What is LaTeX?
LaTeX
is a great way to professionally write your science, or anything else
really! It gives you far more options in terms of both what you can
type, and the options you have to display it on your paper! From tons
of options on writing math and equations easily, you can number and
label anything you want to reference later, create tables, diagrams, and
more!
This is not only a great way to write up
your lab reports, but its also an industry standard for writing research
papers, publications, and creating research posters across STEM fields.
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 12 - 1 PM
This
seminar will be held by Chris Bispels (PME Vice President) and is
intended as an introduction to LaTeX. If you want to get from never
having used LaTeX to doing your weekly homework, lab reports, writeups,
resumes, or research papers in LaTeX this is the place to start! We
will cover all the basics, with a focus on creating a document with
equations, tables, and images integrated into writing. There will be an
emphasis on answering your questions and making sure you become
comfortable with the fundamentals of LaTeX. Towards the end, we will
introduce the LaTeX package TikZ and some of its basic capabilities in
preparation to the second seminar in this series.
Especially helpful for those in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, and Chemistry and related Majors.
Introductory Seminar: Learn to Write Science Beautifully: The Basics of LaTeX - Pi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics Honor Society) - myUMBC
Advanced Seminar:
This
seminar will be held by Dr. Rostamian and is intended as an
introduction to using the package TikZ in LaTeX. If you want to expand
your LaTeX repertoire, especially if you want to be able to create
visuals, this is the place for seminar for you! We will learn the
framework of TikZ, which can be applied to a broad set of purposes, from
making graphs to creating state diagrams, even complex geometric
visualizations.
Especially helpful for those
looking to add visualizations to their writeups, including Mathematics,
Statistics, Physics, and Chemistry related majors.
Advanced Seminar: Learn to Write Science Beautifully: TikZ Technical Diagrams - Pi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics Honor Society) - myUMBC
What is "Learn to Write Science Beautifully"?
Across
two one hour seminars, you can go from never having opened a .tex file
to be able to complete your assignments, lab reports, research papers,
and anything else you want to make in this great document preparation
program. Even those experienced in LaTeX will have plenty to learn,
especially in the second seminar (TikZ Technical Diagrams) which will be
hosted by Dr. Rostamian and will dive in-depth on how to create
intricate and complex pictures through TikZ.
We recommend
anyone who plans to attend the second seminar to attend the first one,
as we will introduce TikZ in more detail then may be provided in the
second.
What is TikZ?
This
is a package in LaTeX focused on creating pictures, diagrams, and
more! Explore the endless creative options available from creating tree
diagrams to graphs of all sorts, and much more!