk}
\affiliation{%
\institution{Loughborough University London}
\city{London}
\country{United Kingdom}
}
\author{Abdoulaye Ou\'edraogo}
\email{abdoulaye.ouedraogo@example.bf}
\affiliation{%
\institution{Universit\'e Joseph Ki-Zerbo}
\city{Ouagadougou}
\country{Burkina Faso}
}
\author{Mar\'{\i}a Epiey\'u}
\email{m.epieyu@example.edu.co}
\affiliation{%
\institution{Universidad de La Guajira}
\city{Riohacha}
\state{La Guajira}
\country{Colombia}
}
\author{Gu{\dh}r\'{\i}{\dh}ur J\'onsd\'ottir}
\email{gudridur.jonsdottir@example.is}
\affiliation{%
\institution{University of Iceland}
\city{Reykjav\'ik}
\country{Iceland}
}
\author{Xi\u{a}om\u{e}i W\'ang (\begin{CJK}{UTF8}{gbsn}王晓梅\end{CJK})}
\email{xiaomei.wang@example.edu.cn}
\affiliation{%
\institution{Yanbian University}
\city{Yanji}
\state{Jilin}
\country{China}
}
%% ATTENTION: CHANGE THE LINE BELOW
%% Shortened Authors' Names:
\renewcommand{\shortauthors}{First Author's Surname et al.}
%% By default, the full list of authors will be used in the page
%% headers. Often, this list is too long, and will overlap
%% other information printed in the page headers. This command allows
%% the author to define a more concise list
%% of authors' names for this purpose.
%%
%% The abstract is a short summary of the work to be presented in the
%% article.
\begin{abstract}
A clear and well-documented \LaTeX\ document is presented as an
article formatted for publication by ACM in a conference proceedings
or journal publication. This uses ``ukesart'', a fork of the ``nimeart'' documentclass from the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), which itself is based on the ``acmart'' documentclass. This
article presents and explains many of the common variations, as well
as many of the formatting elements an author may use in the
preparation of the documentation of their work.
\end{abstract}
%%
%% Keywords. The author(s) should pick words that accurately describe
%% the work being presented. Separate the keywords with commas.
\keywords{Do, Not, Us, This, Code, Put, the, Correct, Terms, for,
Your, Paper}
%%
%% This command processes the author and affiliation and title
%% information and builds the first part of the formatted document.
\maketitle
\section{Introduction}
ACM's consolidated article template, introduced in 2017, provides a
consistent \LaTeX\ style for use across ACM publications, and
incorporates accessibility and metadata-extraction functionality
necessary for future Digital Library endeavors. Numerous ACM and
SIG-specific \LaTeX\ templates have been examined, and their unique
features incorporated into this single new template.
If you are new to publishing with ACM, this document is a valuable
guide to the process of preparing your work for publication. If you
have published with ACM before, this document provides insight and
instruction into more recent changes to the article template.
The ``\verb|ukesart|'' document class can be used to prepare articles
for any ACM publication --- conference or journal, and for any stage
of publication, from review to final ``camera-ready'' copy, to the
author's own version, with {\itshape very} few changes to the source.
\section{Template Overview}
The \texttt{ukesart} document class is used to prepare submissions to the
UK Energy storage conference (UKES),
including initial submissions and final camera-ready
papers, depending on the selected template options. The class is based on
the ACM proceedings template and inherits many of its conventions for
layout, structure, and formatting. Authors may find additional general
guidance in the official ACM proceedings template documentation
(\url{https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template}), which
describes formatting practices common to ACM-affiliated conferences.
This document explains the main features of the \texttt{ukesart} document
class and how to configure it correctly for UKES submissions.
\subsection{Template Styles}
The primary option passed to the \texttt{ukesart} document class is the
\emph{template style}, which controls the overall formatting of the
document. The template style is specified as an option to the
\verb|\documentclass| command, enclosed in square brackets:
\begin{verbatim}
\documentclass[STYLE]{ukesart}
\end{verbatim}
For UKES submissions, the selected template style determines aspects such
as page layout, font sizes, and column structure, and should be chosen
according to the instructions for the relevant submission stage (for
example, review or camera-ready).
For submission and review, authors should use:
\begin{verbatim}
\documentclass[sigconf,anonymous,review]{ukesart}
\end{verbatim}
When preparing the final camera-ready version, authors should use:
\begin{verbatim}
\documentclass[sigconf]{ukesart}
\end{verbatim}
\section{Modifications}
Modifying the template --- including but not limited to: adjusting
margins, typeface sizes, line spacing, paragraph and list definitions,
and the use of the \verb|\vspace| command to manually adjust the
vertical spacing between elements of your work --- is not allowed.
{\bfseries Your document will be returned to you for revision if
modifications are discovered.}
\section{Typefaces}
The ``\verb|ukesart|'' document class requires the use of the
``Libertine'' typeface family. Your \TeX\ installation should include
this set of packages. Please do not substitute other typefaces. The
``\verb|lmodern|'' and ``\verb|ltimes|'' packages should not be used,
as they will override the built-in typeface families.
\section{Title Information}
The title of your work should use capital letters appropriately -
\url{https://capitalizemytitle.com/} has useful rules for
capitalisation. Use the {\verb|title|} command to define the title of
your work. If your work has a subtitle, define it with the
{\verb|subtitle|} command. Do not insert line breaks in your title.
If your title is lengthy, you must define a short version to be used
in the page headers, to prevent overlapping text. The \verb|title|
command has a ``short title'' parameter:
\begin{verbatim}
\title[short title]{full title}
\end{verbatim}
\section{Authors and Affiliations}
Each author must be defined separately for accurate metadata
identification. As an exception, multiple authors may share one
affiliation. Authors' names should not be abbreviated; use full first
names wherever possible. Include authors' e-mail addresses whenever
possible. Grouping authors' names or e-mail addresses, or providing an ``e-mail
alias,'' is \emph{not} acceptable.
The \verb|authornote| and \verb|authornotemark| commands allow a note
to apply to multiple authors --- for example, if the first two authors
of an article contributed equally to the work.
If your author list is lengthy, you must define a shortened version of
the list of authors to be used in the page headers, to prevent
overlapping text. The following command should be placed just after
the last \verb|\author{}| definition:
\begin{verbatim}
\renewcommand{\shortauthors}{McCartney, et al.}
\end{verbatim}
Omitting this command will force the use of a concatenated list of all
of the authors' names, which may result in overlapping text in the
page headers.
The article template's documentation, available at
\url{https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template}, has a
complete explanation of these commands and tips for their effective
use.
Note that authors' addresses are mandatory for journal articles.
\section{User-Defined Keywords}
User-defined keywords are a comma-separated list of words and phrases
of the authors' choosing, providing a more flexible way of describing
the research being presented.
\section{Sectioning Commands}
Your work should use standard \LaTeX\ sectioning commands:
\allowbreak\verb|\section|, \verb|\subsection|, \verb|\subsubsection|,
\verb|\paragraph|, and \allowbreak\verb|\subparagraph|. The sectioning levels up to
\verb|\subsubsection| should be numbered; do not remove the numbering
from the commands.
Simulating a sectioning command by setting the first word or words of
a paragraph in boldface or italicised text is {\bfseries not allowed.}
Below are examples of sectioning commands.
\subsection{Subsection}
\label{sec:subsection}
This is a subsection.
\subsubsection{Subsubsection}
\label{sec:subsubsection}
This is a subsubsection.
\paragraph{Paragraph}
This is a paragraph.
\subparagraph{Subparagraph}
This is a subparagraph.
\section{Tables}
The ``\verb|ukesart|'' document class includes the ``\verb|booktabs|''
package --- \url{https://ctan.org/pkg/booktabs} --- for preparing
high-quality tables.
Table captions are placed {\itshape above} the table.
Because tables cannot be split across pages, the best placement for
them is typically the top of the page nearest their initial cite.
To ensure this proper ``floating'' placement of tables, use the
environment \textbf{table} to enclose the table's contents and the
table caption. The contents of the table itself must go in the
\textbf{tabular} environment, to be aligned properly in rows and
columns, with the desired horizontal and vertical rules. Again,
detailed instructions on \textbf{tabular} material are found in the
\textit{\LaTeX\ User's Guide}.
Immediately following this sentence is the point at which
Table~\ref{tab:freq} is included in the input file; compare the
placement of the table here with the table in the printed output of
this document.
\begin{table}
\caption{Frequency of Special Characters}
\label{tab:freq}
\begin{tabular}{ccl}
\toprule
Non-English or Math&Frequency&Comments\\
\midrule
\O & 1 in 1,000& For Swedish names\\
$\pi$ & 1 in 5& Common in math\\
\$ & 4 in 5 & Used in business\\
$\Psi^2_1$ & 1 in 40,000& Unexplained usage\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
To set a wider table, which takes up the whole width of the page's
live area, use the environment \textbf{table*} to enclose the table's
contents and the table caption. As with a single-column table, this
wide table will ``float'' to a location deemed more
desirable. Immediately following this sentence is the point at which
Table~\ref{tab:commands} is included in the input file; again, it is
instructive to compare the placement of the table here with the table
in the printed output of this document.
\begin{table*}
\caption{Some Typical Commands}
\label{tab:commands}
\begin{tabular}{ccl}
\toprule
Command &A Number & Comments\\
\midrule
\texttt{{\char'134}author} & 100& Author \\
\texttt{{\char'134}table}& 300 & For tables\\
\texttt{{\char'134}table*}& 400& For wider tables\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table*}
Always use midrule to separate table header rows from data rows, and
use it only for this purpose. This enables assistive technologies to
recognise table headers and support their users in navigating tables
more easily.
\section{Math Equations}
You may want to display math equations in three distinct styles:
inline, numbered or non-numbered display. Each of the three are
discussed in the next sections.
\subsection{Inline (In-text) Equations}
A formula that appears in the running text is called an inline or
in-text formula. It is produced by the \textbf{math} environment,
which can be invoked with the usual
\texttt{{\char'134}begin\,\ldots{\char'134}end} construction or with
the short form \texttt{\$\,\ldots\$}. You can use any of the symbols
and structures, from $\alpha$ to $\omega$, available in
\LaTeX~\cite{Lamport:LaTeX}; this section will simply show a few
examples of in-text equations in context. Notice how this equation:
\begin{math}
\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}x=0
\end{math},
set here in in-line math style, looks slightly different when
set in display style. (See next section).
\subsection{Display Equations}
A numbered display equation---one set off by vertical space from the
text and centered horizontally---is produced by the \textbf{equation}
environment. An unnumbered display equation is produced by the
\textbf{displaymath} environment.
Again, in either environment, you can use any of the symbols and
structures available in \LaTeX\@; this section will just give a couple
of examples of display equations in context. First, consider the
equation, shown as an inline equation above:
\begin{equation}
\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}x=0
\end{equation}
Notice how it is formatted somewhat differently in
the \textbf{displaymath}
environment. Now, we'll enter an unnumbered equation:
\begin{displaymath}
\sum_{i=0}^{\infty} x + 1
\end{displaymath}
and follow it with another numbered equation:
\begin{equation}
\sum_{i=0}^{\infty}x_i=\int_{0}^{\pi+2} f
\end{equation}
just to demonstrate \LaTeX's able handling of numbering.
\section{Figures}
The ``\verb|figure|'' environment should be used for figures. One or
more images can be placed within a figure. If your figure contains
third-party material, you must clearly identify it as such, as shown
in the example below.
\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{images/sample-image.jpg}
\caption{A Bela board in action at a workshop (2017).}
\Description{Somebody manipulating sensors on a Bela board.}
\end{figure}
Your figures should contain a caption which describes the figure to
the reader.
Figure captions are placed {\itshape below} the figure.
Every figure should also have a figure description unless it is purely
decorative. These descriptions convey what’s in the image to someone
who cannot see it. They are also used by search engine crawlers for
indexing images, and when images cannot be loaded.
A figure description must be unformatted plain text less than 2000
characters long (including spaces). {\bfseries Figure descriptions
should not repeat the figure caption – their purpose is to capture
important information that is not already provided in the caption or
the main text of the paper.} For figures that convey important and
complex new information, a short text description may not be
adequate. More complex alternative descriptions can be placed in an
appendix and referenced in a short figure description. For example,
provide a data table capturing the information in a bar chart, or a
structured list representing a graph. For additional information
regarding how best to write figure descriptions and why doing this is
so important, please see
\url{https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/describing-figures/}.
\subsection{Links}
Links to URLs can be included using the \texttt{{\char'134}url} command. This will generate a clickable link like this: \url{https://www.ukesconference.co.uk}.
\section{Citations and Bibliographies}
The use of \BibTeX\ for the preparation and formatting of one's
references is strongly recommended. Authors' names should be complete
--- use full first names (``Donald E. Knuth'') not initials
(``D. E. Knuth'') --- and the salient identifying features of a
reference should be included: title, year, volume, number, pages,
article DOI, etc.
The bibliography is included in your source document with these two
commands, placed just before the \verb|\end{document}| command:
\begin{verbatim}
\bibliographystyle{ACM-Reference-Format}
\bibliography{bibfile}
\end{verbatim}
where ``\verb|bibfile|'' is the name, without the ``\verb|.bib|''
suffix, of the \BibTeX\ file.
Citations and references are numbered by default. A small number of
ACM publications have citations and references formatted in the
``author year'' style; for these exceptions, please include this
command in the {\bfseries preamble} (before the command
``\verb|\begin{document}|'') of your \LaTeX\ source:
\begin{verbatim}
\citestyle{acmauthoryear}
\end{verbatim}
Some examples. A paginated journal article \cite{Abril07}, an
enumerated journal article \cite{Cohen07}, a reference to an entire
issue \cite{JCohen96}, a monograph (whole book) \cite{Kosiur01}, a
monograph/whole book in a series (see 2a in spec. document)
\cite{Harel79}, a divisible-book such as an anthology or compilation
\cite{Editor00} followed by the same example, however we only output
the series if the volume number is given \cite{Editor00a} (so
Editor00a's series should NOT be present since it has no vol. no.),
a chapter in a divisible book \cite{Spector90}, a chapter in a
divisible book in a series \cite{Douglass98}, a multi-volume work as
book \cite{Knuth97}, a couple of articles in a proceedings (of a
conference, symposium, workshop for example) (paginated proceedings
article) \cite{Andler79, Hagerup1993}, a proceedings article with
all possible elements \cite{Smith10}, an example of an enumerated
proceedings article \cite{VanGundy07}, an informally published work
\cite{Harel78}, a couple of preprints \cite{Bornmann2019,
AnzarootPBM14}, a doctoral dissertation \cite{Clarkson85}, a
master's thesis: \cite{anisi03}, an online document / world wide web
resource \cite{Thornburg01, Ablamowicz07, Poker06}, a video game
(Case 1) \cite{Obama08} and (Case 2) \cite{Novak03} and \cite{Lee05}
and (Case 3) a patent \cite{JoeScientist001}, work accepted for
publication \cite{rous08}, 'YYYYb'-test for prolific author
\cite{SaeediMEJ10} and \cite{SaeediJETC10}. Other cites might
contain 'duplicate' DOI and URLs (some SIAM articles)
\cite{Kirschmer:2010:AEI:1958016.1958018}. Boris / Barbara Beeton:
multi-volume works as books \cite{MR781536} and \cite{MR781537}. A
couple of citations with DOIs:
\cite{2004:ITE:1009386.1010128,Kirschmer:2010:AEI:1958016.1958018}. Online
citations: \cite{TUGInstmem, Thornburg01, CTANacmart}.
Artifacts: \cite{R} and \cite{UMassCitations}.
\section{Acknowledgments}
Identification of funding sources and other support, and thanks to
individuals and groups that assisted in the research and the
preparation of the work should be included in an acknowledgment
section, which is placed just before the reference section in your
document.
This section has a special environment:
\begin{verbatim}
\begin{acks}
...
\end{acks}
\end{verbatim}
so that the information contained therein can be more easily collected
during the article metadata extraction phase, and to ensure
consistency in the spelling of the section heading.
Authors should not prepare this section as a numbered or unnumbered {\verb|\section|}; please use the ``{\verb|acks|}'' environment.
\section{Appendices}
If your work needs an appendix, add it before the\allowbreak
``\verb|\end{document}|'' command at the conclusion of your source
document.
Start the appendix with the ``\verb|appendix|'' command:
\begin{verbatim}
\appendix
\end{verbatim}
and note that in the appendix, sections are lettered, not
numbered. This document has two appendices, demonstrating the section
and subsection identification method.
%%
%% The acknowledgments section is defined using the "acks" environment
%% (and NOT an unnumbered section). This ensures the proper
%% identification of the section in the article metadata, and the
%% consistent spelling of the heading.
\begin{acks}
To NIME, for providing this template with an open licence.
\end{acks}
%%
%% The next two lines define the bibliography style to be used, and
%% the bibliography file.
\bibliographystyle{ACM-Reference-Format}
\bibliography{sample-references}
%%
%% If your work has an appendix, this is the place to put it.
\appendix
\section{Research Methods}
\subsection{Part One}
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