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+ | * Structure | ||
+ | ** If using the Ifi latex example thesis, do not use the content (divsion in parts, etc.) | ||
+ | ** The "nifty gadget" structure is a good starting point | ||
+ | ** Example structure: | ||
+ | *** Introduction | ||
+ | **** General introduction leading up to the state of the art in the field and challenges that need to be addressed | ||
+ | **** Objective / research questions | ||
+ | **** Contributions of this thesis to the field | ||
+ | **** Outline | ||
+ | *** Background / Related Work | ||
+ | *** Methods / Implementation | ||
+ | *** Experiments & Results | ||
+ | **** General experimental setup | ||
+ | **** Experiment1 | ||
+ | ***** Setup | ||
+ | ***** Results | ||
+ | ***** Analysis | ||
+ | **** ExperimentN | ||
+ | *** Discussion | ||
+ | **** Discussion (Taking a step back and interpreting/discussing at a general level what you have learned/implemented) | ||
+ | **** Conclusion | ||
+ | **** Future Work | ||
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* Figures and tables | * Figures and tables | ||
** Reference in the text to all figures and tables | ** Reference in the text to all figures and tables | ||
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** Line-based figures should be included as vector graphics, and definitely not as low resolution images with compression artifacts. | ** Line-based figures should be included as vector graphics, and definitely not as low resolution images with compression artifacts. | ||
** Try to keep figure fonts/text about the same size as in the text | ** Try to keep figure fonts/text about the same size as in the text | ||
+ | ** Do not copy-paste figures from other work, unless you have author/publisher consent (from same research group). If remaking a figure, refer to the original in the caption | ||
+ | ** Creative commons / similar. Can be used. E.g. flickr, wikimedia commons. | ||
+ | *** Remember proper attribution which is a license requirement, [https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Best_practices_for_attribution Creative Commons: Best practices for attribution] | ||
+ | *** Check how you can use the works [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Creative Commons: Licenses] | ||
+ | ** Figures should be centered and no text around | ||
+ | ** If using "list of figures" in latex, please use caption summaries (using []) to avoid a very long list | ||
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* Grammar and spelling | * Grammar and spelling | ||
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** Move on to the challenge - what you are planning to do to fix this / why you want to do this | ** Move on to the challenge - what you are planning to do to fix this / why you want to do this | ||
** Research/thesis goals/questions (with sub-goals) | ** Research/thesis goals/questions (with sub-goals) | ||
- | ** Outline of the thesis | + | ** Contributions - your own contributions with this thesis work |
+ | ** Outline / structure of the thesis (what you will do in each chapter) | ||
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+ | * Experiments and results | ||
+ | ** for each major experiment: | ||
+ | *** description of experiment | ||
+ | *** results - objective without interpretation | ||
+ | *** analysis / discussion - for that specific experiment |
Revision as of 09:57, 11 June 2020
- Structure
- If using the Ifi latex example thesis, do not use the content (divsion in parts, etc.)
- The "nifty gadget" structure is a good starting point
- Example structure:
- Introduction
- General introduction leading up to the state of the art in the field and challenges that need to be addressed
- Objective / research questions
- Contributions of this thesis to the field
- Outline
- Background / Related Work
- Methods / Implementation
- Experiments & Results
- General experimental setup
- Experiment1
- Setup
- Results
- Analysis
- ExperimentN
- Discussion
- Discussion (Taking a step back and interpreting/discussing at a general level what you have learned/implemented)
- Conclusion
- Future Work
- Introduction
- Figures and tables
- Reference in the text to all figures and tables
- If figures are not self-explanatory, explain either in caption or in text. Do not duplicate the explanatory text.
- Line-based figures should be included as vector graphics, and definitely not as low resolution images with compression artifacts.
- Try to keep figure fonts/text about the same size as in the text
- Do not copy-paste figures from other work, unless you have author/publisher consent (from same research group). If remaking a figure, refer to the original in the caption
- Creative commons / similar. Can be used. E.g. flickr, wikimedia commons.
- Remember proper attribution which is a license requirement, Creative Commons: Best practices for attribution
- Check how you can use the works Creative Commons: Licenses
- Figures should be centered and no text around
- If using "list of figures" in latex, please use caption summaries (using []) to avoid a very long list
- Grammar and spelling
- Typos and grammar mistakes should be avoided, and one needs to actively work with this
- Copy-paste to Word or similar for a grammar + syntax check. Only syntax checking is not sufficient
- Have a human read through as well!
- Typos and grammar mistakes should be avoided, and one needs to actively work with this
- References
- If you want to refer to a website without any specific document, one can include it in a footnote (as to not "spam" the reference list)
- Introduction
- Brief intro to the area (and problem)
- Brief state-of-the-art in the research field
- Move on to the challenge - what you are planning to do to fix this / why you want to do this
- Research/thesis goals/questions (with sub-goals)
- Contributions - your own contributions with this thesis work
- Outline / structure of the thesis (what you will do in each chapter)
- Experiments and results
- for each major experiment:
- description of experiment
- results - objective without interpretation
- analysis / discussion - for that specific experiment
- for each major experiment: