LaTeX class for Informatics theses

This LaTeX class provides a document class for typesetting Informatics dissertations.

This is a fork of the infthesis.cls file as found on Informatics DICE machines, however, this class file has been patched in various ways to make it more flexible. See the computing support website for instructions on how to obtain the original class file and a basic usage example.

Changes against upstream

This class file contains the following changes over the original class file:

• Listing of multiple institutions, e.g. using \documentclass[phd,lfcs,icsa]{infthesis} lists both LFCS and ICSA as institutions on the titlepage.
• Document class options for listing affiliated CDT alongside institution on titlepage. The following four CDTs are available: Data Science (cdtds), Pervasive Paralleism (cdtppar), Robotics and Autonomous Systems (cdtras), and Natural Language Processing (cdtnlp).
• Lay summary environment. Use \begin{laysummary}\end{laysummary} to add a lay summary page.
• Automatic insertion of author name in custom declarations, e.g. \begin{declaration}\end{declaration} will insert the author name like \standarddeclaration (aside: \standarddeclaration is now implemented in terms of the declaration environment).

Dependencies

The document class requires the following packages:

• ifthen
• graphics
• xspace
• eushield

The only nonstandard LaTeX package is eushield, which provides various versions of the university's crest. The eushield package is not distributed along with this class. You can obtain a copy of it via Informatics DReaM. For the package to work correctly you should also obtain the following necessary copies of the university crest (see the next section for an automated installation):

• eushield.eps
• eushield-normal.{pdf,ps}
• eushield-noback.{pdf,ps}
• eushield-reversed.{pdf,ps}
• eushield-twocolour.{pdf,ps}
• eushield-fullcolour.{pdf,ps}

Note usage of the university's crest or logos is subject to the brand guidelines. Please make sure you follow the brand guidelines.

Other useful logos

You may want to use some of the common logos with infthesis.cls

• UoE Informatics logos
• UoE CDT PPar logos
• EPSRC logos

Usage is subject to the brand guidelines as stated on each site. Please make sure you follow them.

Simple local installation

This class file is bundled with an Makefile installation script. To install the class file

$ make install

To download and install the required eushield type

$ make install-eushield

Use the following command to acquire and install the common logos

$ make install-logo-{inf,cdtppar,epsrc}

Specifying installation directory

By default the class file, eushield, and logos are installed under $HOME/.texmf. You may change the installation directory by setting the INSTDIR variable. For example, to install the class file under the directory foo type

$ INSTDIR=foo make install

Uninstallation

Each installation rule has a corresponding uninstallation rule. For example you can use uninstall rule to uninstall the class file from its default installation location, i.e.

$ make uninstall

Note if you used a custom installation location, then you should set INSTDIR before uninstalling. For example, if you installed the class file under the directory foo then you should INSTDIR=foo, i.e.

$ INSTDIR=foo make uninstall

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