{"id":143,"date":"2010-06-25T12:26:45","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T11:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/users.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/sxn\/blog\/?page_id=143"},"modified":"2025-06-19T15:34:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T14:34:28","slug":"writing-report","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/sxn\/resources\/writing-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Useful softwares and templates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Install LaTEX for windows: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xm1math.net\/texmaker\/\">Texmaker<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toolscenter.org\/\">TEXnicCenter<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/miktex.org\/\">MikTex<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharelatex.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ShareLatex<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Install LaTEX for Mac:\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tug.org\/mactex\/mactex-download.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.tug.org\/mactex\/mactex-download.html<\/a> \u00a0[<\/span><span style=\"font-size: inherit\">open new terminal to use pdflatex after installation]<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Emacs is a good editor. To install emacs on Mac:\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: inherit\">brew cask install emacs<\/span><\/li>\n<li>LaTEX online: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.overleaf.com\/\">overleaf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LaTEX introduction: <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/msc\/lshort.pdf\">pdf<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latex-tutorial.com\/tutorials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LaTEX template for MSc report: <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/msc\/msc-report-example.zip\">file<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LaTEX template for weekly report: <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/msc\/weekly_report2021.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">file<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LaTEX template for a research paper: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/%7Esxn\/tutorial\/conf-paper-example-2.tgz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">file<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LaTEX template for a presentation: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/%7Esxn\/tutorial\/Latex_slides.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">file<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Very simple LaTEX template: <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/msc\/report_latex.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">file<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Texlive 2016 for redhat: <a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/sxn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2023\/11\/Latex-texlive-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">file<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Examples of good MSc project reports\n<ol>\n<li>Yinuo Dong, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/msc\/2022\/MSc2022_Yinuo_Dong.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Machine Learning Assisted Beamforming for Millimeter-Wave Wireless Systems<\/a>\u201d, MSc 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Muyuan He, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/msc\/2022\/MSc2022_Muyuan_He.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Physical Layer Security Design for MIMO Systems<\/a>\u201d, MSc 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Zunaira Babar, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/msc\/2011\/report-quantum.pdf\">Quantum Error Correction Codes<\/a>\u201d, MSc report 2011.<\/li>\n<li>Mihai Stanciuc, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/msc\/2012\/Dissertation12_Stanciuc.pdf\">Cell Spectral Efficiency of LTE systems<\/a>\u201d, MSc report 2012.<\/li>\n<li>Narmada Arjunan, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/msc\/2013\/Dissertation13_Narmada.pdf\">LDPC-Coded LTE-Advanced Uplink Simulator for iOS Devices<\/a>\u201d, MSc report 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Examples of good MSc project brief\n<ol>\n<li>Yinuo Dong, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/msc\/2022\/Project_Brief_Dong.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">Machine Learning Assisted Beamforming for Millimeter-Wave Wireless Systems<\/a>\u201d, 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Yujie Wang, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/msc\/2024\/Project_Brief_Wang.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deep Learning Assisted Hybrid Beamforming for MIMO System<\/a>\u201d, 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Examples of MSc project preparation files:\n<ul>\n<li>poster: <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/msc\/preparation\/poster_Dong.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Example 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/msc\/preparation\/poster_minzhou.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Example 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>plan: <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/msc\/preparation\/plan_yihan.pdf\">Example_1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/msc\/preparation\/plan_huaiyou.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Example 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Examples of good third year project brief: <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/ug\/Brief-example.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Example 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/ug\/Brief-example-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Example 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Examples of good third year project interim report: <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/ug\/p3-Interim.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Example 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/ug\/p3-Interim-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Example 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Examples of good third year project report: <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/ug\/p3-2018-Syah.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Example 1<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/ug\/p3-2020-Gates.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Example 2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/ug\/p3-2018-Hou.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Example 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Example of weekly report: <a href=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/sxn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2021\/06\/Xinyang-You_Weekly-Report_5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Example 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/msc\/weekly_report2021\/Weekly_Report_Michael.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Example 2<\/a> [Latex file at <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk\/notes\/sxn\/msc\/weekly_report2021.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Useful softwares and templates Install LaTEX for windows: Texmaker or TEXnicCenter or MikTex or ShareLatex. Install LaTEX for Mac:\u00a0https:\/\/www.tug.org\/mactex\/mactex-download.html \u00a0[open new terminal to use pdflatex after installation] Emacs is a good editor. To install emacs on Mac:\u00a0brew cask install emacs LaTEX online: overleaf LaTEX introduction: pdf, online LaTEX template for MSc report: file LaTEX template [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3109,"featured_media":0,"parent":52,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-143","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/sxn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/sxn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/sxn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/sxn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3109"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/sxn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/sxn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2430,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/sxn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions\/2430"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/sxn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/sxn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}