@Canageek,
i understand your concern so i hope my solution at that time will help you
\documentclass[letterpaper,twocolumn,10pt]{article}
%\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
%use your conference package
\usepackage{usenix,epsfig,endnotes}
**\usepackage{authblk}**
\usepackage{enumitem}
%for math
\usepackage{algorithmic}
\usepackage{algorithm}
\usepackage{amsmath}
and
\begin{document}
%don't want date printed
\date{}
\setcounter{Maxaffil}{2}
%make title bold and 14 pt font (Latex default is non-bold, 16 pt)
\title{\Large \bf Paper Name here}
%\thanks {Use thanks if u you need it}
%for single author (just remove % characters)
\author[1]{\rm Name1}
\author[2]{\rm Name2}
\author[1,2]{\rm Name3}
\author[2]{\rm Name4}
\affil[1]{Department of Computer Science and Engineering}
\affil[2]{Department of Electrical Engineering}
\affil[ ]{X University}
\affil[ ]{Address Line}
\affil[ ]{\textit {\{email1,email2,email3,email4\}@xyz.edu}}
\maketitle
This solution worked for me. i hope it helps
This will produce 1,2 not symbols. Many conferences has packages already supports the symbols for the authors however in my case the package of the conference was just deprecating the symbols. So i prefer just the numbers instead of the symbols.
titlepageenvironment (for stand-alone title pages) gives you freedom to typeset the authors just like you want, – Christian Lindig Jan 24 '11 at 10:48