4005-893-02: Master's Project/Thesis Seminar (Winter 2012)

Master's Project/Thesis Seminar (4005-893-02)

Winter 2012-2013
Classes: Thursdays 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/Wed 10-11:50am or by appointment

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Resources

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:

Project/Thesis LaTeX Templates 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)

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

Sample thesis: John Hawley's thesis

Additional Examples of CS Projects and Theses

Students may also find examples of previous projects and theses online, through recent student defense announcements (which include links to the student's thesis/project page), and in 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)

Advice on 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.