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% Document: Sample candidacy document
% Author: Mike Smit
% 
% This document is a starting point for a candidacy document.
% The current text includes advice and information about your
% candidacy.
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\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper]{article} 



% Some useful packages
% math
\usepackage{amsmath}
% pretty colors
\usepackage{color}
% nicer urls that break at the end of the page
\usepackage{url}
% every document needs images
\usepackage{graphicx}


%let's fiddle with the default margins to save some trees
%this makes the odd side margin go to the default of 1inch
\oddsidemargin 0.0in 
%sets the textwidth to 6.5, which leaves 1 for the remaining right margin with 8 1/2X11inch paper 
\textwidth 6.5in
% less white space, please!
\headheight 0.0in
% shift everything up
\topmargin -0.5in
\footskip .6in
% text should take up all but a 1'' margin
\textheight 9.0in



% Define some shortcuts for things I want to use.
% Use them like, for example:
% \begin{hypothesis}Lettuce causes brain damage.\end{hypothesis}
% Numbering & formatting will happen automatically.
\newtheorem{hypothesis}{Hypothesis}
\newtheorem{task}{Task}
\newtheorem{contribution}{Contribution}


% Shortcuts: allows you to use limited markup when editing/collaborating.
% \comment{This section needs to be rewritten.}
\def\ask#1{\textcolor{red}{\bf $\langle\langle$Question:\ #1$\rangle\rangle$}}
\def\comment#1{\textcolor{red}{\bf $\langle\langle$Comment:\ #1$\rangle\rangle$}}


% This imitates the Wikipedia ``Citation Needed'' text; use it as a temporary
% marker for things you need to cite.
\def\citationneeded{$^{\textcolor{blue}{\text{[citation needed]}}}$ }

% format et al.
\def\etal{\textit{et al.}}
\def\ie{\textit{i.e.}}
\def\eg{\textit{e.g.}}

\title{Sample Candidacy Document} 
\author{Michael Smit} 


\begin{document} 

% Generate Title Page
\maketitle

% these makes the title page be only a title page, the paper will start on the next page. 
% Remove it to save even more trees.
\thispagestyle{empty}
\clearpage




\begin{abstract}
This document is an optional candidacy template for use in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta.  Some useful commands are provided and documented.

\end{abstract}

% this dumps the abstract on a front page all by itself.
\clearpage


%Three potential tables: Table of Contents, Table of Tables, Table of Figures.
\tableofcontents
\clearpage

\listoftables
\clearpage

\listoffigures
\clearpage



\section{Introduction}
\label{intro}

This \LaTeX{} template is intended to help you get started writing your candidacy.  It is not a \LaTeX{} tutorial, though it will document some useful commands, \eg{} the \textbackslash eg command.  There are also commands for \ie{} and \etal{} for your convenience.



\clearpage 
\section{Methodology}
\label{methodology}

Suggestion: Before you sit down and actually write this document, meet with your supervisor or even better your supervisory committee and establish what they expect from your candidacy defense.  Do they want a proposal? A comprehensive literature review? Early results?  You can then write an outline (this one is just one of many possible outlines) and see what your supervisor thinks.

\subsection{A sample subsection}
You should also make yourself familiar with the candidacy process.  At present, you'll find this on the Grad World page, \url{http://moodle.cs.ualberta.ca/mod/resource/view.php?id=7701}.

\subsubsection{A sample subsubsection}
You can, if you wish, cite previous papers you have written \cite{self-citation}, or include entire portions of them.


\clearpage
\section{Background and Related Work}
\label{bg}

We extend the \LaTeX{} theorem environment\citationneeded to allow you to add numbered and formatted Hypothesis, Task, and Contribution sections.

\begin{hypothesis}\label{lettuce}
Lettuce causes brain damage.
\end{hypothesis}

\begin{task}
Prove the truth of Hypothesis~\ref{lettuce}.
\end{task}

\begin{contribution}
A methodology and tool for causing brain damage in mice.
\end{contribution}

\begin{hypothesis}
Mice don't like scientists.
\end{hypothesis}


\clearpage
\section{Evaluation}
\label{evaluation}

You should probably have some sort of plan to evaluate / validate / prove / ... your work.  Experiment design, possible avenues for proofs, really anything to demonstrate your work is correct/valid/useful.

\comment{Though of course, this section is not required.}

In some cases, it may be more convenient to propose an evaluation method as you describe each task in your methodology.

\ask{In what circumstances would we accept work that would NOT be evaluated in some way?}



\clearpage
\section{Contributions and Timeline}
\label{timeline}

Your candidacy is really a proposal, and a lot of candidacy committees will want to see your plan and decide if it is feasible.  This is a nice place for the \textbackslash begin\{task\} environment.




\clearpage
% By default the References section does not appear in the table of contents.  THis line adds it.
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{References}
% Generate references; using the latex default.
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{candidacy-template}

\end{document}












