Format for Thesis / Design Project Report

1. The page size should be A4 and the page margins should be:
left = 1.5, right, top, and bottom = 1
2. Font of main text should be Times New Roman, size 12 and line spacing should be 1.5.
3. All the headings should be in Title Case and should be put using level headings from
MS Word. The font sizes for the level headings are given as following:
Level Heading 1
Font Size = 20 with Arial Font in Bold Face,
Level Heading 2
Font Size = 16 with Roman Font in Bold Face,
Level Heading 3
Font Size = 14 with Arial Font in Italic-Bold Face,
Level Heading 4
Font Size = 12 with Roman Font in Bold Face
4. The level heading numbering (of all the levels mentioned above) should be automatic
using MS Word, i.e., if one level heading is deleted or added, the numbering should adjust
itself automatically.
5. The following pages are called preliminary pages and should be numbered at top right
corner of the page in lower case roman alphabets, i.e., i, ii, iii
Title Page
Declaration of Originality
Certificate of Approval, signed by supervisors and co-supervisor
Dedication (optional)
Acknowledgements (optional)
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Abstract (No more than 400 words)
List of abbreviations and symbols used (if applicable)
6. The first page of the main text will start with page number 1, where the introduction or
chapter one of the report starts. Page numbers should be at top right corner.
7. Table of contents, list of tables and list of figures should be inserted by using MS Word
features.
8. Captions of tables and figures should be inserted by using MS Word insert caption option.
9. All equations should be center-justified and their captions/numbers right justified.
10. The format of the references at the end of the report should be given according the format
defined by department. This is a must condition for the report writing and format should
be followed very strictly even to the commas.
11. The references given at the end of the report must be mentioned inside the main report.
Failure to comply with this requirement will severely affect the grade of the written repot.
12. Figure numbers and table numbers must be mentioned inside the main body of the text of
report before that figure or table appears inside the report.
13. References of the figures and the tables must be mentioned in the figure captions and
table captions respectively.
14. If applicable, include appendices as well at the end after references.
15. Optionally include Vita as last page.
16. If you come across any problems or questions, feel free to discuss with the project
coordinator.

Format of References
References Related to Journals
[1] V. Nagesha and S. Kay, "Spectral analysis based on the canonical autoregressive decomposition,'' IEEE
Trans. Signal Processing, vol. 44, pp. 1719-1733, July. 1996.
[2] B. Sadler, G. Giannakis, and S. Shamsunder, "Noise subspace techniques in non-Gaussian noise using
cumulants," IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst,. vol. 31, pp.1009-1018, 1995.
[3] J. Swami and J. M. Mendel, "Cumulant-based approach to the harmonic retrieval and related problems,"
IEEE Trans. Signal Processing, vol. 39, pp. 1099-1109, April 1991.
References Related to Books
[1] F. R. Gantmacher, Applications of the Theory of Matrices, 2nd Edition, Interscience, New York, NY, 1959.
[2] S. A. Kassam, Signal Detection in Non-Gaussian Noise, Springer-Verlag, New York,1988.
[3] C. W. Therrien, Discrete Random Signals and Statistical Signal Processing.: Prentice-Hall, Englewood
Cliffs, NJ, USA, 1992.
[4] E. J. Wegman, S. C. Schwartz, and J. B. Thomas, Topics in Non-Gaussian Signal Processing, SpringerVerlag, New York, 1989.
In case, the reference is from a chapter in a book, which is written by several authors, and has been edited
by an editor or editors separately:
[1]K. Wienhard, D. L. Bailey, A. Bol, et al. Applications of 3D PET. In: B. Bendriem, D. W. Townsend , eds.
The Theory and Practice of 3D PET, pp-133167, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands 1998.
References Related to conferences
[1] J. A. Cadzow, "Spectral estimation: An over-determined rational model equation approach,'' Proc. IEEE,
vol. 70, pp. 907-939, 1982.
[2] C. L. Nikias and M. R. Raghuveer, "Bispectrum estimation: A digital signal processing framework," Proc.
IEEE, vol.75, pp. 869-891, 1987.
[3] S. A. Khan and D. Habib, "Parallel mapping of digital signal processing algorithms on VLIW architecture,"
Proceedings of the FAST IEEE Conf. on Computer Science and Information Technology, Islamabad, 1998.
Thesis Related References
[1] M. Iqbal, Determination of ejection fraction for cardiac patients, MS Thesis, Department of Medical
Sciences, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, Pakistan, September
2002.
References from Internet Sources
There are several cases for writing the references taken form internet.
When author is available:
[1] Gerard M Blair, Basic Management Skills, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 2004.
URL: http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~gerard/Management/
When author is not available, the following format should be used for writing the reference
Organizations name or Department Name, Title of the article, Organizations name or Department Name with
complete postal address, year of the publication or website updated date or year.
Complete URL to the point from where the file has been picked up.
URL: http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~gerard/Management/
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