# Sector: Paper Lifecycle 8020

**Status**: 8020 Certified ✅
**Dark Matter Reduction**: Eliminates ~80% of paper formatting work (8 hours saved per submission)

## Overview

This bundle provides comprehensive academic paper lifecycle management, covering 80% of submission and formatting needs across major conferences and journals. It eliminates the tedious work of LaTeX formatting, citation management, and submission preparation, allowing researchers to focus on their research instead of wrestling with templates.

## What Gets Generated

- **LaTeX Templates**: Pre-configured templates for IEEE, ACM, arXiv, NeurIPS, AAAI
- **Bibliography Management**: BibTeX files with citation style validation
- **Submission Checklists**: Conference-specific submission requirements
- **Document Structure**: Sections, abstract, introduction, methodology, results
- **Figure Management**: Proper figure sizing, captions, and referencing
- **Build System**: Automated LaTeX compilation with proper dependency handling
- **Version Control**: Git-friendly LaTeX with .gitignore and diff tools
- **Submission Package**: Camera-ready PDF, source archive, copyright forms
- **Arxiv Preparation**: Auto-generated arxiv.org submission bundle
- **Supplementary Materials**: Template structure for appendices and supplements

## Quick Start

```bash
# Install the bundle
ggen install sector-paper-lifecycle-8020

# Generate a new paper for NeurIPS
ggen generate paper \
  --conference neurips \
  --title "Efficient Transformers for Long Documents" \
  --bundle sector-paper-lifecycle-8020

# Build the paper
cd efficient-transformers-paper
make pdf

# Prepare submission package
make submission
```

## Dark Matter Eliminated

### Before: 10 hours
- [ ] Download and configure LaTeX template (1 hour)
- [ ] Set up bibliography and citation style (1 hour)
- [ ] Format figures and tables correctly (2 hours)
- [ ] Adjust margins, fonts, spacing to meet requirements (2 hours)
- [ ] Create submission checklist and verify compliance (1 hour)
- [ ] Generate camera-ready PDF with proper metadata (1 hour)
- [ ] Package source files and supplementary materials (1 hour)
- [ ] Debug LaTeX compilation errors (1 hour)

### After: 2 hours
- [x] Paper structure generated in < 2 minutes
- [x] All formatting rules pre-configured
- [x] Automated build and validation
- [ ] Write and refine content (1.5 hours)
- [ ] Final proofreading and adjustments (0.5 hours)

**Result**: 80% reduction in formatting work

## 8020 Coverage

- ✅ **Major Conferences**: IEEE, ACM, NeurIPS, ICML, AAAI, CVPR templates
- ✅ **Journal Formats**: arXiv, Nature, Science, PLOS preprint styles
- ✅ **Bibliography**: Automated BibTeX with style validation
- ✅ **Figure Management**: Proper sizing and float positioning
- ✅ **Submission Validation**: Pre-submission compliance checks
- ✅ **Build Automation**: One-command PDF generation
- ✅ **Version Control**: Git-optimized LaTeX workflow
- ✅ **Collaboration**: Overleaf-compatible structure
- ✅ **Anonymization**: Double-blind review preparation
- ✅ **Supplementary**: Appendix and supplement templates

## Dependencies

**Required Packages:**
- `latex-templates@1.0.0` - Conference and journal LaTeX templates
- `submission-checklist-patterns@1.0.0` - Automated compliance validation

**System Requirements:**
- LaTeX distribution (TeX Live, MiKTeX, or MacTeX)
- BibTeX or BibLaTeX for bibliography management
- Make or latexmk for build automation
- Git for version control

**Optional Tools:**
- Overleaf for collaborative editing
- Zotero or Mendeley for reference management
- Grammarly or LanguageTool for proofreading

## Success Metrics

**Immediate Benefits:**
- ✅ Compilable paper in < 2 minutes
- ✅ All formatting rules automatically enforced
- ✅ Submission-ready output on first build
- ✅ Pre-validated against conference requirements

**Long-term Benefits:**
- 🎯 80% reduction in formatting time
- 🎯 Faster paper iteration and revision cycles
- 🎯 Reduced submission errors and desk rejections
- 🎯 Consistent formatting across multiple submissions
- 🎯 Easier collaboration with standardized structure
- 🎯 More time for research and writing quality

**Publication Impact:**
- 🎯 Submit to more venues with less overhead
- 🎯 Faster turnaround from draft to submission
- 🎯 Professional presentation increases acceptance odds

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