GUIDELINE

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This template provides formatting guidelines for authors to prepare the Proceedings.

The Proceedings should be written in English language ONLY.

Proceedings should comprise the following sections: Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusion, and References.

The proceedings must be written within 3,000 words and between 6–11 pages. Please prepare your full paper using the following template.

The failure of following the Proceedings Template may cause your submission to be rejected.

The Proceedings must be original, have not been presented or submitted to any other conferences, and have not been published in any journal, or under consideration for publication elsewhere.

For Universiti Malaya (UM) students’ submission, the corresponding author must be a UM academic staff member (i.e. main supervisor) to ensure institutional oversight.

All papers must include a Turnitin report with a similarity index not exceeding 25%.

All papers must include the AI Use Declaration Form for submission.

Organizer has the right to cancel any Proceedings that does not meet the submission guideline with/without the author and co-author(s) consent.

The Proceedings must be submitted in MS Word Format (.doc/.docx).

This template provides a generic format for conference proceedings. For

submission of the full article to the designated journal, authors must strictly follow

that journal’s composition and formatting instructions and comply with all specified guidelines.

Please rename your Proceedings file according to the following format:

PAPER ID_INTRAC 2026

Authors who have a targeted journal in mind may follow the formatting guidelines of their preferred journal, provided all required submission components are included.

Research Title

First Author1, Second Author1*, Third Author2, and Fourth Author2 (if any)

1Department, Faculty, University, Town/City, Country

2Department, Faculty, University, Town/City, Country

*correspondingauthor@um.edu.my

Abstract. The abstract should summarize the contents of the paper in short terms, i.e. 250 words; Social Science tracks may exceed if necessary. This document is a template for UM INTRAC 2026 technical paper using Microsoft Word 2003 or later. The styles and formats for the technical paper template have been incorporated into the structure of this document. If you are using Microsoft Word, please use this template to prepare your manuscript. The full paper will go through a peer – review process and will be published if the quality meets the criteria. Abstracts should be written in Times New Roman, font size 9, and formatted with justified alignment.

Keywords: First Keyword, Second Keyword, Third Keyword. Fourth Keyword, Fifth Keyword.

Introduction

A Subsection Sample

Please note that the first paragraph of a section or subsection is not indented. The first paragraphs that follow a table, figure, or equation does not have an indent, either. The writing must be in MS Word format in single-spacing using 10-point of Times New Roman and formatted with justified alignment. The manuscript can be written in English or Malay Language. Page format of the full paper should be in A4 size with a margin of 4.4 cm wide from the right and left, 5.2 cm from top and bottom. Pages should not be numbered.

Subsequent paragraphs, however, are indented.

Sample Heading (Third Level). Only two levels of headings should be numbered. Lower-level headings remain unnumbered; they are formatted as run-in headings.

Sample Heading (Forth Level). The contribution should contain no more than four levels of headings. The following Table 1 gives a summary of all heading levels. Table captions must be placed above the table. Figure captions must be placed below the figure.

Table 1. Table captions should be placed above the tables.

Heading level	Example	Font size and style
Title (centered)	Lecture Notes	14 point, bold
1st-level heading	1 Introduction	12 point, bold
2nd-level heading	2.1 Printing Area	10 point, bold
3rd-level heading	Run-in Heading in Bold. Text follows	10 point, bold
4th-level heading	Lowest Level Heading. Text follows	10 point, italic

Please try to avoid rasterized images for line-art diagrams and schemas. Whenever possible, use vector graphics instead (see Fig. 1).

Fig. 1. A figure caption is always placed below the illustration. Short captions are centered, while long ones are justified. The macro button chooses the correct format automatically.

For citations of references, we prefer the use of square brackets and consecutive numbers. Citations using labels or the author/year convention are also acceptable. The following bibliography provides a sample reference list with entries for journal articles [1], an LNCS chapter [2], a book [3], proceedings without editors [4], as well as a URL [5].

Length of Papers

The most common types of papers accepted for publication are full papers (8–10) pages) only wish to publish papers of significant scientific content. Very short papers (of fewer than 8 pages) may be moved to the back matter. Such papers will neither be available for indexing nor visible as individual papers on SpringerLink.

Preparation of Your Paper

Figures and Tables

It is essential that all illustrations are clear and legible. Vector graphics (rather than rasterized images) should be used for diagrams and schemas whenever possible. Please check that the lines in line drawings are not interrupted and have constant width. Grids and details within the figures must be clearly legible and may not be written one on top of the other. Line drawings are to have a resolution of at least 800 dpi (preferably 1200 dpi). The lettering in figures should not use font sizes smaller than 6 pt (~ 2 mm character height). Figures are to be numbered and to have a caption which should always be positioned under the figures, in contrast to the caption belonging to a table, which should always appear above the table. Figures and Tables should be cross-referred in the text.

Captions are set in 9-point type. If they are short, they are centered between the margins. Longer captions, covering more than one line, are justified. Captions that do not constitute a full sentence, do not have a period.

Text fragments of fewer than four lines should not appear at the tops or bottoms of pages, preceding or following a table or figure. In such cases, it is better to set the figures right at the top or right at the bottom of the page. Figures should not be surrounded by running text. If screenshots are necessary, please make sure that the essential content is clear to the reader.

Remark 1. In the printed volumes, illustrations are generally black and white (half- tones). Colored pictures are welcome in the electronic version free of charge. If you send colored figures that are to be printed in black and white, please make sure that they really are also legible in black and white. Some colors show up very poorly when printed in black and white.

Formulas

Displayed equations or formulas are centered and set on a separate line (with an extra line or half line space above and below). Equations should be numbered for reference. The numbers should be consecutive within the contribution, with numbers enclosed in parentheses and set on the right margin. Please do not include section counters in the numbering.

x + y = z	(1)

Equations should be punctuated in the same way as ordinary text but with a small space before the end punctuation mark.

Footnotes

The superscript numeral used to refer to a footnote appears in the text either directly after the word to be discussed or – in relation to a phrase or a sentence – following the punctuation mark (comma, semicolon, or period).1

For remarks pertaining to the title or the authors’ names, in the header of a paper, symbols should be used instead of a number (see first page of this document). Please note that no footnotes may be included in the abstract.

Program Code

Program listings or program commands in the text are normally set in typewriter font:

Program Inflation (Output)

{Assuming annual inflation rates of 7%, 8%, and 10%,...	years};

const	MaxYears = 10;

var	Year: 0..MaxYears;

Factor1, Factor2, Factor3: Real;

begin

Year := 0;

Factor1 := 1.0; Factor2 := 1.0; Factor3 := 1.0;

WriteLn('Year 7% 8% 10%'); WriteLn; repeat

Year := Year + 1;

Factor1 := Factor1 * 1.07; Factor2 := Factor2 * 1.08; Factor3 := Factor3 * 1.10;

WriteLn(Year:5,Factor1:7:3,Factor2:7:3, Factor3:7:3)

until Year = MaxYears end.

[Example of a computer program from Jensen K., Wirth N.: Pascal User Manual and Report. Springer, New York (1991)]

Subsection-topic

Subsections should be clearly structured and numbered consistently using the format 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and so on. Each subsection must include a concise and descriptive heading that reflects its content.

Proper structuring of subsection topics will enhance readability and organization of the chapter.

Acknowledgments. A third level heading in 9-point font size at the end of the paper is used for general acknowledgments. In line with the conference standards, authors should first recognize their respective funding sources, followed by an acknowledgment of the conference platform. For example:

"This study was funded by [Name of Funding Agency] (Grant Number). The authors also acknowledge the support of the International Transdisciplinary Research Conference (INTRAC) 2026 organized by Universiti Malaya.”

Disclosure of Interests. It is now necessary to declare any competing interests or to specifically state that the authors have no competing interests. Please place the statement with a third level heading in 9-point font size beneath the (optional) acknowledgments, for example: The authors have no competing interests to declare that they are relevant to the content of this article. Or: Author A has received research grants from Company W. Author B has received a speaker honorarium from Company X and owns stock in Company Y. Author C is a member of committee.

Ethics Approval and Informed Consent. Authors must ensure that all research involving humans, animals, biological materials, or sensitive data has been conducted in accordance with ethical standards and relevant regulations. For studies involving human participants, authors must include a statement confirming that ethical approval was obtained from an appropriate Institutional Review Board (IRB) or ethics committee, including the name of the committee and approval reference number where available. Authors must also confirm that informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their inclusion in the study, or from their parent or legal guardian where applicable. For studies in which participants may be identifiable, including case reports, images, or detailed personal data, authors must confirm that written informed consent for publication has been obtained from the individual concerned (or their legal representative), and that the participant has been adequately informed of the content prior to publication. For animal studies, authors must state that approval was obtained from the appropriate institutional or national animal care and use committee. All relevant ethics and consent statements should be included in the Methods section of the manuscript.

Declaration of Generative AI Use. Authors must declare the use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the preparation of the manuscript. AI tools may be used to support tasks such as language refinement, content organization, literature synthesis, or idea generation; however, they must not be used as a substitute for the authors’ own critical thinking, expertise, and evaluation. Authors are fully responsible and accountable for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of the content, including any material generated with the assistance of AI tools. All AI-generated outputs must be carefully reviewed, verified, and edited by the authors to ensure accuracy and appropriateness, and to avoid the inclusion of fabricated or misleading information. Authors must also ensure that the use of such tools complies with data privacy, confidentiality, and intellectual property requirements. AI tools must not be listed as authors or co-authors. Where applicable, a declaration should be included in a separate section titled “Declaration of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the manuscript preparation process,” placed before the references, clearly stating the name of the tool(s) used and the purpose of their use. If no AI tools were used beyond basic grammar or spell checking, no declaration is required.

References

To ensure consistency and uniformity across all chapters, authors are required to adopt a single referencing style throughout the volume. We recommend the use of numbered citations in square brackets (e.g., [1], [2], [3]), as demonstrated in the sample reference list provided.

References

Author, F.: Article title. Journal 2(5), 99–110 (2016)

Author, F., Author, S.: Title of a proceedings paper. In: Editor, F., Editor, S. (eds.) CONFERENCE 2016, LNCS, vol. 9999, pp. 1–13. Springer, Heidelberg (2016)

Author, F., Author, S., Author, T.: Book title. 2nd edn. Publisher, Location (1999)

Author, F.: Contribution title. In: 9th International Proceedings on Proceedings, pp. 1–2. Publisher, Location (2010)

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