Templates

GitHub repo templates

LaTeX templates

  • My GitHub repo with templates includes templates for:
    • Paper (goes well with the Research repo template above)
    • NSF proposal
    • Reviewer report
  • Overleaf has a template for UM Thesis
  • UM’s Graduate Division also says:

The University does not offer official support for students who use LaTeX to prepare the final ETD document. However, past graduate students have taken the initiative to prepare a LaTeX template formatted per Graduate School ETD formatting guidelines and have shared the template with the Sr. Editor. Students interested in obtaining the template should send an e-mail request to grad.dissertation@miami.edu. Please note that the Sr. Editor can only provide the LaTeX template and is unable to provide assistance with using the LaTeX template.

Setting up R in a computational server

# Install R
sudo dnf install R

# Now Download and Install RStudio Server
curl -O https://download2.rstudio.org/server/rhel9/x86_64/rstudio-server-rhel-2026.09.0-174-x86_64.rpm # Get latest URL from https://docs.posit.co/ide/user/#rstudio-server-oss-downloads

sudo dnf install rstudio-server-rhel-2026.09.0-174-x86_64.rpm
rm rstudio-server-rhel-2026.09.0-174-x86_64.rpm

# Enable the firewall on port 8787
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=8787/tcp
sudo firewall-comd --reload
sudo systemctl enable --now rstudio-server

# Dependencies to build R pakcages
sudo dnf install libcurl-devel
sudo dnf install fontconfig-devel
sudo dnf install fribidi-devel
sudo dnf install freetype-devel libpng-devel libtiff-devel libjpeg-devel libwebp-devel

# Dependencies for spatial libraries
sudo dnf install udinuits2-devel
sudo dnf install gdal-devel
sudo dnf install proj-devel pkgconf-pkg-config
sudo dnf install geos-devel

# People can access with the same credentials used to access the server
# To add a user:
sudo useradd -m <user_name>
sudo passwd <user_name>