4005-893-01: Master's Project/Thesis Seminar (Spring 2013)

Master's Project/Thesis Seminar (4005-893-01)

Department of Computer Science, RIT
Spring 2012-2013
Classes: Mondays, 4-5:50pm
Room: GOL-2500 (Golisano College)

Instructor: Richard Zanibbi, Email: rlaz@cs.rit.edu, Phone: (585) 475-5023
Office: GOL-3551 (Golisano College), Office hours: Mon/Thurs. 2-4:00pm or by appointment

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Resources

Project LaTeX Template and Examples

Prof. Raj has provided a template of LaTeX files for CS Projects available here. This file also contains a LaTeX template for MS Theses as well (another is provided below).

Sample projects:
- Justin Cady (functional programming and web interfaces)
- Gaurav Raje (sensor network implementation in Java)

Thesis LaTeX Template and Examples

You may use this RIT Computer Science MSc Thesis Template (courtesy Amit Pillay)

Sample thesis: John Hawley's thesis

Examples of other theses are available online, through the Archive of RIT MSc Theses in Computer Science (RIT Digital Media Library).

LaTeX/BibTeX tools

GUI LaTeX Environments:

TeXShop (MacOS)
MikTeX (Windows)
TeX Live (Ubtunu Linux: many similar packages available for other Linux Distributions)

Some BibTeX tools (for collecting references, and annotating them):

BibDesk (MacOS)
Pybliographer (Linux/Unix: command-line version for Windows)

Research Talk Series

Master's defense announcements are regularly mailed out to the grads@cs.rit.edu email list. Below is a list of talk series on campus:

Reading, Writing, and Research

Additional Resources

Example of effective presentation slides (see also Ch. 14 of the course text): Math Spotting (Li Yu (former MSc student), 2009)
Writing the Doctoral Dissertation by Gordon Davis and Clyde Parker. This is a short reference on the thesis process, including the planning and completion of a thesis (whether PhD or Master's). The book includes material on drafting possible thesis/project topic proposals that is particularly useful.
The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by Strunk and White. An excellent, short, and cheap reference on writing clearly and concisely.