• Formal guidelines for the written thesis are provided in the Ilias folder.
• Orthography, grammar and style of the thesis will be taken into account for grading.
• The written thesis should be set in Word, or, preferably, in LaTeX or a similar word/formula-processing software. The following template (pdf) illustrates the use of LaTeX.
• The presentation of the final thesis has to be in Powerpoint, LaTeX or similar. There is no need for handouts.

It is strictly forbidden to: i) copy/paste text from existing publications outside a regular quote, ii) copy essential thoughts or structures from existing work without acknowledging their sources, iii) use substantial external help in carrying out research or writing without acknowledging this, iv) produce fake research results. Any violations of these rules may lead to exmatriculation. Academic fraud may also destroy your career if discovered later in your life. We will use software to detect potential academic misconduct.

You are allowed (and expected) to use generative AI-tools. The following rules apply when using generative AI-tools: i) It is your responsibility to fully check the validity of any output generated by AI-tools. ii) It is your responsibility to include references to the sources of knowledge used in generative AI-output, even if these sources are not named in the output. iii) Rules on plagiarism still apply. It is your responsibility to check whether the AI-generated output contains copied text. Reformulate if in doubt. iv) Given that the use of AI-tools saves time on low-level tasks, we expect you to substantially add to your work by spending more time on high-level tasks.