Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering

Submission Form for Internal Evaluation: Dissertations and Theses

(to be completed by student and supervisor)

Name of student / Student number
Supervisor(s)
Degree
(as on title page of dissertation/thesis)
Title of dissertation/thesis
Template used
(Word/LaTeX)
Date of submissionfor internal evaluation

PART A: TO BE COMPLETED BY STUDENT

Declaration Regarding Proofreading

I hereby declare that this dissertation/thesis adheres to the formatting requirements outlined in the document Information for Preparation of Research Proposals, Masters Dissertations and PhD Theses, and in the dissertation/thesis template. I understand that I will not be allowed to submit my dissertation/thesis for external examination if it does not comply with all formatting requirements.

I also understand that I am entirely responsible for the language and style editing of the dissertation/thesis (and that ultimately language editing may be assessed along with the technical content of mydissertation/thesis when a final mark is determined by the examination panel).I am aware that the Postgraduate Committee, while not checking my document for language errors, may comment on issues noted incidentally, and may decline to approve my document for external examinationbased on such issues.

I understand that the purpose of the feedback from the internal evaluation process is to indicatewhether the above requirements are met or not,and that the Postgraduate Committee itself does not provide a proofreading service. I am aware thatI may be requested to have my dissertation/thesis proofread professionally if deemed necessary by the Postgraduate Committee.

I certify thatthe following aspects of my dissertation/thesis have been proofread by the indicated parties(please tick appropriate box):

(a) English language and style

  • myself (compulsory)

  • a professional proofreader (please specify and upload confirmation letter from proofreader):

(b) formatting

  • myself (compulsory)

  • a professional proofreader (if different from (a), please specifyand upload confirmation letter from proofreader):

(c) Afrikaans summary

  • myself

  • my supervisor(s)

  • a professional proofreader (if different from (a), please specifyand upload confirmation letter from proofreader):

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Signature of studentDate

PART B: TO BE COMPLETED BY SUPERVISOR

  • I hereby declare that I have reviewed the Turnitin interactive plagiarism report on the above (tick applicable option)

dissertation – available on clickUP under the module EECE Masters 2016 / Dissertation (FINAL SUBMISSION)
thesis – available on clickUP under the module EECE PhD 2016 / Thesis (FINAL SUBMISSION)

I am satisfied that the plagiarism report is in order. In particular, I certify that the dissertation/thesiscontains no verbatim copying of sentences and/or paragraphs from other sources (whether cited or not), or what appear to be disguised attempts at such copying.

  • I also declare that I have reviewed PART C of this form(Copyright Permission for Figures), and that I am satisfied that copyright permission has been obtained for all of the necessary figures.

I am furthermore satisfied that the captions to these figures state that copyright permission has been obtained in accordance with Section 3.7.2 of the preparation guide(Information for Preparation of Research Proposals, Masters Dissertations and PhD Theses; section reproduced on next page for easy reference).

  • I declare that the dissertation/thesis is ready to be submitted for examination.

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Signature of supervisorDate

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Name of supervisor

3.7.2 Copyright clearance and referencing of material subject to copyright clearance

If any material (not only figures, but also data sheets, etc) is copied from an external source, permission to do so is mandatory, regardless of whether the figure is altered or not. The crucial point is whether you copy the main/core idea of the figure. If this is the case, you will need to apply for permission – and indicate in the figure caption that that permission has been obtained, as described below – even though you may have redrawn the figure from scratch. If in doubt, please consult with Mr Lucas Nhlangulela ().

  • If the figure is an exact copy of a non-IEEE source figure, the final sentence of the figure caption must read (e.g.)

Taken from Loizou (2006), with permission.

If the figure is not an exact copy of the figure in the source, its caption must read

Adapted from Loizou (2006), with permission.

The latter applies to the Harvard referencing style.For IEEE referencing style, the above would become

Taken from [12], with permission.

etc.

  • For figures taken/adapted from IEEE publications, the final sentence of the figure caption must read

Republished with permission of IEEE, from [12]; permission conveyed through Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.

(IEEE referencing style)

or

Adapted with permission of IEEE, from Loizou (2006); permission conveyed through Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.

(Harvard referencing style)

PART C: TO BE COMPLETED BY STUDENT

Copyright Permission for Figures

Figure number in dissertation/
thesis / Page number in dissertation/
thesis / Source
type / Source reference / Permission
Fig 1.1 / 2 / Journal / Malherbe et al (2013), Med Eng & Comput, pp. 12-19, Fig 5. / UP copyright office. Attached.
Fig 1.2 / 3 / Book / J Fourier,Fourier transforms, Wiley, 2001, ISBN 2011020110, p. 34, Fig 16. / UP copyright office. Attached.
Fig 1.3 / 3 / Own / N.A. / N.A.
etc. / etc. / etc. / etc. / etc.

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