1. Install an up-to-date LaTeX distribution (e.g. TeX Live)
2. Clone the repository git clone https://git.cs.upb.de/ag-intelligentsystems/templates/latex-thesis-template.git
3. Build the document using latexmk or another build tool of your choice: latexmk -pdf main.tex
4. The finished document will be called main.pdf
5. Customize your thesis settings in my-thesis-setup.tex

The thesis template uses the LaTeX package BibLaTeX in conjunction with the Biber engine which supports UTF-8 bibliographies.

A well curated source of BibTeX entries is the dblp. Search for your references here, export the record and download the file as .bib file. The contents you can paste into your bib-refs.bib file.

• \textcite{doe2015}: Inserts the name(s) of the author(s) at the current position and follows it with the reference.
• \parencite{doe2015}: Insert only the reference(s) at this position in parentheses.
• \citeauthor{doe2015}: Output the name(s) of the author(s).
• \citeyear{doe2015}: Inserts the year of the publication.
• Capitalize the commands if it is at the beginning of a sentence (e.g. \Textcite{doe2015})
• For more commands check out the detailed BibLaTeX documentation