IMSM – Reports, Presentations and Computing

Writing Reports

• Template for your report: TeX file and PDF file
• Example of a report: TeX file, PDF file

Giving Talks

• Tammy Kolka and Virginia Torczon: Top Ten Ways to Lose an Audience
• SIAM: Tips for Making Effective Presentations
• SAMSI PowerPoint Template for presentations: PPTX

LaTeX Resources

• LaTeX Beamer for presentations
• Beamer Quick Start
• Essential LaTeX
• Essential Mathematical LaTeX
• LaTeX 2e introduction
• LaTeX Software and Documentation
• Easy to install LaTeX for Windows

NCSU Virtual Computing Lab

• Available software: Maple, Mathematica, Matlab, R, SAS, SPSS
• Remote Access web page

1. In the bar on the left, click on Make a Reservation
2. Select NCSU WRAP
3. Enter your NCSU UserID and password

Matlab Resources

• Matlab Primer
• Numerical Computing with Matlab
• Matlab Tutorial (Utah)