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This is an template repository for starting your RPI thesis.

Prerequisite: LaTeX

You should know that LaTeX is a thing and you should be able to generate a LaTex document.

I do this through a GUI. If you are on a Mac, download and install MacTeX then use the TeXShop Application. The magical incantation for generating a document is:

LaTeX
Bibtex
LaTeX
LaTeX

This ensures that all internal document links (such as citation numbers and figure or section references) are resolved.

Be sure to watch for build errors. Usually, you need to fix these errors.

Usage

1. Fork this repository. Or just clone and start over, I don't care.
2. Look at each file in the pages directory. This is where you specify your name and other additional details.
3. Add other latex files you have in the chapters directory.
4. Make sure you're including everything and loading the right packages: look at thesis.tex
5. Commit your work.
6. ???
7. Graduate.

Additional Resources

See my other repository: RPI Thesis Resources for a ton of additional information, including:

• Pro-tips from past students
• Forms from OGE
• Links to more resources

Bibliography

Creating the bibliography is a sufficiently hard thing. See the bibs/README.md file for some more tips.

Repository Layout

This repository is ready for you to get started.

thesis/
  |
  |- .gitignore (version control is highly recommended)
  |- README.md  (this file)
  |- thesis.cls (the RPI LaTeX thesis style file)
  |- thesis.tex (your root thesis file)
  |
  |- pages/     (short tex pages, to simplify the thesis.tex file)
  |   |- abstract.tex
  |   |- ack.tex
  |   |- title.tex
  |   |- bib.tex
  |   `- appendix.tex
  |
  |- chapters/  (main content for your thesis)
  |   |- publication1.tex (this file includes things in /publication1)
  |   |- publication1/ (folder containing files from another publication)
  |   |   |- introduction.tex
  |   |   |- experiment.tex
  |   |   |- results.tex
  |   |   `- conclusions.tex
  |   |
  |   |- intro.tex
  |   |- background.tex
  |   `- conclusions.tex
  |
  |- figs/ (all images and inserts (maybe sort into sub-folders?))
  |   |- cdp.gv  (graph viz file)
  |   |- cdp.pdf (image file)
  |   |- cdp.tex (contains all the TeX code for including the image)
  |   `- ...
  |
  `- bib/ (bibtex style file, bib files)
      |- IEEEabrv.bib  (abbreviations of IEEE publications)
      |- IEEEfull.bib  (full names of IEEE publications)
      |- IEEEtran.bst  (citation ordered bibliography)
      |- IEEEtranS.bst (author name ordered bibliography)
      `- simulation.bib (my bib entry database)