TCD SCSS Thesis Template
Author
Harmonia Wang, Luke Eugene Fehily, Prof. Mike Brady
Last Updated
6 months ago
License
Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
Abstract
This is an optional thesis template for masters.
\documentclass[a4paper,oneside,12pt]{book}
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% README!
% Welcome. It's worth having a read through this file
% to set up the broad parameters, such as the name of
% the degree, the school/department, the type of work
% (dissertation/Final Year Project/report, etc. as well
% as your own details.
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% COVER PAGE
% The cover page is laid out in title/title.tex. You can choose a colour
% or black and white logo
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% THESIS INFORMATION
% Put title, author name, degree, type of work, school, department in here
% It will be used for the title page and for the embedded PDF information
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\newcommand{\thesistitle}{Title of Work} % Your thesis title, this is used in the title and abstract
\newcommand{\degree}{M.Sc. Statistics and Sustainability} % Your degree name, this is used in the title page and abstract
\newcommand{\typeofthesis}{Thesis} % dissertation, Final Year Project, report, etc.
\newcommand{\authorname}{Firstname Lastname} % Your name, this is used in the title page and PDF stuff
%% Do not put your Student ID in the document, as TCD will not publish
%% documents that contain both your name and your Student ID.
\newcommand{\keywords}{this, that, more} % Keywords for your thesis
\newcommand{\school}{\href{https://www.tcd.ie/scss/}{School of Computer Science and Statistics}} % Your school's name and URL, this is used in the title page
%% Comment out the next line if you don't want a department to appear
\newcommand{\supervisor}{\href{http://www.scss.tcd.ie/}{Supervisor}} % Your research group's name and URL, this is used in the title page
\AtBeginDocument{
\hypersetup{pdftitle=\thesistitle} % Set the PDF's title to your title
\hypersetup{pdfauthor=\authorname} % Set the PDF's author to your name
\hypersetup{pdfkeywords=\keywords} % Set the PDF's keywords to your keywords
\hypersetup{pdfsubject=\degree} % Set the PDF's keywords to your keywords
}
%% Language and font encodings
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{ragged2e} %allows for text alignment preferences
%% Bibliographical stuff
\usepackage[round,sort,comma,numbers]{natbib}
%% Document size
% include showframe as an option if you want to see the boxes
\usepackage[a4paper,top=2.56cm,bottom=2.56cm,left=2.56cm,right=2.56cm, head = 16pt]{geometry}
\setlength{\marginparwidth}{2cm}
%% Useful packages
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[autostyle=true]{csquotes} % Required to generate language-dependent quotes in the bibliography
\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
\usepackage[colorinlistoftodos]{todonotes}
\usepackage[colorlinks=true, allcolors=black]{hyperref}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{caption} % if no caption, no colon
%\usepackage{sfmath} %use sans-serif in the maths sections too
\usepackage[parfill]{parskip} % Begin paragraphs with an empty line rather than an indent
\usepackage{setspace} % to permit one-and-a-half or double spacing
\usepackage{enumerate} % fancy enumerations like (i) (ii) or (a) (b) and suchlike
\usepackage{booktabs} % To thicken table lines
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
%\pagestyle{plain} % Embrace simplicity!
%% The Mechanical engineers require your name and ID on the top of every page.
%% Uncomment the following block if you want your name and ID at the top of
%% (almost) every page.
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{} % sets both header and footer to nothing
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\cfoot{\thepage}
%\ifdefined\authorid
%\chead{\it \authorname\ (\authorid)}
%\else
%\chead{\it \authorname}
%\fi
%% End of block
%% It is not a requirement of the university that the font should be sans-serif, but
%% the Mechanical engineers require it. Comment out the following line to disable it
%%\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} %use the sans-serif font as default
%% If you're not using sans-serif, consider using Palatino instead of the LaTeX standard
\usepackage{mathpazo} % Use the Palatino font by default if you prefer it to Computer Modern
\renewcommand{\theequation}{\arabic{equation}} %% use continuous equation numbers
%% Format Chapter headings appropriately
\usepackage{titlesec}
\definecolor{tcdblue}{cmyk}{0.94, 0.38, 0, 0.27}
\newcommand{\hsp}{\hspace{20pt}}
\titleformat{\chapter}[hang]{\Huge\bfseries}{\thechapter\hsp\textcolor{tcdblue}{|}\hsp}{0pt}{\Huge\bfseries}
\title{\thesistitle}
\author{\authorname}
\frontmatter
\begin{document}
\input{title/title.tex}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\doublespacing
\section*{Declaration}
I hereby declare that this \typeofthesis\ is entirely my own work and that it has not been submitted as an exercise for a degree at this or any other university.
I have read and I understand the plagiarism provisions in the General Regulations of the University Calendar for the current year, found at \url{http://www.tcd.ie/calendar}.
I have also completed the Online Tutorial on avoiding plagiarism `Ready Steady Write', located at \url{http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism/ready-steady-write}.
\vspace{1cm}
Signed:~\rule{5cm}{0.3pt}\hfill Date:~\rule{5cm}{0.3pt}
\newpage
\chapter{Abstract}
A short summary of the problem investigated, the approach taken and the key findings. This should not be more that around 400 words.
The must be on a separate page.
what’s the title for our title
abstract one page
five paragraphs
area and digital twin
project research questions
two paragraphs how to solve them
paragraph to implement and evaluate
main findings one paragraphs
expanding the abstract
introduction
literature review
design implementation
evaluation
conclusion
\newpage
\raggedright %\raggedright turns off justification and hypenation
\section*{\Huge{Acknowledgements}}
Thanks Mum!
You should acknowledge any help that you have received (for example from technical staff), or input provided by, for example, a company.
\newpage \tableofcontents
\newpage \listoffigures
\newpage \listoftables
\newpage
\section*{\Huge{Nomenclature}}
\begin{tabular}{lp{9cm}l}
A&Area of the wing&$m^{2}$\\
B\\
C& Roman letters first, with capitals\ldots\\
a&then lower case.\\
b\\
c\\
$\Gamma$&Followed by Greek capitals\ldots\\
$\alpha$&then lower case greek symbols.\\
$\beta$\\
$\epsilon$\\
TLA&Finally, three letter acronyms and other abbreviations arranged alphabetically\\
\end{tabular}
\vspace{2cm}
If a parameter has a typical unit that is used throughout your report, then it should be included here on the right hand side.
If you have a very mathematical report, then you may wish to divide the nomenclature list into functions and variables, and then sub- and super-scripts.
Note that Roman mathematical symbols are typically in a serif font in italics.
\mainmatter
\input{introduction/introduction.tex}
\input{Literature Review/Literature Review}
\input{Experimental Methods/experiment}
\input{Results/results}
\input{conclusion/conclusion.tex}
\input{background/background.tex}
\input{project/project.tex}
\bibliographystyle{unsrtnat}
\bibliography{bibs/sample}
\appendix
\renewcommand{\thechapter}{A\arabic{chapter}}
\input{appendix/appendix.tex}
\end{document}