CMPS 7010 Research Seminar
Fall 17

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Resources

Resources for finding research papers:

Tulane library: library.tulane.edu

Automatic access to resources from on-campus. Sign in with Tulane ID to have off-campus access.
Go to "Databases" and search for:

ACM Digital Library
IEEE Xplore (for IEEE publications)
Springer Link (for Springer publications)
Science Direct (for Elsevier publications)

Interlibrary loan service: https://illiad.tulane.edu

DBLP computer science bibliography: http://dblp.uni-trier.de/
Google scholar (papers and citations): https://scholar.google.com/
PubMed (biomedical publications): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed

Miscellaneous:

Illustrative guide to a PhD by Matt Might
How to be a Successful PhD Student

LaTeX resources:

LaTeX tutorial
LaTeX history
LaTeX reference
Symbols
Tools:
- Overleaf
- Sharelatex
Math:

Example for using theorems and proofs
Documentation for amsmath (Use for align and equation environments}
Documentation for amsthm (Use for proof environment)
Documentation for amsfonts
Symbols defined in amssymb (Use for \mathbb{R})

BibTeX:
- Summary
- BibTeX entry types
Algorithm pseudocode:
- algorithm2e package:
  - algorithm environment is both float & algorithm definition environment (\usepackage{algorithm2e})
- algorithms bundle: (Older; use algorithm float environment with algorithmicx package below.)
  - algorithm float environment (\usepackage{algorithm}
  - algorithmic environment (\usepackage{algorithmic})
- algorithmicx package: (Use with algorithm float environment above)
  - (updated) algorithmic environment (\usepackage{algpseudocode})
    Allows to modify predefined structures or create new ones.
- algo package: (old)
  - algorithm environment (\usepackage{algo}); not a float environment
Beamer slides:
- Beamer documentation
- Beamer tutorial: pdf, tex
Vector graphics drawing tools:
- Inkscape
- Ipe
Topics to be covered in class:
- Document structure; packages
- Math mode basics
- Fonts: styles, sizes
- Itemize, enumerate
- Cross-references, labels
- Figures, tables
- Alignment: centering
- Footnotes
- Math: Align, equation, theorems, proofs
- Inkscape for drawing figures
- Bibliography and Bibtex
- Tweaks
  - vspace, hspace
  - Spacing within environments
  - Margins
- Advanced:
  - Subfigure
  - Click on references
- Thesis template
- Pseudo-code

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