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Helpful Hints

All project descriptions, ranging from First Project to Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Dipl.-Inf. Thesis, and PhD Thesis should follow principle design guidelines.

The framework of your thesis can be downloaded here.

Golden 6 x C - Rule

Since your are all getting more and more involved into paper writing, please follow strictly the golden rule of 6 x C :

This should be explained to you by your supervisor and is about how to choose your arguments carefully.

1. Clarity
2. Correctness
3. Conciseness
4. Consistency
5. Connectedness
6. Completeness

Document Structure

The project thesis has to be structured according the following standard:

1. Abstract / Kurzfassung
2. Introduction / Einleitung
   This should include an overview of the thesis / project description (what is explained in which section/chapter)
3. Main body of work description / Hauptteil
4. Related Work / Bezug zu anderen Arbeiten
5. Conclusions / Zusammenfassung, Bewertung und Ausblick
6. References / Literatur

All figures in project descriptions / theses must have a title and possibly a legend. All figures and equations must be numbered, as well as sections (reports), subsections and chapters (books).

References to any object (figures, equations, sections etc.) must be done explicitly, that is, with pointers, rather than by means of loose connections as in shown above. That should be avoided all together.

Submittal Form

The final version of your work has to be submitted in form of several bound copies.

Number of copies, cover color/type, and destination

The following table shows the number, color, and cover types applicable for the different thesis types and where these copies need to be submitted to.

* The examination office offers to provide one additional copy at the library. Before deciding to do so, please discuss this issue with your supervisor, since in some cases, your thesis might contain confidential material that must not be published in the library.

Cover types (standard, hardbound)

Standard cover		Hardbound cover
The cover should have a transparent top lid (displaying your title page) and a colored back and spine (see table above for appropriate color). Spiral binding must not be used. Use glued/adhesive binding (Klebebindung) or instant/clamp binding (Klemmbindung) instead.		The work should be bounded in (black) hard covers. Use glued/adhesive binding (Klebebindung) or instant/clamp binding (Klemmbindung).

One-sided versus double-sided print

The final version will be one-sided if the overall document (including front matter, appendixes, back matter) contains less than 50 pages and double-sided otherwise.

CD / DVD

The disk should contain

• your thesis in PDF,
• all sources of the document, such as LaTeX source files and graphics, as well as graphic sources,
• a valid BibTeX entry for our own work,
• if there has been practical work, your implementation (sources and binaries, if applicable) in a documented form (e.g., Java files should comprise the JavaDoc standard),
• experimental results (if applicable) in a documented form.

Seminars

For seminars please provide all both your slides and your paper in source and PDF version. If you hand in documents electronically, please name your files in the following scheme:

[SeminarName (up to 12 chars, no spaces)]_
[NumberOfTalk (2 digits including leading zero)]_
[YourCIPAccountName]_
[TitleOfTalk (up to 12 chars, no spaces)]_
{slides|paper|abstr}.{ppt|pdf|zip}

Examples:
P2P_03_oberende_AllocationRe_paper.pdf
P2P_03_oberende_AllocationRe_paper.zip (LaTeX source including graphics)
P2P_03_oberende_AllocationRe_slides.pdf
P2P_03_oberende_AllocationRe_slides.ppt

Summary

Please check with our supervisor beforehand to ensure you understand all the requirements. Before hand-in, verify that all copies have been signed and that the electronic version is up-to-date.