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* References | * 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) | ** 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) | ||
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| + | * 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) | ||
| + | ** Outline of the thesis | ||
Revision as of 08:59, 20 April 2015
- 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
- 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)
- Outline of the thesis
