Sample LaTeX Thesis -- cover.tex

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\title{A Sample Thesis}

\author{J. Random User}
\department{Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science}
% If the thesis is for two degrees simultaneously, list them both separated by
%% \and like this: 
% \degree{Doctor of Philosophy \and Master of Science} 
\degree{Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering}
\degreemonth{May}
\degreeyear{1991}
\thesisdate{May 18, 1991}

%% By default, the thesis will be copyrighted to MIT.  If you need to
%% copyright the thesis to yourself, just specify the `vi' documentstyle
%% option.  If for some reason you want to exactly specify the copyright 
%% notice text, you can use the \copyrightnoticetext command.  
%\copyrightnoticetext{\copyright IBM, 1990.  Do not open till Xmas.}

% If there is more than one supervisor, use the \supervisor command once for
%% each. 
\supervisor{William J. Dally}{Associate Professor}

% this is the department committee chairman, not the thesis committee chairman
\chairman{Leonard A. Gould}{Chairman, Departmental Committee on Graduate
Students} 

% Make the titlepage based on the above information.  If you need something
% special and can't use the standard form, you can specify the exact text of
% the titlepage yourself.  Put it in a titlepage environment and leave blank
% lines where you want vertical space. The spaces will be adjusted to fill
% the entire page. The dotted lines for the signatures are made with the
% \signature command.  
\maketitle

% The abstractpage environment sets up everything on the page except the
% text itself.  The title and other header material are put at the top
% of the page, and the supervisors are listed at the bottom.  A new page
% is begun both before and after.  Of course, an abstract may be more
% than one page itself.  If you need more control over the format of the
% page, you can use the abstract environment, which puts the word
% "Abstract" at the beginning and single spaces its text.   

%% You can either \input (*not* \include) your abstract file, or you can put
%% the text of the abstract directly between the \begin{abstractpage} and
%% \end{abstractpage} commands.

% First copy: start a new page, and save the page number.
\newpage
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{savepage}{\thepage}
\begin{abstractpage}
\input{abstract}
\end{abstractpage}
\newpage

% Second copy: start a new page, and reset the page number.  This way,
% the second copy of the abstract is not counted as separate pages.
% \newpage
% \setcounter{page}{\thesavepage}
% \begin{abstractpage}
% \input{abstract}
% \end{abstractpage}

\newpage

\section*{Acknowledgments}

I would like to thank all the members of
4\hspace{-.8em}\raisebox{.6em}{\scriptsize th} East for keeping me sane, to my
parents for supporting me though all of this.

Also to Leslie Lamport and Donald Knuth for \LaTeX{} and \TeX{}, without which
I would have had much less fun formatting my thesis.

This research was supported in part by Mom and Dad User, the Coca-Cola and
LaVerde's Magic Chocolate-Covered Espresso Bean companies, and a grant from
the John T. and Catherine R. MacArthur foundation, supplying the needs of
runaway geniuses everywhere.