Thesis template of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) following the Guidelines on Thesis Preparation provided in the Handbook for Research Postgraduate Studies published by the University.
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\documentclass[a4paper]{ustthesis}
\usepackage[square,numbers]{natbib}
\usepackage{xeCJK}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
%\usepackage{algorithm}
%\usepackage{algorithmic}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{graphics}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{cases}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{array}
%\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{pdflscape}
\DeclareMathOperator*{\argmax}{argmax} % for argmax
\setCJKmainfont{AR PL UMing HK}
% \usepackage{latexsym}
% Use the "latexsym" package when encountering the following error:
% ! LaTeX Error: Command \??? not provided in base LaTeX2e.
% \usepackage{epsf}
% Use the "epsf" package for including EPS files.
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% Preambles. DO NOT ERASE THEM. Change to suite your particular purpose.%
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\title{Thesis Title with the First Letter of All Words Capitalized, except for Prepositions, Articles and Coordinate Conjunctions} % Title of the thesis.
\author{You name as found in official HKUST records, excluding any titles} % Author of the thesis.
\degree{\PhD} % Degree for which the thesis is. Options: \AM \MSc \MPhil \PhD
\stage{\Thesis} % Stage of PhD document; use \Thesis for all other degree. Options: \PQE \Proposal \Thesis
\subject{Name of Program} % Subject of the Degree.
\department{Name of Department/Division/Program Office} % Department to which the thesis is submitted.
\advisor{name of your supervisor} % Supervisor. Additional co-supervisor can be added using \member
%\acting % Uncomment for Accting department head
\depthead{name of your Department/Division/Program Office Head} % department head.
\defencedate{2023}{05}{10} % \defencedate{year}{month}{day}.
% NOTE:
% According to the sample shown in the guidelines, page number is
% placed below the bottom margin. However, if the author prefers
% the page number to be printed above the bottom margin, please
% activate the following command.
%\PNumberAboveBottomMargin
\begin{document}
%\begin{CJK}{UTF8}{song} % Bitstream Cyber Bit song ti
%\begin{CJK*}{UTF8}{gbsn} % Arphic song ti
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% Now the actual Thesis. The order of output MUST be followed: %
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% 1) TITLEPAGE %
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% The \maketitle command generates the Title page as well as the %
% Signature page. %
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\maketitle
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% 2) DEDICATION (Optional) %
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% The \dedication and \enddedication commands are optional. If %
% specified it generates a page for dedication. %
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\dedication
% This is an optional section.
\input{00I_dedication.tex}
\enddedication
\newpage
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% 3) ACKNOWLEDGMENTS %
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% \acknowledgments and \endacknowledgments defines the %
% Acknowledgments of the author of the Thesis. %
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\acknowledgments
\input{00II_acknowledgments.tex}
\endacknowledgments
\newpage
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% 4) TABLE OF CONTENTS %
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\tableofcontents
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% 5) LIST OF FIGURES (If Any) %
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\listoffigures
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% 6) LIST OF TABLES (If Any)
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\listoftables
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% 7) ABSTRACT %
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% \abstract and \endabstract are used to define a short Abstract for %
% the Thesis. %
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\abstract
\input{00III_abstract.tex}
\endabstract
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% 8) The Actual Contents %
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% The command \chapters MUST BE USED to ensure that the entire content %
% of the Thesis is double-spaced (in version 1.0). %
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% However, in version 2.0, \chapters will be automatically added in %
% the beginning of the first chapter. %
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% Each chapter is defined via the \chapter command. The usual sectional %
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\chapter{Introduction}
\label{chp_intro}
\input{01_introduction.tex}
\newpage
\chapter{Guidelines on Thesis Preparation}
\label{chp_background}
\input{02_guidelines.tex}
\newpage
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% 9) BIBLIOGRAPHY %
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% This example uses bibtex to generate the required Bibliography. Refer %
% to the % the file ustthesis_test.bib for the entries of the %
% Bibliography. Note that only the cited entries are printed. %
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% If BibTeX is not used to typeset the bibliography, replace the %
% following line with the \begin{thebibliography} and \end{bibliography}%
% commands (the "thebibliography" environment) to process the %
% Bibliography. %
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% The recommended bibliography style is the IEEE bibliography style. %
% "ustbib" defines the IEEE bibliography standard with the added %
% ability of sorting the items by name of author. %
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\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Bibliography}
\bibliographystyle{IEEEtran}
\bibliography{references}
\newpage
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% 10) APPENDIX (If Any) %
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% \appendix command marks the beginning of the APPENDIX part of the %
% Thesis. The usual \chapter command is used for the different chapters %
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\appendix
\chapter{Tips on HKUST thesis preparation}
\label{chp_tips}
\input{A_tips.tex}
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% 11) BIOGRAPHY (optional) %
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% \biography and \endbiography are used to define the optional %
% Biography of the author of the Thesis. %
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\end{document}