%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % SCHOOL OF INFORMATICS % % UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH % % ANNUAL POSTGRADUATE PROGRESS REPORT % % FOR YEAR 2003/4 % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % This is a LaTeX file for submitting an annual progress report on % your postgraduate study. % % You are requested to supply various pieces of information. % % This document is divided into several sections, each marked by a % section title, e.g. SECTION 1 - RECORD. Each section has one or more % separate locations for you to type in pieces of information. % % Each location is preceded by a brief description of what is to be % done by you. This description is given within a group of lines each % commencing with the LaTeX comment character (the percent symbol "%"). % % Answer all questions. This form will be copied to all supervisors of % institute postgraduate students. Please aim your answers at them, % i.e. do not assume the specialised knowledge of your supervisor. % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article} \headheight = 0mm \headsep = 0mm \textwidth = 170mm %\textheight = 260mm \oddsidemargin = -5mm \parskip = 2mm \begin{document} \pagestyle{plain} \begin{flushleft} \begin{center} SCHOOL OF INFORMATICS UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH \vspace{4mm} ANNUAL POSTGRADUATE PROGRESS REPORT FOR YEAR 2003/4 \vspace{4mm} INSTRUCTIONS \vspace{4mm} \end{center} Please fill in and email to ipab-sec@inf by {\bf Friday June 18, 2003}. It would be appreciated if you send it as PDF. Answer all questions. This form will be copied to all supervisors of institute postgraduate students. Please aim your answers at them, i.e. do not assume the specialised knowledge of your supervisor. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% %% SECTION 1 - RECORD %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{center} RECORD \end{center} \begin{tabular}{lp{70mm}} Name:& %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % NAME % % Please type in your name on the line below. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \\ &\\ Title of Thesis Topic:& %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % TITLE OF THESIS % % Please type in the title of your thesis on the line below. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \\ &\\ Principal Supervisor:& %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % PRINCIPAL SUPERVISOR'S NAME % % Please type in the name of your principal supervisor on the line below. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \\ &\\ Other Supervisors:& %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % OTHER SUPERVISORS' NAMES % % You must supply the name of your second supervisor. Any reports not % containing the name of a second supervisor will be returned. % Please type in the names, separated by a comma if there is more than one, % of your other supervisors on the line below. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \\ &\\ \end{tabular} Year of study (allowing for any period of suspended study): %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % YEAR OF STUDY % % Please type in the year of study (allowing for any period of % suspended study) on the line below. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Source and Duration of Funding: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % SOURCE AND DURATION OF FUNDING % % Please type in the source and duration of funding on the line below. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \vspace{4mm} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% %% SECTION 2 - MILESTONES %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{center} MILESTONES \end{center} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % FOR FIRST YEAR STUDENTS ONLY % **************************** % % If you are a first year student then please answer the following % questions. If you are third year or above go to the next section below % with the title underlined with * characters. % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% {\bf For first year students only} \begin{tabular}{ll} Has your thesis proposal been accepted?& %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % ACCEPTANCE OF THESIS PROPOSAL % % Has your thesis proposal been accepted? Please delete the answer that % does not apply on the line below. Yes/No %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \\ &\\ If not, describe its current status, e.g. in draft:& %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % CURRENT STATUS OF THESIS PROPOSAL % % If your thesis proposal has not yet been accepted please type in a % summary of what the proposal has as content so far, % and what remains. 1/2 page is the right amount. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \\ &\\ \end {tabular} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % FOR THIRD YEAR STUDENTS AND ABOVE ONLY % ************************************** % % If you are in your third, or later, year of study then please answer % the following question, otherwise go straight to section 3 - research. % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% {\bf For students in third year and over} When do you expect to submit your thesis (year, month)?\footnote{If you already have, and you forsee no further problems, then ignore the remainder of this questionnaire.} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % EXPECTED DATE OF SUBMISSION OF THESIS % % When do you expect to submit your thesis? Please type in the year % and month that you expect to submit on the line below. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % If you have already submitted your thesis, and you forsee no further % problems, then ignore the remainder of this questionnaire. % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \pagebreak %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% %% SECTION 3 - RESEARCH %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{center} RESEARCH \end{center} If you are in year 1, please insert one page outlining your proposed research topic. If you are in year 2 or later, please write a 2 page summary of your progress on your research topic: What is the central question? What is your proposed approach to answering that question? What progress have you made on the theory of the solution? What progress have you made on the implementation of the solution? What are your experimental validation plans? If you are a final year student, also include a brief summary of your answer to the central question, and the outline of your thesis. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% insert text here %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \pagebreak %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% %% SUBSECTION - TIMETABLE %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{center} TIMETABLE \end{center} All students should also give a current timetable for completing the PhD: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% %% SECTION 4 - PUBLICATIONS %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{center} PUBLICATIONS \end{center} Please list any external publications you have written that are related to your research project. For each, give the full title, and full details about where it is published. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % LIST OF PUBLICATIONS % % % Please list any external publications you have written % that are related to your research project. For each, give the full % title, and full details about where it is published. \begin{itemize} \item \end{itemize} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \pagebreak %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% %% SECTION 5 - COMPLETION %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{center} COMPLETION \end{center} If you do NOT expect to submit your thesis within the normal time period (M.Phil. : 2 years; Ph.D. : 3 years), please answer the following questions: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % If you do NOT expect to submit your thesis within the normal time period % (M.Phil. : 2 years; Ph.D. : 3 years), please answer the following % questions: % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{enumerate} \item When do you expect to submit? Please remember the maximum time limits (M.Phil. : 3 years; Ph.D. : 4 years) \begin{tabular}{ll} Estimated submission date (year, month):& %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % ESTIMATED DATE OF SUBMISSION OF THESIS % % When do you expect to submit? Please remember the maximum time limits % (M.Phil. : 3 years; Ph.D. : 4 years). Please give the year and month % of the estimated submission date on the line below %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \\ \end{tabular} \item Please explain how you expect to support yourself financially up until you submit your thesis. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % FINANCIAL SUPPORT % % Please explain in the space below how you expect to support yourself % financially up until you submit your thesis. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \end{enumerate} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% %% SECTION 6 - FURTHER COMMENTS %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{center} FURTHER COMMENTS \end{center} Do you have anything further to add? %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % If you have any further comments to make please give them in the space % below %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{itemize} \item[{\bf N.B.}] If there are any matters about which you would like advice, besides/instead of talking to your supervisor you can consult Bob Fisher (your Institute Director), or Don Sannella (Head of Graduate School), at any time during the year. \end{itemize} \end{flushleft} \end{document}