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LaTeX template for a PhD thesis at ETH Zurich

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LaTeX template for a PhD thesis at ETH Zurich.

• Based on ClassicThesis by André Miede.
• Some ideas from Patrick Pletscher (title page, chapter folders).
• Adapted to A5 paperback size.
• Install TeXLive or MacTeX .
• Clone this repository.
• Run make from the top level directory to compile.

See cover/README.md for instructions on how to create a soft cover.

See my PhD thesis for a complete example: High-resolution Kelvin probe force microscopy of active nanoelectronic devices .

GPLv2 inherited from ClassicThesis .

© 2017 Tino Wagner

• Python 6.1%
• Makefile 1.3%

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Computer Vision Lab

Thesis template.

For all theses at CVL, please use the following thesis template: Download Overview (PDF, 114 KB) vertical_align_bottom

external page https://www.overleaf.com/read/mxckjfbfmtfw call_made

These files provide the structure for your thesis and some guidelines for its content. An introductory guideline can also be found external page here. call_made

Department of Computer Science | Institute of Theoretical Computer Science

CADMO - Center for Algorithms, Discrete Mathematics and Optimization

• Honors and Awards
• Best Paper Awards
• Scholarships
• Publications
• Current Lectures and Seminars
• Guidelines for Theses
• Typesetting and Style
• Thesis Template
• Thesis Archive
• BSc in Computer Science
• BSc in Mathematics
• MSc in Computer Science
• MSc in Mathematics
• PhD program
• Syllabi of our Courses
• Lecture Guidelines
• Graduate School

We recommend that you use our thesis template. It supplies most of the basic structure required for a thesis, includes a lot of comments about the packages used and should get you started very quickly. This template is mostly self-documenting; that is, the template text explains the template itself and some rules and guidelines.

You can download the template as a zip file .

To use it, proceed as follows:

• Unpack the zip; you should get a directory called thesis/ with the files in it. (If you used git, you shouldn't need this guide.)
• Open thesis.tex in your favourite TeX editor. (There's also a Makefile if you know what that is.)
• Read the template, both the typeset version and the source code (there are lots of comments).

This is a brief changelog, mainly intended for people already using the template since a certain version so they can "upgrade" the layout manually without losing their content. If you used the zip version, the thesis.tex (main file) will indicate the version you started from at the very top starting with v1.2. (If you used the git version, just pull from the 'layout' branch.)

v1.5 (April 8 2014): Declaration of Originality

You can change this manually by adding

to the used packages, the declaration of originality to the folder, and

to the thesis.tex file just before the

v1.4 (August 10, 2009): Coloured citation links

You can change this manually by changing

v1.3 (July 13, 2009): Overfull hboxes

You can fix this by opening layoutsetup.tex and changing the line p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }

This has no effect on the actual layout, but makes some "Overfull hbox" warnings go away. (There's also an unrelated Makefile change that you don't have to worry about.)

v1.2 (July 9, 2009): 'proof' environment in roman font

You can fix this manually by inserting the marked line near the end of theoremsetup.tex:

v1.1 (June 30, 2009): Load 'hyperref' last to avoid clashes with 'varioref'

You can fix this manually by moving

further down, at least after '\input{extrapackages}' (but the new version of the template just loads it last).

v1.0 (June 23, 2009): First release available on this website

Questions and feedback.

Please contact Asier Mujika and Miloš Trujić if you have any questions, feedback or corrections.

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Institute for Transport Planning and Systems

• Download vertical_align_bottom Thesis - LaTeX Template  (ZIP, 194 KB)
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Posters and presentations

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Essays, term and working papers

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• Download vertical_align_bottom Term Paper - Word Template  (DOTX, 121 KB)
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Student assignments

Further information.

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Chair of Energy and Public Economics

Guidelines bachelor thesis and semester project.

• Location location_on ZUE E 14
• Phone phone +41 44 633 63 42

Energy and Public Economics Zürichbergstrasse 18 8092 Zürich Switzerland

Goal of Semester project and Bachelor thesis

The objective of a bachelor thesis or semester project is to provide a detailed analysis and discussion of an economic issue using microeconomic theory and empirical methods.

Requirements for Bachelor Thesis

The student should be familiar with the contents of the following courses (or courses with equivalent contents) :

• Principles of Microeconomics or Managerial Economics
• Energy Economics and Policy
• One lecture in 'Statistics' (not Stochastics)
• Two other lectures out of the field Environmental / Resource Economics  

Requirements for Semester Project

• Principles of Microeconomics
• One lecture 'Statistics' (not Stochastics) or Operations Research

Semester projects and Bachelor thesis can be written on the following topics:

• Energy economics and policy
• Public economics

Form and outline of the thesis

Semester project.

• Problem description and goal of the thesis
• Detailed microeconomic description of the problem
• Discussion of the relevant literature
• Policy implications

Outline: 15-20 pages (Font: Times New Roman, size 12, line spacing: 1.5, border: double-sided 3 cm)

Bachelor thesis

• Empirical analysis of the problem set

Outline: 30-40 pages (Font: Times New Roman, size 12, line spacing: 1.5, border: double-sided 3 cm)

A) Choice of the topic

The student has the possibility of making a proposal for your thesis (the topic should be in the field of the institute) or to choose a general topic from the topics given by the institute.

B) Preliminary advisement

The student should contact the institute for a preliminary advisement in order to finalize the topic and choose a thesis supervisor from the institute. The assigned person for preliminary advisement is  Dr. Suchita Srinivasan.

C) Proposal

After the preliminary advisement, the student will submit a short proposal. The final decision for the commencement of the thesis is based on this proposal. The proposal should be maximum two pages and must contain the following points:

• A description fo the problem/ research question
• Methodology
• A description of the data to be used (in case of empirical study)
• Bibliography
• Provisional table of contents

D) Start to write

As soon as the proposal has been accepted you can start writing the thesis.

E) Support and workplace

Semester project After the discussion of the proposal there is the possibility of having one meeting with your supervisor. After handing in the final report there will be a final discussion. Bachelor thesis After the discussion of the proposal there is the possibility of having one meeting with your supervisor. Furthermore you can hand in a draft of the final report in order to get a feedback from your supervisor. After handing in the final report there will be a final discussion.

F) Submitting the thesis

Two copies of your thesis must be handed in, duplex print and bound. In addition, the abstract of the thesis including your e-mail address (in pdf format) is needed for the CEPE website.

G) Evaluation

The following points will be assessed:

• Structure: Structure and outline should be consistent and logical.
• Content: The content must be correct and clear.
• Language: Accurate wording and correct grammar is assumed.
• Empirical analysis: The data collection and analysis must be performed in an accurate and transparent way.
• Literature: The relevant literature should be critically discussed and the references should be correctly cited.

ETH Zürich CADMO Thesis Template

(Master) Thesis template v1.4 for CADMO (Center for Algorithms, Discrete Mathematics and Optimization) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zürich).

Largely adapted from Adrian Nievergelt's template for the ADPS (lecture notes) project.

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Department of Health Sciences and Technology

Master's thesis.

According to the Study Regulations, a Master's Thesis is only admissible to those who

a) have fully completed their Bachelor studies and b) have fulfilled any extra requirements needed for admission to the Master Programme HST.

protected page Postings for Master's Thesis projects lock (nethz login required)

Guidelines for conducting a Master's Thesis see Documents .

The ETH Zurich library offers the course " Ready for take-off: how to start your Bachelor's and Master's thesis " (login reqired)

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Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control

Theses & semester projects.

The Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control offers the following projects to ETH students:

• Studies on Mechatronics (SM)
• Bachelor Theses (BT)
• Semester Projects (SP)
• Master Theses (MT)
• You should read the ETH Citation Etiquette and working accordingly.
• For more information, read the ETH information on plagiarism .
• Furthermore, you are urged to use the Download IDSC Thesis Template (ZIP, 55.7 MB) vertical_align_bottom to write your report.

How to apply:

• Please review the available projects below
• Send an email to the project contact.

ETH Zurich uses SiROP to publish and search scientific projects. For more information visit sirop.org call_made .

Reinforcement Learning for Go-Kart Racing

Our aim is to create an autonomous racing system capable of swiftly learning optimal racing strategies and navigating tracks more effectively (faster) than traditional methods and human drivers using RL. Show details add remove

robotics, racing, reinforcement learning, autonomy, controls, planning, learning

Semester Project , Master Thesis

Description

Contact details, more information.

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Published since: 2024-05-08 , Earliest start: 2024-05-03 , Latest end: 2026-07-18

Organization Research Frazzoli

Hosts Di Cicco Maurilio, Dr.

Topics Information, Computing and Communication Sciences

Strategic Interactions of Future Mobility Systems

Mobility is typically self-optimized for a particular region to accommodate internal travel needs. However, as soon as one considers multiple, interacting regions (e.g., urban areas interacting with agglomerations, and agglomerations interacting with rural areas), important coordination issues occur, including scheduling mismatches, fleet allocations, and congestion peaks. In short, a mobility system composed of self-optimized mobility systems seems to often operate suboptimally. In this project, we will investigate the idea of strategic interactions of future mobility stakeholders across heterogeneous regions, such as urban areas, agglomerations, and rural areas, leveraging techniques from network design, optimization, game theory, and policy making. Show details add remove

Optimization, Game theory, Multi-agent interactions, Transportation systems, Robotics

Published since: 2024-04-26 , Earliest start: 2024-04-15 , Latest end: 2024-12-31

Applications limited to ETH Zurich

Hosts He Mingjia

Topics Mathematical Sciences , Information, Computing and Communication Sciences , Engineering and Technology

Model predictive stability filters for advanced driver assistance systems

In this project, we want to explore the application of predictive stability filters for automotive applications. Predictive stability filters allow augmenting human or learning-based controllers such that safety in terms of constraint satisfaction as well as stability of a desired setpoint can be guaranteed. Such algorithms present possible solutions for automotive applications such as, e.g., lane keeping. Show details add remove

predictive control; stability filter; automotive

Master Thesis

Published since: 2024-04-24

Organization Research Zeilinger

Hosts Didier Alexandre

Topics Mathematical Sciences , Engineering and Technology

Safe guaranteed domain exploration with autonomous robots

In many autonomous navigation applications, the robot must interact with the environment to learn and complete tasks. Furthermore, these applications are safety-critical, and crashes cannot be afforded. This necessitates the safe learning of the unknown environment in order to achieve the task objective (e.g., detecting a leak or mapping an area). For example, consider an application of safe exploration in a warehouse with a wheeled robot to identify the source of a gas leak. Show details add remove

Gaussian Processes, Active learning, Bayesian optimization, Model predictive control (MPC), Issac sim simulator

Published since: 2024-04-15 , Earliest start: 2024-05-01 , Latest end: 2025-04-30

Hosts Prajapat Manish

Topics Engineering and Technology

Submodular optimization for scenario sampling in autonomous vehicles safety testing

A key barrier hindering the swift introduction of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in real-world contexts is the challenge in establishing clear safety benchmarks. Specifically, the issue of systematically assessing both performance and safety remains a significant stumbling block within the industry. This challenge is mainly twofold: Firstly, how can we identify an ideal scenario set to evaluate the vehicle's performance within a targeted Operational Design Domain (ODD) and what criteria would be useful in amplifying or paring down this set? Secondly, how do we determine a substantial stopping criteria for the evaluation campaign, and what level of confidence should be attached to the observed performances? Show details add remove

Published since: 2024-04-11 , Earliest start: 2024-04-01

Hosts Zanardi Alessandro, Dr.

Learning, Predicting and Control Diffusion via Optimal Transport

The stochastic diffusion equations ruling the dynamics of particles at the micro- and nano- scale are captured by energy-minimizing dynamics when observed macroscopically, i.e., at a population level. This framework encompasses, for instance, single cells perturbation responses to chemical, genetic or mechanical stimuli, gene expression and cell differentiation. Recent advances in the theory of optimal transport and optimization in the Wasserstein space have created unprecedented opportunities to tackle these and other problems at scale. This active research area provides an excellent playground for exploring advanced mathematical concepts, deploying sophisticated learning and optimization algorithms, and solving open problems in biology, medicine, and various other fields. The project can be both theoretical and applied, and can include topics on optimization, optimal transport, deep learning, and biology. The project can be tailored to the preferences and experiences of the student. Show details add remove

Diffusion, Optimal Transport, Optimal Control, Optimization, Biology

Published since: 2024-04-09 , Earliest start: 2024-04-14 , Latest end: 2024-09-01

Organization Research D'Andrea

Hosts Terpin Antonio

Topics Mathematical Sciences , Information, Computing and Communication Sciences , Engineering and Technology , Chemistry

Mechanical Optimization and Evaluation of the STOPSTORM Simulator

Improving and characterizing hardware system to experimentally investigate the interactions of tachycardia and ration therapy. Show details add remove

Radiation Therapy, Hardware, Heart, Biomedical

Semester Project

Published since: 2024-04-08 , Earliest start: 2024-04-14 , Latest end: 2024-12-31

Hosts Schulte Dominik

Estimation and Learning for Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing

Designing filters for jointly estimating thermal fields in Wire-Arc Additive manufacturing and learning the parameters of the underlying models. Show details add remove

State estimation, Optimization, Wire-Arc additive manufacturing, Sensor fusion, Thermal imaging

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Published since: 2024-04-02 , Earliest start: 2024-01-01 , Latest end: 2024-08-31

Organization Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory

Hosts Sideris Iason , Muntwiler Simon

Multi-agent predictive control barrier functions

In this project, we want to explore possible extensions of predictive control barrier functions to the multi-agent setting. Predictive control barrier functions [1] allow certifying safety of a system in terms of constraint satisfaction and provide stability guarantees with respect to the set of safe states in case of initial feasibility. This allows augmenting any human or learning-based controller with closed-loop guarantees through a so-called safety filter [2] which is agnostic to the primary control objective. As current formulations are restricted to single agents, the goal is to investigate how this formulation can be extended for multi-agent applications and how the interactions between the agents can be exploited in order to reduce computational overhead. Show details add remove

predictive control, multi-agent systems, safety filter, control barrier functions

Published since: 2024-03-26

Topics Information, Computing and Communication Sciences , Engineering and Technology

The Way of Water: Development of a fleet of water-based drones for live performance

This project focuses on developing autonomous robots for synchronized performances on water. Equipped with kinetic water fountains, RGB lighting, and ultrasonic mist generators, the robots are designed to execute planned choreographies. The system utilizes robotics control, wireless communication, and positioning technologies to coordinate movements, and payload activation, facilitating complex pattern generation and synchronization. The objective is to advance the application of distributed robotic systems in creating structured and cohesive visual displays on water. Show details add remove

Water based rovers, Electronics development, Distributed Robotics, Control Systems, Game design

Semester Project , Bachelor Thesis , Master Thesis

Hosts Ramachandran Aswin

Topics Arts , Information, Computing and Communication Sciences , Engineering and Technology

Teaching a robot to master a board game using Reinforcement Learning

The master thesis aims to create a physics-based simulation with Brax or MuJoCo for a robot to learn board game strategies via reinforcement learning. Utilizing a pre-built 2x 2D gantry robot integrated with ROS2, the project seeks to train the robot to learn the game from scratch and improve its play against both human and robotic opponents. The primary goal is rapid learning and superior performance, with a focus on understanding the factors of victory in games like this between robots trained on the same algorithm. All this will be performed in simulation and on a real robot. Show details add remove

Published since: 2024-03-15

CyberRunner: Pushing the Boundary of Autonomy

CyberRunner is an AI robot whose task is to learn how to play the popular and widely accessible labyrinth marble game. The labyrinth is a game of physical skill whose goal is to steer a marble from a given start point to the end point. In doing so, the player must prevent the ball from falling into any of the holes that are present on the labyrinth board. The movement of the ball can be indirectly controlled by two knobs which change the orientation of the board. While it is a relatively straightforward game, it requires fine motor skills and spatial reasoning abilities, and, from experience, humans require a great amount of practice to become proficient at the game. Using recent advances in model-based reinforcement learning techniques, CyberRunner is able to outperform the previously fastest recorded time, achieved by an extremely skilled human player, by over 6%. Moreover, it does so with only 6 hours of practice. We envision expanding the capabilities of CyberRunner through further research. Students will contribute to advancing the field and establishing CyberRunner as a real-world robotic benchmark. Suitable projects in different areas are available for talented and motivated students. The project topics span model-based control, reinforcement learning, computer vision, and hardware design. Show details add remove

Robotics, Reinforcement Learning, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Control, Hardware Design

Published since: 2024-01-12 , Earliest start: 2024-01-01 , Latest end: 2024-12-31

Hosts Bi Thomas

Direct Projects

The projects from Prof. Chris Onder's group are hosted on the student projects page .

The projects from Prof. Melanie Zeilinger's group are hosted on the student projects page .

Custom Projects

From time to time, project supervisors will develop custom student research projects to fit with a student's particular interests or skills. If you are interested in doing a custom student research project, please email the project supervisor of your choice directly. We recommend that you carefully review their area of research before you contact them. Please note that the decision of whether to develop a custom student project is at the full discretion of the project supervisor.