THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
MATH3888
Semester 2 Interdisciplinary Project Unit 2022
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT REPORT GUIDELINES (STREAM 1)
Submission: You will create your final individual report using the (maths) editing software LaTeX:
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX
Submission of the corresponding pdf file is via Canvas/turnitin (where it will be checked for plagiarism).
You are encouraged to use Overleaf to create your LaTeX report which you can access via your browser
through your University of Sydney account:
https://www.overleaf.com
Use the following basic setup for your LaTex file:
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{fullpage,amsmath}
. . .
\begin{document}
. . .
\end{document}
This individual project report is worth 30% of your final mark.
Deadline is Sunday, November 6th, 23:59. No late submission will be accepted!
Constraints:
- The final submitted pdf document shall consist of no more than 8 pages including figures and tables,
but not including references and appendices.
- Include only ‘key’ figures/tables/schematics in the main body of the report. Complex figures/tables or
detailed methodologies can be reported in Appendices.
- The ‘fontsize’ is strictly 11 points and the margins of the document are automatically set by the ‘full-
page’ package as instructed above. (The other package (‘amsmath’) might be needed for the mathematical
editing. Add any other packages, if needed.)
Part of your task is to determine how best to present the information and your scientific argument. Think
of the 3Cs:
• Considered: have you considered all aspects of the project?
• Constructed: is your report well constructed (structured)? Have you used diagrams/figures/maths
& computational tools appropriately to convey your information?
• Concise: being concise brings clarity. Is your report accurate and easy to read?
guidelines for the structure of your report
Please use the following headings (you can add subheadings):
Title
Succinct description of your project (ideally should fit on a line or two at most)
1. Introduction
This should be a general introduction to the overall project covering the relevant literature (refrain from
citing material you found on the web; restrict to standard text books and original literature in peer-
reviewed journals). Once you have provided the background and stated the problem or question under
study, explain the purpose of your study. Include at the end of your Introduction a clear and exact
statement of your study aims.
2. Methods
This section provides the details of how you conducted your study. You should focus on reporting
the discipline-specific (aka maths) aspects of the research. This must include aspects of mathematical
theory and numerical algorithms & computational implementation. You may also cover aspects of the
mathematical theory which you have learned about in your own studies (not in the lectures) and/or
which may not have featured in the group presentation.
This is YOUR individual report so we encourage you to present what YOU think are the best strate-
gies/methods (this can differ to what the group has decided).
3. Results
Simply state what you found, but do not interpret the results or discuss their implications. Again,
you should focus on reporting the discipline-specific (maths) aspects of the research. Results should be
presented in a logical order. In general this will be in order of importance. Do not duplicate data among
figures, tables, and text. (If relevant, include the results of statistical analyses in the text.)
4. Discussion
This section should be about the interpretation of your results. Discuss strengths and limitations of the
approach you took AND place your research into context of the overall project (are there other approaches
that, with hindsight, might have been better?). For higher level marks, also place your research into
context of the current body of research in their chosen field. If your findings are preliminary, suggest
future studies that need to be carried out.
Again, this is YOUR individual report so we encourage you to present YOUR point of view (this can
differ to what the group has decided).
5. Conclusions
Final paragraph summarising keys points from the report.
References
Ideally use bibtex with the natbib-style.
Appendices (optional)
There is no word limit for this additional material but it should be relevant material–don’t just dump
anything you can find here and hope it counts towards something. Any material presented here needs to
be clearly linked and address an issue raised in the main body of the report.
Criteria Excellent (HD) Very Good (D) Good (CR) OK (P) Poor (F)
Knowledge
of discipline
area
Commanding
breadth and
depth of
knowledge of
research area.
Demonstrates
very strong
understanding
of context, im-
plications and
significance of
the project.
Comprehensive
depth of knowl-
edge with a
focus on a spe-
cific research
field, with some
appreciation of
the broader im-
plications and
significance of
the work.
Sound knowl-
edge of im-
mediate area
of study, with
some appre-
ciation of the
broader im-
plications and
significance of
the work.
Satisfactory
knowledge of
immediate
area of study,
with limited
appreciation of
the broader im-
plications and
significance of
the work.
Poor or limited
knowledge of
immediate
discipline area,
and under-
standing of the
context of the
work.
Detailed
sections
Extremely
creative and
appropriate
selection and
presentation of
material. Clear
links to the
overall group
project.
Appropriate
selection and
presentation of
material with
some elements
of creativity.
Clear links
to the overall
group project.
Appropriate
selection and
presentation of
material. Clear
links to the
overall group
project.
Satisfactory
selection and
presentation of
material. At-
tempts to link
to the overall
group project.
Missing or poor
selection and
presentation
of material.
No obvious at-
tempts to link
to the overall
group project.
Report
style,
tables,
figures,...
Clear concise
and logical
report. All
figures and
tables have
legends and
captions that
enable them to
be interpreted
without exten-
sive reference
to the text.
Reasonably
concise and
logical. Some
figure legends
and captions
may lack suffi-
cient detail.
Report overall
satisfactory but
some sections
should be more
concise/display
better logic.
Figure legends
and captions
may be poorly
explained.
Report overall
satisfactory but
should be more
concise/display
better logic.
Figure legends
and captions
may be poorly
explained.
Inadequate
level of de-
tail and/or
logic. No figure
legends and
captions.

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