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The guide is typeset with the PSIThesis template, and it contains a lot of concrete recommendations (Chapter 2) that may help you write a compelling scientific thesis. A particular focus is on the topic of designing useful figures and tables (Appendix B).

Read Chapters 1 and 2 in the guide for instructions on using the template. All source files that are needed to build the guide are contained in this repository. You can refer to the source files to see how the template is used in a real-world document.

Note that the guide contains some figures that have been reproduced from the literature with permission of the publishers and the authors. As we do not have permission to redistribute these figures, they are not contained in this repository.

The template consists of a document class (PSIThesis.cls) and additional TeX files. It is based on the MastersDoctoralThesis template (https://www.latextemplates.com/template/masters-doctoral-thesis).

The template and the guide have been created by members of the Chair of Privacy and Security in Information Systems (“PSI”) at the University of Bamberg in Germany (https://www.uni-bamberg.de/psi/). We had collected recommendations on thesis writing for many years and wanted to help our students submit a high-quality Bachelor's or Master's thesis. The template could also be used for for seminar reports and PhD dissertations. As the material is of general interest, we have released everything publicly under an open license.

We encourage our students to use the template without any changes. The PSIThesis template and the guide reflect, at least to some degree, the personal taste of members of the chair. If you do have a different opinion on a particular aspect of the template or the guide, we will be happy to hear you out.

You can reach us via Twitter (@herdom) or email.

The template and the guide are available under an open license (CC BY SA 4.0). If you want to use the template for a thesis submitted at a different department or organization, feel free to make changes at your discretion. Redistribution of the guide and the template is subject to the license (see details explained in LICENSE.md and the Guide).

If you wish to contribute to the template or the guide, you may create an Issue or a Pull Request in the GitHub repository.