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Barcelona Supercomputing Center PhD research plan and thesis

The BSC PhD Training Programme's template with two documents: the yearly research plan (background, objectives, methodology, schedule, data management, knowledge transfer) and a thesis on the ociamthesis class, with BSC, UPC and FIB logos.

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Category
Thesis
Document class
ociamthesis (ociamthesis.cls) — ships with TeX Live
Workflow
Thesis / dissertation — submissions and revision rounds
Author
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC PhD Training Programme)
Source
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC PhD Training Programme)
Licence
ociamthesis.cls: MIT License. The sample text is Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC PhD Training Programme)'s, provided for authors preparing a submission.

These are the publisher’s own files. This project starts from Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC PhD Training Programme)’s package for this publication — their manuscript, their ociamthesis.cls, their bibliography style — so what compiles here is what they would have given you.

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC PhD Training Programme) serves this exact file to Barcelona Supercomputing Center and 1 other title. Check Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC PhD Training Programme)’s author pages for the current instructions.

What you get

  • LICENSE · 1 KB
  • logos/BSC.pdf · 13 KB
  • logos/FIB.pdf · 1 KB
  • logos/UPC-DAC.pdf · 14 KB
  • logos/acks.png · 34 KB
  • ociamthesis.cls · 14 KB
  • plan.tex — the file that is compiled · 10 KB
  • planFigures/plan.png · 629 KB
  • planText/background.tex · 1 KB
  • planText/dataManagement.tex · 1 KB
  • planText/knowledgeTransfer.tex · 829 B
  • planText/methodology.tex · 2 KB
  • planText/objectives.tex · 743 B
  • planText/schedule.tex · 2 KB
  • planText/updateYear2.tex · 1 KB
  • references.bib · 16 KB
  • thesis.tex · 11 KB
  • thesisFigures/Gray498.png · 60 KB
  • thesisFigures/fa_density_colour.pdf · 16 KB
  • thesisFigures/fa_temperature_bw.pdf · 16 KB
  • thesisText/abbreviations.tex · 378 B
  • thesisText/abstract.tex · 2 KB
  • thesisText/acknowledgements.tex · 3 KB
  • thesisText/appendixCardiac.tex · 16 KB
  • thesisText/background.tex · 5 KB
  • thesisText/introduction.tex · 11 KB

These become your files. Editing them afterwards changes your project and nothing else — a project owns its files from the moment it is made.

Source

LICENSE — binary, 1 KB

logos/BSC.pdf — binary, 13 KB

logos/FIB.pdf — binary, 1 KB

logos/UPC-DAC.pdf — binary, 14 KB

logos/acks.png — binary, 34 KB

ociamthesis.cls · 14 KB
% ociamthesis
%
% Originally by Keith A. Gillow ([email protected]), 1997
% Modified by Sam Evans ([email protected]), 2007
% Modified by John McManigle ([email protected]), 2015
% Modified by Pedro J. Martinez-Ferrer ([email protected]), 2022
%
% This version Copyright (C) 2022-2026 Pedro J. Martinez-Ferrer
%
% Broad permissions are granted to use, modify, and distribute this software
% as specified in the MIT License included in this distribution's LICENSE file.
%
%
%-------------------------- identification ---------------------
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesClass{ociamthesis}[2015/04/30 Oxford thesis class]
%-------------------------- initial code -----------------------

% JEM: Defaults to one-side, but passing 'twoside' should set
% everything up for that
\LoadClass[openright,12pt]{report}

\usepackage[final]{microtype} % fixes both underflows and overflows

\newif\ifmc@nobind
\mc@nobindfalse

\DeclareOption{nobind}{\mc@nobindtrue}
\DeclareOption*{\PassOptionsToClass{\CurrentOption}{report}}
\ProcessOptions\relax

\setlength{\parskip}{0pt plus 1pt}
\setlength{\parfillskip}{0pt plus .7\textwidth}

% JEM: Lengths for single spacing (ie separate abstract, captions),
% front matter (abstract,
%   acknowledgements, table of contents, etc), and main body text.
\newlength{\singlebaselineskip}
\newlength{\frontmatterbaselineskip}
\newlength{\textbaselineskip}

\setlength{\singlebaselineskip}{\baselineskip}
\setlength{\frontmatterbaselineskip}{17pt plus1pt minus1pt}
\setlength{\textbaselineskip}{22pt plus2pt}

\newcommand{\submittedtext}{{A thesis submitted for the degree of}}
\newcommand{\plantext}{{Research plan}}
\usepackage{varwidth}
\newcommand{\originalitytext}{%
  \rule[-2mm]{1pt}{7mm}\hspace{-1pt}%
  \rule[-2mm]{7mm}{1pt}\hspace{-1pt}%
  \rule[-2mm]{1pt}{7mm}\hspace{-7mm}%
  \rule[5mm]{7mm}{1pt}\hspace{1em}%
  \begin{varwidth}{\textwidth}I hereby certify that this is
    entirely\\my own work unless otherwise stated.
\end{varwidth}}

%
% DECLARATIONS
%
% These macros are used to declare arguments needed for the
% construction of the title page and other preamble.

% The year and term the degree will be officially conferred
\def\degreedate#1{\gdef\@degreedate{#1}}
% The full (unabbreviated) name of the degree
\def\degree#1{\gdef\@degree{#1}}
% The name of your Oxford college (eg Christ Church, Pembroke)
\def\college#1{\gdef\@college{#1}}
% Your candidate number (ie for master's submissions)
\def\candidateno#1{\gdef\@candidateno{#1}}
% Your word count (for master's submissions)
\def\wordcount#1{\gdef\@wordcount{#1}}
\newif\ifmasterssubmission
% adds candidate number and word count in place of name and college
\masterssubmissionfalse
% University name
\def\university#1{\gdef\@university{#1}}
% Supervisor1 name
\def\firstSupervisor#1{\gdef\@firstSupervisor{#1}}
% Supervisor2 name
\def\secondSupervisor#1{\gdef\@secondSupervisor{#1}}
% Research plan
\newif\ifplansubmission
\plansubmissionfalse

%
% Institution logos
%

\def\logoUniversity{{\includegraphics[height=2.75cm]{logos/UPC-DAC}}}
\def\logoBSC{{\includegraphics[height=2.75cm]{logos/BSC}}}

%
% Define text area of page and margin offsets
%

\ifmc@nobind
\usepackage[includehead,hmargin={3.1cm, 3.1cm},
vmargin={2.5cm,2.7cm}, headsep=.8cm,footskip=1.2cm]{geometry}
\else
\usepackage[includehead,hmargin={3.6cm, 2.6cm},
vmargin={2.5cm,2.7cm}, headsep=.8cm,footskip=1.2cm]{geometry}
\fi

\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\setlength{\headheight}{15pt}
\fancyhf{} % clear the header and footers
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{\thechapter. #1}{\thechapter. #1}}
\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\thesection. #1}}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\fancyhead[LO]{\emph{\leftmark}}
\fancyhead[RE]{\emph{\rightmark}}
\fancyhead[RO,LE]{\emph{\thepage}}

\fancypagestyle{plain}{\fancyhf{}\fancyfoot[C]{\emph{\thepage}}}

% JEM fix header on cleared pages for openright
\def\cleardoublepage{\clearpage\if@twoside \ifodd\c@page\else
  \hbox{}
  \fancyhead[RE,LO]{}
  \newpage
  \if@twocolumn\hbox{}\newpage
  \fi
  \fancyhead[LO]{\emph{\leftmark}}
  \fancyhead[RE]{\emph{\rightmark}}
\fi\fi}

\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{nicefrac}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{textcomp}

\usepackage{longtable}
% Allows tables to span multiple pages (this package must be called
% before hyperref)

\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf]{caption}
% Nicer captions

\usepackage{multicol,multirow,array}
% Used to make multiple columns for the indices and for creating
% columns that span multiple rows in tables

\usepackage{rotating}
% To allow tables in landscape mode

\usepackage{booktabs}
% For better looking tables

\usepackage{pdfpages}
% Allows multi-page pdfs to be inserted as graphics

\usepackage{xfrac}

%\usepackage{enumerate}
% Allows different numbering styles for Lists
% to use:
% \begin{enumerate}[x]
% \item text
% \end{enumerate}
% where x is:
% A  uppercase letters (as produced by \Alph)
% a  lowercase letters (as produced by \alph)
% I  uppercase roman numerals (as produced by \Roman)
% i  lowercase roman numerals (as produced by \roman)
% 1  arabic numbers (as produced by \arabic)

% JEM the following package allows changing spacing in lists (for
% acknowledgements)
\usepackage{enumitem}

% JEM the following allows table columns aligned by decimal point
\usepackage{dcolumn}
\newcolumntype{d}[3]{D{.}{\cdot}{#1} }

\usepackage{appendix}
% For helping format appendicies
\usepackage{notoccite}
% To format the bibliography

\usepackage[colorlinks=false,pdfpagelabels]{hyperref}
% for linking between references, figures, TOC, etc in the pdf document

\usepackage[nohints,tight]{minitoc}
\setcounter{minitocdepth}{2}
% Generates mini tables of contents per chapter

% JEM: The following fixes minitoc to not be multiple-spaced.
\let\oldmtc@verse\mtc@verse
\renewcommand{\mtc@verse}[1]{\oldmtc@verse{#1}\setlength{\baselineskip}{\z@}}

%
% Environments
%

% This macro define an environment for front matter that is always
% single column even in a double-column document.

\newenvironment{alwayssingle}{%
  \@restonecolfalse
  \if@twocolumn\@restonecoltrue\onecolumn
  \else\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
\fi}%
{\if@restonecol\twocolumn
\else\newpage\thispagestyle{empty}\fi}

%define title page layout

\renewcommand{\maketitle}{%
  \begin{alwayssingle}\null
    \renewcommand{\footnotesize}{\small}
    \renewcommand{\footnoterule}{\relax}
    \thispagestyle{empty}
    %
    \ifmasterssubmission
    %
    \begin{center}
      \vspace*{-3ex}
      { \LARGE {\bfseries {\@title}} \par}
      {\large \vspace*{25mm} {\crest \par} \vspace*{20mm}}
      {{\Large Candidate no.\ \@candidateno} \par}
      {\large \vspace*{1ex}
        {Word count: {\@wordcount} \par}
        \vspace*{4ex}
        {{\submittedtext} \par}
        \vspace*{6ex}
        {{\originalitytext} \par}
        \vspace*{2ex}
      {\@degreedate}}
    \end{center}
    %
    \else
    %
    \vspace*{-20mm} % This seems to require manual adjusting!
    \begin{center}
      {\large \hspace*{-10mm} {\logoUniversity \par} \vspace*{25mm}}
      { \LARGE {\bfseries {\@title}} \par \vspace*{25mm}}
      {{\Large \@author} \par}
      {\large \vspace*{5ex}
        {{\@university} \par}
        \vspace*{5ex}
        \ifplansubmission
        {\it {\plantext} \par}
        \vspace*{1ex}
        \else
        {{\submittedtext} \par}
        \vspace*{1ex}
        {\it {\@degree} \par}
        \fi
        \vspace*{3ex}
        {\@degreedate} \par
        \vspace*{5ex}
        \begin{tabular}{l l}
          Supervisors: & {\@firstSupervisor} \\
          & {\@secondSupervisor}
        \end{tabular}
      \par}
      {\large \vspace*{25mm} {\logoBSC \par}}
    \end{center}
    %
    \fi
    %
    \vfill\null
\end{alwayssingle}}

% DEDICATION
%
% The dedication environment makes sure the dedication gets its
% own page and is set out in verse format.

\newenvironment{dedication}
{
  \begin{alwayssingle}
    \thispagestyle{empty}
    \vspace*{\fill}
  \begin{center}}
    {
    \end{center}\vspace*{\fill}\vspace*{\fill}
\end{alwayssingle}}

% ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
%
% The acknowledgements environment puts a large, bold, centered
% "Acknowledgements" label at the top of the page. The acknowledgements
% themselves appear in a quote environment, i.e. tabbed in at both sides, and
% on its own page.

\newenvironment{acknowledgements}%
{
  \begin{alwayssingle}
    \chapter*{Acknowledgements}
    \thispagestyle{empty}
    \pagestyle{empty}
    \setlength{\baselineskip}{\frontmatterbaselineskip}
  }
  {
\end{alwayssingle}}

%ABSTRACT
%
%The abstract environment puts a large, bold, centered "Abstract" label at
%the top of the page. The abstract itself appears in a quote environment,
%i.e. tabbed in at both sides, and on its own page.

\renewenvironment{abstract}%
{
  \begin{alwayssingle}
    \chapter*{Abstract}
    \thispagestyle{empty}
    \pagestyle{empty}
  \setlength{\baselineskip}{\frontmatterbaselineskip}}
  {
\end{alwayssingle}}

%The abstractseparate environment is for running of a page with the abstract
%on including title and author etc as required to be handed in separately

\newenvironment{abstractseparate}
{\newgeometry{margin=3.3cm}\thispagestyle{empty}
  \begin{alwayssingle}
    \begin{center}
      {\Large \bfseries \@title \par}
      \ifmasterssubmission
      {{\large \vspace*{3ex} Candidate no.\ \@candidateno} \par}
      \else
      {{\large \vspace*{2ex} \@author} \par}
      \fi
      {\large \vspace*{2ex}
        \ifmasterssubmission
        {Thesis word count: {\@wordcount} \par}
        \else
        {{\@university} \par}
        \fi
        \vspace*{2ex}
        {\submittedtext \par}
        \vspace*{1ex}
        {\it {\@degree} \par}
        \vspace*{2ex}
      {\@degreedate} \par}
      \vfill
      {\Large \bfseries  Abstract}
    \end{center}
    \vspace{1ex}
  \setlength{\baselineskip}{\z@}}
  {\vfill
\end{alwayssingle}\restoregeometry}

%ROMANPAGES
%
% The romanpages environment set the page numbering to lowercase roman one
% for the contents and figures lists. It also resets
% page-numbering for the remainder of the dissertation (arabic, starting at 1).
%
% Edited by JEM

\newenvironment{romanpages}
{\cleardoublepage\setlength{\baselineskip}{\frontmatterbaselineskip}\setcounter{page}{1}\renewcommand{\thepage}{\roman{page}}}
{\cleardoublepage\setcounter{page}{1}\renewcommand{\thepage}{\arabic{page}}}

%Figure placement on page
%
%This is to help prevent too many figures on their own pages.  I got it from:
% http://dcwww.camd.dtu.dk/~schiotz/comp/LatexTips/LatexTips.html#captfont

\renewcommand{\topfraction}{0.85}
\renewcommand{\textfraction}{0.1}
\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{0.75}

% JEM: VERSE, QUOTATION, and QUOTE must be single-spaced.
% These rename the internal commands for the \begin{...} and
% \end{...} environment commands.
\let\@ldquote=\quote
\let\@ldendquote=\endquote
\renewenvironment{quote}
{\@ldquote\setlength{\baselineskip}{\singlebaselineskip}}
{\@ldendquote}

\let\@ldqttn=\quotation
\let\@ldendqttn=\endquotation
\renewenvironment{quotation}
{\@ldqttn\setlength{\baselineskip}{\singlebaselineskip}}
{\@ldendqttn}

\let\@ldverse=\verse
\let\@ldendverse=\endverse
\renewenvironment{verse}
{\@ldverse\setlength{\baselineskip}{\singlebaselineskip}}
{\@ldendverse}

% JEM: Stuff for List of Abbreviations (or Glossary or other list)
\usepackage{calc}
\newcommand{\t@cfill}{\cleaders\hbox{$\m@th \mkern\@dotsep mu .
\mkern\@dotsep mu$}\hfill}
\newcommand{\abbrl@bel}[1]{\makebox[\labelwidth][l]{\textbf{#1}\ \t@cfill}}
\newenvironment{mclistof}[2]{%
  \chapter*{#1}%
  \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{#1}
  \begin{list}{}%
    {\renewcommand{\makelabel}{\abbrl@bel}%
      \setlength{\labelwidth}{#2}%
      \setlength{\leftmargin}{\labelwidth+\labelsep}%
      \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}%
      \markboth{#1}{#1}%
  }}
  {
\end{list}\mtcaddchapter}

\usepackage[grey,utopia]{quotchap}
% To put nice quotes at the beginning of the chapters

\usepackage[nottoc]{tocbibind}
% Used for inserting the Bibliography, List of Figures, indices, etc
% into the table of contents.

% JEM: Allow flexible spacing after figures, to reduce other stretching
\setlength{\textfloatsep}{20pt plus15pt minus4pt}

% JEM: Fix paragraph spacing within quotes for multi-par quotes
\renewenvironment{savequote}[1][10cm]{%
  \begin{lrbox}{\@quotebox}
    \begin{minipage}[t]{#1}\footnotesize\slshape%
    \setlength{\parskip}{6pt}}{%
      \unskip
    \end{minipage}
  \end{lrbox}
  \global\setbox\@quotebox\copy\@quotebox
  \global\let\@printcites\@iprintcites
\ignorespacesafterend}
\renewcommand{\qauthor}[1]{\par
{\raggedleft\upshape #1\qquad\hbox{}\par}\bigskip}

% JEM: All of this is so that headers in these sections aren't uppercase
\let\@ldtoc\tableofcontents
\renewcommand*\tableofcontents{{%
\renewcommand*\MakeUppercase[1]{##1}\@ldtoc}}
\let\@ldlof\listoffigures
\renewcommand*\listoffigures{{%
\renewcommand*\MakeUppercase[1]{##1}\@ldlof}}
\let\@ldlot\listoftables
\renewcommand*\listoftables{{%
\renewcommand*\MakeUppercase[1]{##1}\@ldlot}}
\let\@ldbib\bibliography
\renewcommand*\bibliography[1]{{%
\renewcommand*\MakeUppercase[1]{##1}\@ldbib{#1}}}

% JEM: for crazy multi character set quotes and Unicode and all
\usepackage{palatino}
\usepackage[LGR,TS1,T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel} % Remove 'latin' & 'greek' languages
\usepackage{csquotes}
\hyphenpenalty=500
\def\longs{{\fontencoding{TS1}\selectfont s}}

% JEM: for highlighting corrections
\newlength{\mccurrentbaselineskip}
\newlength{\mccurrentparskip}
\newlength{\mccurrentparindent}
\newif\ifcorrections
\newif\ifm@csection
\m@csectionfalse
\correctionsfalse

\colorlet{shadecolor}{blue!20}

\usepackage{framed}
\OuterFrameSep=-9pt
\newenvironment{mccorrection}
{\ifcorrections\if@nobreak\m@csectiontrue\fi
\begin{shaded}\ifm@csection\noindent\ignorespaces\fi\fi}
  {\ifcorrections
\end{shaded}\m@csectionfalse\ifx\@captype\@undefined\@nobreakfalse\fi\fi}

\usepackage{soul}
\sethlcolor{shadecolor}
\newcommand{\mccorrect}[1]{\ifcorrections\hl{#1}\else#1\fi}

% JEM: adjust start-of-chapter spacing
\renewcommand{\chapterheadstartvskip}{\vspace*{40pt}}
\renewcommand{\chapterheadendvskip}{\vspace{30pt}}

% JEM: combine all of the commands you run before appendices start
\newcommand{\startappendices}
{\appendix\adjustmtc\noappendicestocpagenum\addappheadtotoc\appendixpage}
plan.tex — the file that is compiled · 10 KB
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% OXFORD THESIS TEMPLATE

% Use this template to produce a standard thesis that meets the
% Oxford University requirements for DPhil submission
%
% Originally by Keith A. Gillow ([email protected]), 1997
% Modified by Sam Evans ([email protected]), 2007
% Modified by John McManigle ([email protected]), 2015
% Modified by Pedro J. Martinez-Ferrer
% ([email protected]), 2022-2026
%
% This version Copyright (C) 2022-2026 Pedro J. Martinez-Ferrer
%
% Broad permissions are granted to use, modify, and distribute this software
% as specified in the MIT License included in this distribution's LICENSE file.
%

% I've (John) tried to comment this file extensively, so read through
% it to see how to use the various options.  Remember
% that in LaTeX, any line starting with a % is NOT executed.  Several
% places below, you have a choice of which line to use
% out of multiple options (eg draft vs final, for PDF vs for binding,
% etc.)  When you pick one, add a % to the beginning of
% the lines you don't want.

%%%%% CHOOSE PAGE LAYOUT
% The most common choices should be below.  You can also do other
% things, like replacing "a4paper" with "letterpaper", etc.

% This one will format for two-sided binding (ie left and right pages
% have mirror margins; blank pages inserted where needed):
\documentclass[a4paper,twoside]{ociamthesis}
% This one will format for one-sided binding (ie left margin > right
% margin; no extra blank pages):
%\documentclass[a4paper]{ociamthesis}
% This one will format for PDF output (ie equal margins, no extra blank pages):
%\documentclass[a4paper,nobind]{ociamthesis}

%%%%% SELECT YOUR DRAFT OPTIONS
% Three options going on here; use in any combination.  But remember
% to turn the first two off before
% generating a PDF to send to the printer!

% This adds a "DRAFT" footer to every normal page.  (The first page
% of each chapter is not a "normal" page.)
\fancyfoot[C]{\emph{Draft compiled on \today}}

% This highlights (in blue) corrections marked with (for words)
% \mccorrect{blah} or (for whole
% paragraphs) \begin{mccorrection} . . . \end{mccorrection}.  This
% can be useful for sending a PDF of
% your corrected thesis to your examiners for review.  Turn it off,
% and the blue disappears.
\correctionstrue

%%%%% BIBLIOGRAPHY SETUP
% Note that your bibliography will require some tweaking depending on
% your department, preferred format, etc.
% The options included below are just very basic "sciencey" and
% "humanitiesey" options to get started.
% If you've not used LaTeX before, I recommend reading a little about
% biblatex/biber and getting started with it.
% If you're already a LaTeX pro and are used to natbib or something,
% modify as necessary.
% Either way, you'll have to choose and configure an appropriate
% bibliography format...

% The science-type option: numerical in-text citation with references
% in order of appearance.
\usepackage[style=numeric-comp, sorting=none, backend=biber,
doi=false, isbn=false]{biblatex}
\newcommand*{\bibtitle}{References}

% The humanities-type option: author-year in-text citation with an
% alphabetical works cited.
%\usepackage[style=authoryear, sorting=nyt, backend=biber,
% maxcitenames=2, useprefix, doi=false, isbn=false]{biblatex}
%\newcommand*{\bibtitle}{Works Cited}

% This makes the bibliography left-aligned (not 'justified') and
% slightly smaller font.
\renewcommand*{\bibfont}{\raggedright\small}

% Change this to the name of your .bib file (usually exported from a
% citation manager like Zotero or EndNote).
\addbibresource{references.bib}

% Uncomment this if you want equation numbers per section (2.3.12),
% instead of per chapter (2.18):
%\numberwithin{equation}{subsection}

% Gantt chart support
\usepackage{pgfgantt}

%%%%% THESIS / TITLE PAGE INFORMATION
% Everybody needs to complete the following:
\title{Your paper}
\author{Your Name}
\university{
  Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya --- BarcelonaTech (UPC)\\
Departament d'Arquitectura de Computadors (DAC)}
\degree{Doctor of Philosophy}
\firstSupervisor{First Supervisor Name}
\secondSupervisor{Second Supervisor Name}
\degreedate{5 October 2026} % Term and year of submission, or date
% if your board requires (eg most masters)

% Compile for research plan
\plansubmissiontrue

% Master's candidates who require the alternate title page (with
% candidate number and word count)
% must also un-comment and complete the following three lines:
%\masterssubmissiontrue
%\candidateno{933516}
%\wordcount{28,815}

% Uncomment the following line if your degree also includes exams (eg
% most masters):
%\renewcommand{\submittedtext}{Submitted in partial completion of the}
% Your full degree name.  (But remember that DPhils aren't "in"
% anything.  They're just DPhils.)

%%%%% YOUR OWN PERSONAL MACROS
% This is a good place to dump your own LaTeX macros as they come up.

% To make text superscripts shortcuts
\renewcommand{\th}{\textsuperscript{th}} % ex: I won 4\th place
\newcommand{\nd}{\textsuperscript{nd}}
\renewcommand{\st}{\textsuperscript{st}}
\newcommand{\rd}{\textsuperscript{rd}}

%%%%% THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT STARTS HERE
\begin{document}

%%%%% CHOOSE YOUR LINE SPACING HERE
% This is the official option.  Use it for your submission copy and
% library copy:
\setlength{\textbaselineskip}{22pt plus2pt}
% This is closer spacing (about 1.5-spaced) that you might prefer for
% your personal copies:
%\setlength{\textbaselineskip}{18pt plus2pt minus1pt}

% You can set the spacing here for the roman-numbered pages
% (acknowledgements, table of contents, etc.)
\setlength{\frontmatterbaselineskip}{17pt plus1pt minus1pt}

% Leave this line alone; it gets things started for the real document.
\setlength{\baselineskip}{\textbaselineskip}

%%%%% CHOOSE YOUR SECTION NUMBERING DEPTH HERE
% You have two choices.  First, how far down are sections numbered?
% (Below that, they're named but
% don't get numbers.)  Second, what level of section appears in the
% table of contents?  These don't have
% to match: you can have numbered sections that don't show up in the
% ToC, or unnumbered sections that
% do.  Throughout, 0 = chapter; 1 = section; 2 = subsection; 3 =
% subsubsection, 4 = paragraph...

% The level that gets a number:
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{2}
% The level that shows up in the ToC:
\setcounter{tocdepth}{2}

%%%%% ABSTRACT SEPARATE
% This is used to create the separate, one-page abstract that you are
% required to hand into the Exam
% Schools.  You can comment it out to generate a PDF for printing or whatnot.
%% \begin{abstractseparate}
%%         \input{planText/abstract} % Create an abstract.tex file in
% the 'text' folder for your abstract.
%% \end{abstractseparate}

% JEM: Pages are roman numbered from here, though page numbers are
% invisible until ToC.  This is in
% keeping with most typesetting conventions.
\begin{romanpages}

  % Title page is created here
  \maketitle

  %%%%% DEDICATION -- If you'd like one, un-comment the following.
  %\begin{dedication}
  %This thesis is dedicated to\\
  %someone\\
  %for some special reason\\
  %\end{dedication}

  %%%%% ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Nothing to do here except comment out if
  % you don't want it.
  %% \begin{acknowledgements}
  %%         \input{planText/acknowledgements}
  %% \end{acknowledgements}

  %%%%% ABSTRACT -- Nothing to do here except comment out if you don't want it.
  %% \begin{abstract}
  %%         \input{planText/abstract}
  %% \end{abstract}

  %%%%% MINI TABLES
  % This lays the groundwork for per-chapter, mini tables of
  % contents.  Comment the following line
  % (and remove \minitoc from the chapter files) if you don't want
  % this.  Un-comment either of the
  % next two lines if you want a per-chapter list of figures or tables.
  \dominitoc % include a mini table of contents
  %\dominilof  % include a mini list of figures
  %\dominilot  % include a mini list of tables

  % This aligns the bottom of the text of each page.  It generally
  % makes things look better.
  \flushbottom

  % This is where the whole-document ToC appears:
  \tableofcontents

  %% \listoffigures
  %%         \mtcaddchapter
  % \mtcaddchapter is needed when adding a non-chapter (but
  % chapter-like) entity to avoid confusing minitoc

  % Uncomment to generate a list of tables:
  %\listoftables
  %  \mtcaddchapter

  %%%%% LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  % This example includes a list of abbreviations.  Look at
  % text/abbreviations.tex to see how that file is
  % formatted.  The template can handle any kind of list though, so
  % this might be a good place for a
  % glossary, etc.
  %\include{planText/abbreviations}

  % The Roman pages, like the Roman Empire, must come to its inevitable close.
\end{romanpages}

%%%%% CHAPTERS
% Add or remove any chapters you'd like here, by file name (excluding '.tex'):
\flushbottom
\include{planText/background}
\include{planText/objectives}
\include{planText/methodology}
\include{planText/schedule}
\include{planText/knowledgeTransfer}
\include{planText/dataManagement}

%% APPENDICES %%
% Starts lettered appendices, adds a heading in table of contents, and adds a
%    page that just says "Appendices" to signal the end of your main text.
\startappendices
% Add or remove any appendices you'd like here:
\include{planText/updateYear2}

%%%%% REFERENCES

% JEM: Quote for the top of references (just like a chapter quote if
% you're using them).  Comment to skip.
%% \begin{savequote}[8cm]
%% The first kind of intellectual and artistic personality belongs to
% the hedgehogs, the second to the foxes \dots
%%   \qauthor{--- Sir Isaiah Berlin \cite{berlin_hedgehog_2013}}
%% \end{savequote}

\setlength{\baselineskip}{0pt} % JEM: Single-space References

{\renewcommand*\MakeUppercase[1]{#1}%
\printbibliography[heading=bibintoc,title={\bibtitle}]}

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planFigures/plan.png — binary, 629 KB

planText/background.tex · 1 KB
\chapter{\label{ch:background}Background}

You should establish the context to, and rationale for, your research
based on a reading of the relevant academic literature. Where
possible, cite relevant authors and their studies, and explain how
this research builds on your previous academic work. You should
discuss the intellectual importance of your work, its contribution to
your subject area and its originality.

Some tips for the chapter Background include the following:
%
\begin{itemize}
\item Describe the current state of the art.  Why is this research needed?
\item Outline previous work in this field (i.e., literature search).
\item How would the results of the proposed research fill this need
  and be beneficial?
\item Do not forget to cite all your references, for example
  Ref.~\cite{foot_demographics_2000}.
\end{itemize}
%

You can further subdivide this chapter in three sections:
e.g., Introduction, State of the art and Motivation.

Finally, remember than sometimes a figure can be used to better
illustrate and summarise an abstract concept (see
Fig.~\ref{fig:plan}).

\begin{figure}
\centering\includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{planFigures/plan.png}
\caption{Example of figure.}
\label{fig:plan}\end{figure}


\section{\label{sec:introduction}Introduction}


\section{\label{sec:stateOfTheArt}State of the art}


\section{\label{sec:Motivation}Motivation}
planText/dataManagement.tex · 1 KB
\chapter{\label{ch:dataManagement}Data management plan}

The UPC academic regulations for doctoral studies require the research
plan to include a data management plan (DMP).  The DMP describes the
life cycle of the data collected, generated and processed during your
thesis (including source code), and how you will make them findable,
accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR).

Some tips for the chapter Data management plan include the following:
%
\begin{itemize}
\item You can use the eiNa DMP tool developed by CSUC, which provides
  a template for PhD students.
\item Describe the origin, type, format and expected volume of your
  data.  Preferably use open formats (e.g., CSV, TXT).
\item If your research involves personal or sensitive data, your DMP
  must be reviewed by the UPC Ethics Committee.
\item State where your data will be stored during the thesis, how
  they will be documented, under which licenses they will be shared
  (e.g., CC~BY for data, MIT for code), and where they will be
  preserved afterwards.
\end{itemize}
%

You can divide this chapter into the following sections.

\section{\label{sec:dmpGeneral}General information}


\section{\label{sec:dmpCollection}Data collection}


\section{\label{sec:dmpStorage}Data storage and security}


\section{\label{sec:dmpDocumentation}Data documentation}


\section{\label{sec:dmpSharing}Data access, sharing and reuse}


\section{\label{sec:dmpPreservation}Data deposit and preservation}
planText/knowledgeTransfer.tex · 829 B
\chapter{\label{ch:knowledgeTransfer}Knowledge transfer}

Explain how the results of your research will be disseminated and
which research groups or institutions you expect to collaborate with
during your doctoral studies.

Some of the questions that should be answered include:
%
\begin{itemize}
\item Which journals, conferences and workshops are you targeting?
\item Will your results be made openly available (e.g., pre-prints
  on arXiv)?
\item Do you expect any patents or transfer agreements?
\item Which groups or institutions working in the same area will you
  collaborate with?  Do you plan any research stays?
\end{itemize}
%

You can divide this chapter into two sections: e.g., Dissemination
and Collaborations.

\section{\label{sec:dissemination}Dissemination}


\section{\label{sec:collaborations}Collaborations}
planText/methodology.tex · 2 KB
\chapter{\label{ch:methodology}Methodology}

This section needs to answer self-imposed questions and should reflect
that you have a good understanding of the problem and the barriers
that you may find in the path.



Some of the questions that should be answered include:
%
\begin{itemize}
\item What are the projects constraints (if any)?
\item What are the technical challenges and uncertainties?
\item What is your preferred approach and why?  
\item Explain your methodology to conduct the research and to obtain
  the stated objectives.
\end{itemize}
%

When relevant, you can have a section dedicated to the methods and
techniques and another to the facilities that you expect to use during
your studies.

\section{\label{sec:methods}Methods and techniques}

Explain how your approach to collecting and analysing information will
help you satisfy your aims and objectives. Potential data collection
methods and possible analytical techniques give a sense of the
direction of your research. Explain the choices behind case study
organisations or locations, as well as sampling strategies or
particular computer-based techniques.

\section{\label{sec:facilities}Facilities}

Explain the facilities to be used.  Some examples include:
%
\begin{itemize}
\item Is all the necessary hardware/software in place?
\item If not, how will it be acquired and how long will it take to put
  everything in place?
\item Does it have any budget implications?  Are they covered by PhD
  fundings?
\end{itemize}
%

If budget is important for your research project, then I recommend you
to dedicate a section to it within Chapter~\ref{ch:schedule} (see
Section~\ref{sec:budget}).
planText/objectives.tex · 743 B
\chapter{\label{ch:objectives}Objectives}

Mention the objectives of this research project.  If you feel it
necessary, add a section for each research objective in order to
provide more details.  Remember to set out the central aims and
research questions that guide your research:
%
\begin{quote}
What hypothesis or argument are you trying to explore and what
questions are you trying to answer?
\end{quote}
%

Set out your terms of reference clearly and precisely. These may cover
what you intend to achieve by the research in general and, more
specifically, how the research fits the background and the outcomes from
the project.


\section{\label{sec:firstObjective}First objective}


\section{\label{sec:secondObjective}Second objective}
planText/schedule.tex · 2 KB
\chapter{\label{ch:schedule}Programme schedule}

You do not need to produce a detailed time plan because research
projects always tend to evolve.  However, it is extremely useful to
explain in general terms what you are proposing to do, and when, in
order to get a sense of the scale of the task.  This is especially
important if you are proposing to undertake case study work or
fieldwork.

Remember that you will be expected to submit your thesis within three
years (six years for part-time students) so it is important to show a
feasible timeline.

You can divide this chapter into two sections if necessary: e.g.,
Timeline and Budget.

\section{\label{sec:timeline}Timeline}

You can include a Gantt chart like the one shown in
Fig.~\ref{fig:Gannt-chart}.  It will be very much appreciated by your
examiners.
%
\begin{sidewaysfigure}
  \begin{ganttchart}[
      vgrid={*{11}{gray, dotted}, *1{black, dashed},
      *{11}{gray, dotted}, *1{black, dashed}, *{11}{gray, dotted}},
      bar label node/.append style={
        align=left,
      text width=width("Obj. 2: Hardware portability?")}
    ]{1}{36}
    \gantttitle{Year 1}{12} \gantttitle{Year 2}{12} \gantttitle{Year 3}{12} \\
    \ganttbar{Obj. 1: Migration}{1}{8} \\
    \ganttbar{Obj. 2: Software verification}{6}{12} \\
    \ganttbar{Obj. 3: Hardware portability}{12}{30} \\
    \ganttbar{Obj. 4: Documentation}{30}{36}
  \end{ganttchart}
  \caption{\label{fig:Gannt-chart}Example of a Gantt chart.}
\end{sidewaysfigure}
%

\section{\label{sec:budget}Budget}

If budget is not key within your project, you can eliminate this
section and leave one entire chapter dedicated to the description of
your project timeline.
planText/updateYear2.tex · 1 KB
\chapter{\label{ch:updateYear2}Second year update}

At the beginning of your second year of doctoral studies, you will
need to defend your first research plan publicly, in front of a
committee.  The committee will assess it and provide extensive
feedback, suggestions as well as modifications.  After this very first
review, the research plan will be updated yearly.

My \emph{suggestion} is that you add each new update as an
\emph{appendix} to your first year, already validated research plan.
However, you are also free to consider this chapter as a regular one
and forget about appendices.

This \emph{first} appendix is to describe what you have done at the
end of your \emph{second} year of doctoral studies.  Hopefully, at the
end of the third year of your doctoral studies you will just be
writing your PhD thesis.

You can divide this chapter into two sections to explain, separately,
the work that you have completed during the second year and what you
expect to do the next year, respectively.


\section{\label{sec:progress2}Progress done}


\section{\label{sec:futurework2}Future work}

references.bib · 16 KB
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	year = {2005},
	pmid = {15699286},
	keywords = {angiogenesis, imaging, restenosis, stents, trials},
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}


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	number = {1},
	booktitle = {A {History} of the {Radiological} {Sciences}: {Diagnosis}},
	publisher = {Radiology Centennial, Inc.},
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	doi = {10.1161/01.CIR.49.6.1147},
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@book{harvey_exercitatio_1628,
	address = {Frankfort},
	edition = {1st},
	title = {Exercitatio {Anatomica} de {Motu} {Cordis} et {Sanguinis} in {Animalibus}},
	abstract = {WILLIAM HARVEY, whose epoch-making treatise announcing and demonstrating the circulation of the blood is here printed, was born at Folkestone, Kent, England, April 1, 1578. He was educated at the King{\textquoteright}s School, Canterbury, and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; and studied medicine on the Continent, receiving the degree of M.D. from the University of Padua. He took the same degree later at both the English universities. After his return to England he became Fellow of the College of Physicians, physician to St. Bartholomew{\textquoteright}s Hospital, and Lumleian lecturer at the College of Physicians. It was in this last capacity that he delivered, in 1616, the lectures in which he first gave public notice of his theories on the circulation of the blood. The notes of these lectures are still preserved in the British Museum.
  In 1618 Harvey was appointed physician extraordinary to James I, and he remained in close professional relations to the royal family until the close of the Civil War, being present at the battle of Edgehill. By mandate of Charles I, he was, for a short time, Warden of Merton College, Oxford (1645{\textendash}6), and, when he was too infirm to undertake the duties, he was offered the Presidency of the College of Physicians. He died on June 3, 1657.
  Harvey{\textquoteright}s famous {\textquotedblleft}Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus{\textquotedblright} was published in Latin at Frankfort in 1628. The discovery was received with great interest, and in his own country was accepted at once; on the Continent it won favor more slowly. Before his death, however, the soundness of his views was acknowledged by the medical profession throughout Europe, and {\textquotedblleft}it remains to this day the greatest of the discoveries of physiology, and its whole honor belongs to Harvey.{\textquotedblright}},
	language = {Latin},
	publisher = {Sumptibus Guilielmi Fitzeri},
	author = {Harvey, William},
	year = {1628},
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@book{berlin_hedgehog_2013,
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	title = {The {Hedgehog} and the {Fox}: {An} {Essay} on {Tolstoy}'s {View} of {History}},
	shorttitle = {The {Hedgehog} and the {Fox}},
	abstract = {"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." This ancient Greek aphorism, preserved in a fragment from the poet Archilochus, describes the central thesis of Isaiah Berlin's masterly essay on Leo Tolstoy and the philosophy of history, the subject of the epilogue to War and Peace. Although there have been many interpretations of the adage, Berlin uses it to mark a fundamental distinction between human beings who are fascinated by the infinite variety of things and those who relate everything to a central, all-embracing system. Applied to Tolstoy, the saying illuminates a paradox that helps explain his philosophy of history: Tolstoy was a fox, but believed in being a hedgehog. One of Berlin's most celebrated works, this extraordinary essay offers profound insights about Tolstoy, historical understanding, and human psychology. This new edition features a revised text that supplants all previous versions, English translations of the many passages in foreign languages, a new foreword in which Berlin biographer Michael Ignatieff explains the enduring appeal of Berlin's essay, and a new appendix that provides rich context, including excerpts from reviews and Berlin's letters, as well as a startling new interpretation of Archilochus's epigram.},
	language = {English},
	publisher = {Princeton University Press},
	author = {Berlin, Isaiah},
	editor = {Hardy, Henry},
	collaborator = {Ignatieff, Michael},
	month = jun,
	year = {2013}
}
thesis.tex · 11 KB
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% OXFORD THESIS TEMPLATE

% Use this template to produce a standard thesis that meets the
% Oxford University requirements for DPhil submission
%
% Originally by Keith A. Gillow ([email protected]), 1997
% Modified by Sam Evans ([email protected]), 2007
% Modified by John McManigle ([email protected]), 2015
% Modified by Pedro J. Martinez-Ferrer ([email protected]), 2022
%
% This version Copyright (C) 2022-2026 Pedro J. Martinez-Ferrer
%
% Broad permissions are granted to use, modify, and distribute this software
% as specified in the MIT License included in this distribution's LICENSE file.
%

% I've (John) tried to comment this file extensively, so read through
% it to see how to use the various options.  Remember
% that in LaTeX, any line starting with a % is NOT executed.  Several
% places below, you have a choice of which line to use
% out of multiple options (eg draft vs final, for PDF vs for binding,
% etc.)  When you pick one, add a % to the beginning of
% the lines you don't want.

%%%%% CHOOSE PAGE LAYOUT
% The most common choices should be below.  You can also do other
% things, like replacing "a4paper" with "letterpaper", etc.

% This one will format for two-sided binding (ie left and right pages
% have mirror margins; blank pages inserted where needed):
\documentclass[a4paper,twoside]{ociamthesis}
% This one will format for one-sided binding (ie left margin > right
% margin; no extra blank pages):
%\documentclass[a4paper]{ociamthesis}
% This one will format for PDF output (ie equal margins, no extra blank pages):
%\documentclass[a4paper,nobind]{ociamthesis}

%%%%% SELECT YOUR DRAFT OPTIONS
% Three options going on here; use in any combination.  But remember
% to turn the first two off before
% generating a PDF to send to the printer!

% This adds a "DRAFT" footer to every normal page.  (The first page
% of each chapter is not a "normal" page.)
\fancyfoot[C]{\emph{Draft compiled on \today}}

% This highlights (in blue) corrections marked with (for words)
% \mccorrect{blah} or (for whole
% paragraphs) \begin{mccorrection} . . . \end{mccorrection}.  This
% can be useful for sending a PDF of
% your corrected thesis to your examiners for review.  Turn it off,
% and the blue disappears.
\correctionstrue

%%%%% BIBLIOGRAPHY SETUP
% Note that your bibliography will require some tweaking depending on
% your department, preferred format, etc.
% The options included below are just very basic "sciencey" and
% "humanitiesey" options to get started.
% If you've not used LaTeX before, I recommend reading a little about
% biblatex/biber and getting started with it.
% If you're already a LaTeX pro and are used to natbib or something,
% modify as necessary.
% Either way, you'll have to choose and configure an appropriate
% bibliography format...

% The science-type option: numerical in-text citation with references
% in order of appearance.
\usepackage[style=numeric-comp, sorting=none, backend=biber,
doi=false, isbn=false]{biblatex}
\newcommand*{\bibtitle}{References}

% The humanities-type option: author-year in-text citation with an
% alphabetical works cited.
%\usepackage[style=authoryear, sorting=nyt, backend=biber,
% maxcitenames=2, useprefix, doi=false, isbn=false]{biblatex}
%\newcommand*{\bibtitle}{Works Cited}

% This makes the bibliography left-aligned (not 'justified') and
% slightly smaller font.
\renewcommand*{\bibfont}{\raggedright\small}

% Change this to the name of your .bib file (usually exported from a
% citation manager like Zotero or EndNote).
\addbibresource{references.bib}

% Uncomment this if you want equation numbers per section (2.3.12),
% instead of per chapter (2.18):
%\numberwithin{equation}{subsection}

%%%%% SETUP OF P.J. MARTINEZ-FERRER FIGURES
\usepackage{subfig} % subfloat
\captionsetup[subfloat]{position=top,
  farskip=5pt,topadjust=0pt,captionskip=5pt,
nearskip=5pt,margin=5pt}

\usepackage{rotating} % sideways

\def\imagecentered#1{$\vcenter{\null\hbox{#1}}$}

\newcommand{\martinezFerrerFigLabel}[6]{
  \begin{tabular}{@{}cc@{}}
    \begin{minipage}{0cm}
      \begin{sideways} \footnotesize #5~#6
      \end{sideways}
    \end{minipage}
    &
    \imagecentered{\includegraphics[width=#1]{#2}}
    \tabularnewline

    &
    \footnotesize #3~#4
    \tabularnewline
  \end{tabular}
}

%%%%% SETUP OF ALGORITHMS, CODES, ETC.
\usepackage[linesnumbered,ruled,vlined,resetcount,algochapter]{algorithm2e}
% Algorithms

\usepackage{minted}  % Coloured code snippets

\usepackage{listings}  % Listings
\renewcommand{\listingscaption}{Code}
\renewcommand{\listoflistingscaption}{List of Codes}
\AtBeginDocument{
  \renewcommand\thelisting{\arabic{chapter}.\arabic{listing}}
}

%%%%% THESIS / TITLE PAGE INFORMATION
% Everybody needs to complete the following:
\title{Suitably impressive thesis title}
\author{Your Name}
\university{
  Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya --- BarcelonaTech (UPC)\\
Departament d'Arquitectura de Computadors (DAC)}
\degree{Doctor of Philosophy}
\firstSupervisor{First Supervisor Name}
\secondSupervisor{Second Supervisor Name}
\degreedate{5 October 2026} % Term and year of submission, or date if
% your board requires (eg most masters)

% Master's candidates who require the alternate title page (with
% candidate number and word count)
% must also un-comment and complete the following three lines:
%\masterssubmissiontrue
%\candidateno{933516}
%\wordcount{28,815}

% Uncomment the following line if your degree also includes exams (eg
% most masters):
%\renewcommand{\submittedtext}{Submitted in partial completion of the}
% Your full degree name.  (But remember that DPhils aren't "in"
% anything.  They're just DPhils.)

%%%%% YOUR OWN PERSONAL MACROS
% This is a good place to dump your own LaTeX macros as they come up.

% To make text superscripts shortcuts
\renewcommand{\th}{\textsuperscript{th}} % ex: I won 4\th place
\newcommand{\nd}{\textsuperscript{nd}}
\renewcommand{\st}{\textsuperscript{st}}
\newcommand{\rd}{\textsuperscript{rd}}

%%%%% THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT STARTS HERE
\begin{document}

%% %%%%% SETUP OF ALGORITHMS, CODES, ETC.
%% \renewcommand{\thelstlisting}{\thechapter.\arabic{lstlisting}}

%%%%% CHOOSE YOUR LINE SPACING HERE
% This is the official option.  Use it for your submission copy and
% library copy:
\setlength{\textbaselineskip}{22pt plus2pt}
% This is closer spacing (about 1.5-spaced) that you might prefer for
% your personal copies:
%\setlength{\textbaselineskip}{18pt plus2pt minus1pt}

% You can set the spacing here for the roman-numbered pages
% (acknowledgements, table of contents, etc.)
\setlength{\frontmatterbaselineskip}{17pt plus1pt minus1pt}

% Leave this line alone; it gets things started for the real document.
\setlength{\baselineskip}{\textbaselineskip}

%%%%% CHOOSE YOUR SECTION NUMBERING DEPTH HERE
% You have two choices.  First, how far down are sections numbered?
% (Below that, they're named but
% don't get numbers.)  Second, what level of section appears in the
% table of contents?  These don't have
% to match: you can have numbered sections that don't show up in the
% ToC, or unnumbered sections that
% do.  Throughout, 0 = chapter; 1 = section; 2 = subsection; 3 =
% subsubsection, 4 = paragraph...

% The level that gets a number:
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{2}
% The level that shows up in the ToC:
\setcounter{tocdepth}{2}

%%%%% ABSTRACT SEPARATE
% This is used to create the separate, one-page abstract that you are
% required to hand into the Exam
% Schools.  You can comment it out to generate a PDF for printing or whatnot.
\begin{abstractseparate}
  \input{thesisText/abstract} % Create an abstract.tex file in the
  % 'text' folder for your abstract.
\end{abstractseparate}

% JEM: Pages are roman numbered from here, though page numbers are
% invisible until ToC.  This is in
% keeping with most typesetting conventions.
\begin{romanpages}

  % Title page is created here
  \maketitle

  %%%%% DEDICATION -- If you'd like one, un-comment the following.
  %\begin{dedication}
  %This thesis is dedicated to\\
  %someone\\
  %for some special reason\\
  %\end{dedication}

  %%%%% ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Nothing to do here except comment out if
  % you don't want it.
  \begin{acknowledgements}
    \input{thesisText/acknowledgements}
  \end{acknowledgements}

  %%%%% ABSTRACT -- Nothing to do here except comment out if you don't want it.
  \begin{abstract}
    \input{thesisText/abstract}
  \end{abstract}

  %%%%% MINI TABLES
  % This lays the groundwork for per-chapter, mini tables of
  % contents.  Comment the following line
  % (and remove \minitoc from the chapter files) if you don't want
  % this.  Un-comment either of the
  % next two lines if you want a per-chapter list of figures or tables.
  \dominitoc % include a mini table of contents
  %\dominilof  % include a mini list of figures
  %\dominilot  % include a mini list of tables

  % This aligns the bottom of the text of each page.  It generally
  % makes things look better.
  \flushbottom

  % This is where the whole-document ToC appears:
  \tableofcontents

  \listoffigures
  \mtcaddchapter
  % \mtcaddchapter is needed when adding a non-chapter (but
  % chapter-like) entity to avoid confusing minitoc

  % Uncomment to generate a list of tables:
  \listoftables
  \mtcaddchapter

  %%%%% LIST OF ALGORITHMS
  % Uncomment to generate a list of listings (i.e., codes):
  \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Algorithms}
  \listofalgorithms

  %%%%% LIST OF LISTINGS (CODES)
  % Uncomment to generate a list of listings (i.e., codes):
  \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Codes}
  \listoflistings

  %%%%% LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  % This example includes a list of abbreviations.  Look at
  % text/abbreviations.tex to see how that file is
  % formatted.  The template can handle any kind of list though, so
  % this might be a good place for a
  % glossary, etc.
  \include{thesisText/abbreviations}

  % The Roman pages, like the Roman Empire, must come to its inevitable close.
\end{romanpages}

%%%%% CHAPTERS
% Add or remove any chapters you'd like here, by file name (excluding '.tex'):
\flushbottom
\include{thesisText/introduction}
\include{thesisText/background}

%% APPENDICES %%
% Starts lettered appendices, adds a heading in table of contents, and adds a
%    page that just says "Appendices" to signal the end of your main text.
\startappendices
% Add or remove any appendices you'd like here:
\include{thesisText/appendixCardiac}

%%%%% REFERENCES

% JEM: Quote for the top of references (just like a chapter quote if
% you're using them).  Comment to skip.
\begin{savequote}[8cm]
  The first kind of intellectual and artistic personality belongs to
  the hedgehogs, the second to the foxes \dots
  \qauthor{--- Sir Isaiah Berlin \cite{berlin_hedgehog_2013}}
\end{savequote}

\setlength{\baselineskip}{0pt} % JEM: Single-space References

{\renewcommand*\MakeUppercase[1]{#1}%
\printbibliography[heading=bibintoc,title={\bibtitle}]}

\end{document}

thesisFigures/Gray498.png — binary, 60 KB

thesisFigures/fa_density_colour.pdf — binary, 16 KB

thesisFigures/fa_temperature_bw.pdf — binary, 16 KB

thesisText/abbreviations.tex · 378 B
% First parameter can be changed eg to "Glossary" or something.
% Second parameter is the max length of bold terms.
\begin{mclistof}{List of Abbreviations}{3.2cm}

\item[1-D, 2-D] One- or two-dimensional, referring in this thesis to spatial dimensions in an image.

\item[Otter] One of the finest of water mammals.

\item[Hedgehog] Quite a nice prickly friend.

\end{mclistof} 
thesisText/abstract.tex · 2 KB
Your abstract text goes here.  Check your departmental regulations, but generally this should be less than 300 words.  See the beginning of Chapter~\ref{ch:background} for more.

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thesisText/acknowledgements.tex · 3 KB
\subsection*{Personal}

This is where you thank your advisor, colleagues, and family and friends.

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\subsection*{Institutional}

If you want to separate out your thanks for funding and institutional support, I don't think there's any rule against it.  Of course, you could also just remove the subsections and do one big traditional acknowledgement section.

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thesisText/appendixCardiac.tex · 16 KB
\begin{savequote}[8cm]
\textlatin{Cor animalium, fundamentum e\longs t vitæ, princeps omnium, Microco\longs mi Sol, a quo omnis vegetatio dependet, vigor omnis \& robur emanat.}

The heart of animals is the foundation of their life, the sovereign of everything within them, the sun of their microcosm, that upon which all growth depends, from which all power proceeds.
  \qauthor{--- William Harvey \cite{harvey_exercitatio_1628}}
\end{savequote}

\chapter{\label{app:cardiophys}Review of Cardiac Physiology and Electrophysiology}

\minitoc

Appendices are just like chapters.  Their sections and subsections get numbered and included in the table of contents; figures and equations and tables added up, etc.

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\section{Anatomy}
\label{sec:anatomy}

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\section{Mechanical Cycle}

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\section{Electrical Cycle}
\label{sec:electcycle}

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\section{Cellular Electromechanical Coupling}
\label{sec:electromech}

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\begin{savequote}[8cm]
Alles Gescheite ist schon gedacht worden.\\
Man muss nur versuchen, es noch einmal zu denken.

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought;\\
what is necessary is only to try to think them again.
  \qauthor{--- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe \cite{von_goethe_wilhelm_1829}}
\end{savequote}

\chapter{\label{ch:background}Background}

\minitoc

\section{Introduction}

This document introduction won't serve as a complete primer on \LaTeX.  There are plenty of those online, and googling your questions will often get you answers, especially from \url{http://tex.stackexchange.com}.

Instead, let's talk a little about a few of the features and packages lumped into this template situation.  The \verb|savequote| environment at the beginning of chapters can add some wittiness to your thesis.  If you don't like the quotes, just remove that block.

For when it comes time to do corrections, there are two useful commands here.  First, the \verb|mccorrect| command allows you to highlight a short correction \mccorrect{like this one}.  When the thesis is typeset normally, the correction will just appear as part of the text.  However, when you declare \verb|\correctionstrue| in the main \verb|Oxford_Thesis.tex| file, that correction will be highlighted in blue.  That might be useful for submitting a post-viva, corrected copy to your examiners so they can quickly verify you've completed the task.

\begin{mccorrection}
For larger chunks, like this paragraph or indeed entire figures, you can use the \verb|mccorrection| environment.  This environment highlights paragraph-sized and larger blocks with the same blue colour.
\end{mccorrection}

Read through the \verb|Oxford_Thesis.tex| file to see the various options for one- and two-sided printing, including or excluding the separate abstract page, and turning corrections and draft footer on or off, and the separate option to centre your text on the page (for PDF submission) or offset it (for binding).  There is also a separate option for master's degree submissions, which changes identifying information to candidate number and includes a word count.  (Unfortunately, \LaTeX has a hard time doing word counts automatically, so you'll have to enter the count manually if you require this.)

\section{Cardiac Imaging}\label{app:imaging}

Within months of Röntgen's discovery of the X-ray in \mccorrect{1895}\cite{gagliardi_rontgen_1996}, cardiac pathology was being investigated via non-invasive imaging \cite{gagliardi_cardiac_1996}.  Over the intervening years, cardiac imaging modalities and techniques have advanced significantly.  Clinically, cardiac imaging is used for two broad purposes: diagnosis of pathophysiology and guidance of interventional procedures.  These applications impose different requirements on imaging equipment, image acquisition time, computational complexity, spatial and temporal resolution, and tissue discrimination.  The common diagnostic and interventional cardiac imaging techniques in current clinical practice are reviewed below.  An accessible introduction to the physics of medical imaging can be found in Webb's \textit{Introduction to Biomedical Imaging} \cite{webb_introduction_2002}.  A comprehensive overview of the use of imaging in clinical cardiology is presented in Leeson's \textit{Cardiovascular Imaging} \cite{leeson_cardiovascular_2011}.

\subsection{Diagnostic Imaging}
\label{sub:diagnostic}

Beyond the chest X-ray (`plain film'), the key non-invasive imaging modalities in diagnostic cardiology are echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and X-ray computed tomography, which are reviewed below.  Nuclear medicine, including positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), are not discussed here, as they do not play a role in the chapters to follow.

\subsubsection{Echocardiography}

\begin{figure}
\centering\includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{thesisFigures/Gray498.png}
\caption[Four-chamber illustration of the human heart.]{Four-chamber illustration of the human heart.  Clockwise from upper-left: right atrium, left atrium, left ventricle, right ventricle.}
\label{fig:fourchamber}\end{figure}

The use of acoustic waves for medical diagnosis, inspired by naval sonar, was initially developed in the 1940s \cite{gagliardi_ultrasonography_1996}.  By 1954, the first clinically useful cardiac ultrasound -- examining motion of the mitral valve in stenosis -- was reported \cite{edler_ultrasonic_1957}.  These early scans were one-dimensional images (`A-mode'), sometimes repeated to generate a time axis (`M-mode').   The sector-scanning probe was developed in the 1970s \cite{bom_ultrasonic_1971,griffith_sector_1974}, leading to the `B-mode' that a modern cardiologist would recognise as an echocardiogram.
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\begin{savequote}[8cm]
\textlatin{Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit...}

There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain...
  \qauthor{--- Cicero's \textit{de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum}}
\end{savequote}

\chapter{\label{ch:introduction}Introduction}

\minitoc



\section{Motivation}

Equation~\eqref{eq:scalar-variance-Zm-2} is just an example of how to include professional scientific equations in your PhD thesis:
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\newcommand*{\pd}[3][]{\frac{\partial^{#1}#2}{\partial{#3}^{#1}}} % partial derivative
\begin{equation}
  \begin{split}
    \epsilon_{z} = - \langle \rho D \pd{z}{x_k} \pd{z''}{x_k} \rangle = &
     \langle \rho D \pd{z}{x_k} \rangle \pd{\langle z \rangle_{\rm f}}{x_k}
     - \langle \rho D \pd{z}{x_k} \pd{z}{x_k} \rangle = \\
     & \underbrace{ \langle \rho D \pd{z}{x_k} \rangle \pd{\langle z \rangle_{\rm f}}{x_k} }_{\rm{I}}
    \underbrace{- \langle \rho D \pd{\langle z \rangle_{\rm f}}{x_k} \pd{\langle z \rangle_{\rm f}}{x_k} \rangle}_{\rm{II}} \\
    & \underbrace{- 2 \langle \rho D \pd{z''}{x_k} \rangle \pd{\langle z \rangle_{\rm f}}{x_k}}_{\rm{III}}
    \underbrace{- \langle \rho D \pd{z''}{x_k} \pd{z''}{x_k} \rangle}_{\rm{IV}} ,
  \end{split}
  \label{eq:scalar-variance-Zm-2}
\end{equation}
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Figure~\ref{fig:mean-variables} is just an example of how to include professional figures in your PhD thesis:
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\begin{figure}[tbh]
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  \centering
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  \subfloat[]{
    \martinezFerrerFigLabel{0.4\textwidth}{./thesisFigures/fa_density_colour}
    {$x_2$}{[m]}
    {$\langle \rho \rangle - \rho_1$}{[kg/m$^3$]}
  }
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  \subfloat[]{
    \martinezFerrerFigLabel{0.4\textwidth}{./thesisFigures/fa_temperature_bw}
    {$x_2$}{[m]}
    {$\langle T \rangle - T_1$}{[K]}
  }
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  \caption{Averaged profiles of (a)~density and (b)~temperature.}
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  \label{fig:mean-variables}
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\end{figure}
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Code~\ref{code:pi} is just an example of how to include professional code snippets in your PhD thesis:
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\begin{listing}[htbp]
\small
\begin{minted}[frame=single,linenos]{C}
static long int num_steps = 100000;

void main () {
  double x, pi, sum = 0.0, step = 1.0/(double) num_steps;
  for(long int i = 0; i < num_steps; ++i) {
    x = (i + 0.5)*step;
    sum += 4.0/(1.0 + x*x);
  }
  pi = step*sum;
}
\end{minted}
\caption{Computation of the number pi ($\pi$).}\label{code:pi}
\end{listing}
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Algorithm~\ref{alg:CG-NB} is just an example of how to include professional algorithms in your PhD thesis:
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\begin{algorithm}[tbh]
\caption{Conjugate gradient, nonblocking algorithm (CG-NB).}\label{alg:CG-NB}
\small
\DontPrintSemicolon
\SetKwInOut{myIn}{Input}
\SetKwInOut{myInOut}{Input/Output}
\SetKwInOut{buffers}{Buffers}
\myIn{sparse matrix {\bf A}.}
\myInOut{vectors {\bf x}, and {\bf b}.}
\buffers{vectors {\bf p}, ({\bf A} $\cdot$ {\bf p}), and ({\bf A} $\cdot$ {\bf r}).}
\BlankLine
\PrintSemicolon
${\bf r}_0 \leftarrow {\bf b} - {\bf A} \cdot {\bf x}_0$, ${\bf p}_0 \leftarrow {\bf r}_0$, $\alpha_0 := \alpha_{{\rm n},0} / \alpha_{{\rm d},0} \leftarrow {\bf r}_0 \cdot {\bf r}_0 / ( ({\bf A} \cdot {\bf p}_0) \cdot {\bf p}_0 )$\;
\For{$i \leftarrow 0, 1, \ldots$}{
  \lIf(\tcp*[f]{Residual check}){$\sqrt{\alpha_{{\rm n},i-1}} < \epsilon$}{break}
  ${\bf r}_i \leftarrow {\bf r}_{i-1} - \alpha_{i-1} {\bf A} \cdot {\bf p}_{i-1}$\;
  $\alpha_{{\rm n},i} := {\bf r}_i \cdot {\bf r}_i$\tcp*[r]{Update numerator}
  ${\bf A} \cdot {\bf p}_i \leftarrow {\bf A} \cdot {\bf r}_i + \frac{\alpha_{{\rm n},i}}{\alpha_{{\rm n},i-1}} {\bf A} \cdot {\bf p}_{i-1}$\;
  ${\bf p}_i \leftarrow {\bf r}_i + \frac{\alpha_{{\rm n},i}}{\alpha_{{\rm n},i-1}} {\bf p}_{i-1}$\;
  $\alpha_{{\rm d},i} := ({\bf A} \cdot {\bf p}_i) \cdot {\bf p}_i$\tcp*[r]{Update denominator}
  ${\bf x}_i \leftarrow {\bf x}_{i-1} - \frac{\alpha^2_{{\rm n},i-1}}{\alpha_{{\rm d},i-1} \cdot \alpha_{{\rm n},i}} ({\bf p}_{i} - {\bf r}_{i})$\;
}
${\bf x}_{i+1} \leftarrow {\bf x}_i - \alpha_i {\bf p}_i$\tcp*[r]{Final solution}
\end{algorithm}
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Table~\ref{tab:sparsemem} is just an example of how to include professional tables in your PhD thesis:
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\begin{table}[htbp]
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\centering
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  \caption{Memory footprints associated with different sparse matrix formats.}
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  \begin{tabular}{ccccc}
    \toprule
    Format & Buffers & Addresses & Values & MB/M$r$ \\
    \midrule
    COO & 3 & $2n$ & $n$ & 168  \\
    LDU & 5 & $n-r$ & $n$ & 104 \\
    LDU-CSR & 7 & $n+r+2$ & $n$ & 120 \\
    CSR & 3 & $n+r+1$ & $n$ & 120 \\
    MSR & 4 & $n+1$ & $n$ & 112 \\
    \bottomrule
  \end{tabular}
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  \label{tab:sparsemem}
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\end{table}
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The rapid advance of minimally-invasive cardiac procedures promises improvements in patient safety, procedure efficacy, and access to treatment.  While percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has become routine and highly effective \cite{bravata_systematic_2007}, catheter procedures in areas such as electrophysiology (EP) and valve replacement are still coming of age.  This progress is driven by demographics and the improvement in general cardiac care, as patients surviving initial cardiac events go on to require treatment for sequelae \cite{foot_demographics_2000}.  The growing need for advanced treatment is being answered by developments in catheter technology and procedures.  These tools are continually advancing to access and manipulate an ever-broader range of anatomy \cite{sousa_new_2005}.

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\section{Contribution}

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