Research Computing: Writing Theses in LaTeX
Tutor: Dr Christopher Cooling
Course Level: Level 2
Prerequisites: You should be familiar with the key concepts of LaTeX and/or should have attended the Introduction to LaTeX Graduate School course
Course Duration: 3 hour session
Format: Microsoft Teams with live teaching and hands-on practice
Description
Your thesis is likely to be the longest technical document you have ever compiled and can seem a daunting task. But if done well, you will leave behind a lasting record of your achievements. This workshop explores how LaTeX can be used to typeset a thesis in a professional and aesthetic way, which conforms to the Imperial College guidelines. You will practise using a variety of LaTeX packages, will receive personalised feedback on your typesetting, and will leave with your thesis template.
Syllabus:
- Thesis requirements
- Page numbering
- Margins
- Footnotes
- Line spacing
- Title pages
- Thesis preamble
- Tables of contents
- Appendices
- Splitting your document
- Hyperlinks
- Graphicspath
- Subfigures
- Custom commands
- Acronyms
- Bibliogrpahy Management
The course will be delivered through a combination of slides, and hands-on practicals.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this workshop you will be able to:
- Identify an array of useful LaTeX packages
- Recognise when and how to split large documents into manageable subdocuments
- Employ custom formatting and referencing
- Assess and respond to LaTeX compiler output
- Develop a full thesis template
Dates
- Thursday 29 April 2021, 14:00-17:00, Microsoft Teams
- Wednesday 09 June 2021, 10:00-13:00, Microsoft Teams