preliminaries.tex

\thesistitle{Title of the Thesis}

%"Dissertation" for PhD, "Thesis" for master's
\documenttitle{Dissertation}

\degreename{Doctor of Philosophy}

% Use the wording given in the official list of degrees awarded by UCI:
% http://www.rgs.uci.edu/grad/academic/degrees_offered.htm
\degreefield{Computer Science}

% Your name as it appears on official UCI records.
\authorname{Your name}

% Use the full name of each committee member and full title 
% (e.g. Professor/Associate Professor).
\committeechair{Professor A}
\othercommitteemembers
{
  Assistant Professor B\\
  Associate Professor C
}

\degreeyear{2012}

\copyrightdeclaration
{
  {\copyright} {\Degreeyear} \Authorname
}

% If you have previously published parts of your manuscript, you must list the
% copyright holders; see Section 3.2 of the UCI Thesis and Dissertation Manual.
% Otherwise, this section may be omitted.
% \prepublishedcopyrightdeclaration
% {
% 	Chapter 4 {\copyright} 2003 Springer-Verlag \\
% 	Portion of Chapter 5 {\copyright} 1999 John Wiley \& Sons, Inc. \\
% 	All other materials {\copyright} {\Degreeyear} \Authorname
% }

% The dedication page is optional
% (comment out to exclude).
\dedications
{
  (Optional dedication page)
  
  To ...
}

\acknowledgments
{
  I would like to thank...
  
  (You must acknowledge grants and other funding assistance. 
  
  You may also acknowledge the contributions of professors and
  friends.
  
  You also need to acknowledge any publishers of your previous
  work who have given you permission to incorporate that work
  into your dissertation. See Section 3.2 of the UCI Thesis and
  Dissertation Manual.)
}


% Some custom commands for your list of publications and software.
\newcommand{\mypubentry}[3]{
  \begin{tabular*}{1\textwidth}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}}p{4.5in}r}
    \textbf{#1} & \textbf{#2} \\ 
    \multicolumn{2}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}}p{.95\textwidth}}{#3}\vspace{6pt} \\
  \end{tabular*}
}
\newcommand{\mysoftentry}[3]{
  \begin{tabular*}{1\textwidth}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}}lr}
    \textbf{#1} & \url{#2} \\
    \multicolumn{2}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}}p{.95\textwidth}}
    {\emph{#3}}\vspace{-6pt} \\
  \end{tabular*}
}

% Include, at minimum, a listing of your degrees and educational
% achievements with dates and the school where the degrees were
% earned. This should include the degree currently being
% attained. Other than that it's mostly up to you what to include here
% and how to format it, below is just an example.
%
% CV is required for PhD theses, but not Master's
% comment out to exclude
\curriculumvitae
{

\textbf{EDUCATION}
  
  \begin{tabular*}{1\textwidth}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}}lr}
    \textbf{Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science} & \textbf{2012} \\
    \vspace{6pt}
    University name & \emph{City, State} \\
    \textbf{Bachelor of Science in Computational Sciences} & \textbf{2007} \\
    \vspace{6pt}
    Another university name & \emph{City, State} \\
  \end{tabular*}

\vspace{12pt}
\textbf{RESEARCH EXPERIENCE}

  \begin{tabular*}{1\textwidth}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}}lr}
    \textbf{Graduate Research Assistant} & \textbf{2007--2012} \\
    \vspace{6pt}
    University of California, Irvine & \emph{Irvine, California} \\
  \end{tabular*}

\vspace{12pt}
\textbf{TEACHING EXPERIENCE}

  \begin{tabular*}{1\textwidth}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}}lr}
    \textbf{Teaching Assistant} & \textbf{2009--2010} \\
    \vspace{6pt}
    University name & \emph{City, State} \\
  \end{tabular*}

\pagebreak

\textbf{REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS}

  \mypubentry{Ground-breaking article}{2012}{Journal name}

\vspace{12pt}
\textbf{REFEREED CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS}

  \mypubentry{Awesome paper}{Jun 2011}{Conference name}
  \mypubentry{Another awesome paper}{Aug 2012}{Conference name}

\vspace{12pt}
\textbf{SOFTWARE}

  \mysoftentry{Magical tool}{http://your.url.here/}
  {C++ algorithm that solves TSP in polynomial time.}

}

% The abstract was previously limited to a maximum of 350 words, 
% but the UCI manual at https://etd.lib.uci.edu/electronic/td2e#2.2.1.
% currently does not indicate that there is any word limit for the abstract
\thesisabstract
{
  The abstract of your contribution goes here.
}


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