Graduate Teaching 2011/2012

Publishing Scientific Papers with LaTeX/BibTeX

The aim of this course is to tech graduate students how to use LaTeX/BibTeX to typeset their research results. No previous knowledge/experience of LaTeX is expected. The course consists of three half-day sessions. Registration is handled by the Graduate School. There are 2 runs scheduled for the academic year 2011/2012:

First Run

Date: Wednesday 9th November 2011 Time: 9.30am-1pm Room: DMS Watson Teaching Cluster	Session 1 Introduction to LaTeX
Date: Thursday 10th November 2011 Time: 9.30am-1pm Room: DMS Watson Teaching Cluster	Session 2 Advanced LaTeX Part I
Date: Friday 11th November 2011 Time: 9.30am-1pm Room: DMS Watson Teaching Cluster	Session 3 Advanced LaTeX Part II and BibTeX

Second Run

Date: Monday 26th March 2012 Time: 9.30am-1pm Room: DMS Watson Teaching Cluster	Session 1 Introduction to LaTeX
Date: Tuesday 27th March 2012 Time: 9.30am-1pm Room: DMS Watson Teaching Cluster	Session 2 Advanced LaTeX Part I
Date: Wednesday 28th March 2012 Time: 9.30am-1pm Room: DMS Watson Teaching Cluster	Session 3 Advanced LaTeX Part II and BibTeX

Session 1 - Introduction to LaTeX
      What is LaTeX/TeX
      Getting Started
      Structure of a LaTeX Document
             - Document Class
             - Page Style
             - Page Layout
             - Parts of the Document
      Basic Formatting Tools
             - Displaying Text

Session 2 - Advanced LaTeX Part I
      Formatting Tools
             - Footnotes and Marginal Notes
      Tables
      Mathematical Formulae
      Graphics Inclusion

Session 3 - Advanced LaTeX Part II and BibTeX
      User Customisation
             - User-defined Commands
             - User-defined Environments
      What is BibTeX
             - Managing Citations
             - BibTeX Program
             - BibTeX Database Format
      Latex Styles
             - ACM, IEEE, LNCS
             - UCL PhD Thesis

Recommended books

The LaTeX Companion, 2nd Edition. By F. Mittelbach, M. Goossens, J. Braams, D. Carlisle, C. Rowley. Addison Wesley.
Guide to LaTeX, 4th Edition. By H. Kopka, P. W. Daly. Addison Wesley.
The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e. By T. Oetiker, H. Partl, I. Hyna, E. Schlegl.