Under the patronage of the President of the Northern Technical University, Prof. Dr. Alia Abbas Ali Al-Attar, and under the supervision of the Dean of the Kirkuk Technical Institute, the Department of Electronic Technologies at the Technical Institute / Kirkuk organized an online scientific workshop entitled:

(Using ready-made latex templates for writing research papers in international journals and conferences).

The lecture was delivered by:

-Zuhair Shakur Mahmoud (Teacher(

The workshop dealt with:

How to use latex templates to write research papers, letters, theses, and CVs, and how to register on the Overleaf website for free to start writing research and letters.

The aims of the workshop is:

The LATEX program for writing and coordinating theses is a free and distinctive program, and it is one of the best and most widespread programs for the coordination of scientific theses in the world. This program is so popular because it is a part of Unix and Linux.

The workshop concluded:

• The LATEX program for writing and coordinating scientific theses is characterized by the great benefit it provides to students wishing to write scientific theses in electronic and scientific disciplines such as mathematics, computer and engineering because the LATEX program for writing and coordinating theses supports the writing of mathematical equations and allows the student to coordinate them however he wants.
• Also, the LATEX program for writing and coordinating scientific theses is suitable even for people who write master’s theses in literary specializations or in any specialization whatsoever, because this program allows the possibility of indexing chapters and inserting images and tables.
• Not only that but LATEX thesis writing and formatting software insert the table of contents for whatever is added to the report.
• The LATEX program for writing and coordinating theses is also a translator more than an editor, because of the programming concept on which this distinguished program is based, which requires logic in thinking while the student is preparing the report.

The workshop was for:

Gentlemen, heads of scientific departments, rapporteurs, and teachers from all university formations.