Added a statement of originality + an appendix for acknowledging the …

…use of AI assistants

report.tex

@@ -74,12 +74,11 @@
 \subfile{subfiles/evaluation}
 \subfile{subfiles/conclusions}
 
-\section*{ACKNOWLEDGMENT}
-Write your acknowledgments here.
-
 \bibliographystyle{IEEEtran}
 \bibliography{references}
 
+\subfile{subfiles/acknowledgement}
+\subfile{subfiles/statement_of_originality}
 \subfile{subfiles/appendix}
 
 \end{document}

subfiles/acknowledgement.tex

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+%!TEX root = ../report.tex
+\documentclass[../report.tex]{subfiles}
+
+\begin{document}
+    \section*{ACKNOWLEDGMENT}
+
+    Write your acknowledgments here.
+\end{document}

subfiles/appendix.tex

@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@
     \section*{Appendix}
     \label{sec:appendix}
 
-    You can add any additional details about your work in the appendix, such as:
+    Please limit the main part of the report to 20 pages (not including the references, the statement of originality, and the appendix).
+
+    In your appendix, you can add any additional details about your work, such as:
     \begin{itemize}
         \item extra results that do not necessarily belong in Sec. \ref{sec:evaluation}
         \item more detailed justifications of certain algorithm design decisions
         \item algorithm proofs
     \end{itemize}
-    Try to limit the main part of the report to 20 pages (not including the reference and appendix sections).
+
+    Additionally, in the case of using AI assistants, describe in detail what content was generated using an AI assistant.
+    In particular, name the AI assistant(s) that you used and how they were used (e.g. which prompts were used, and for which parts of the project).
 \end{document}

subfiles/statement_of_originality.tex

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+%!TEX root = ../report.tex
+\documentclass[../report.tex]{subfiles}
+
+\begin{document}
+    \section*{STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY}
+
+    \noindent [If AI assistants have not been used, use this sentence] I, the undersigned below, declare that this work has not previously been submitted to this or any other university and that it is, unless otherwise stated, entirely my own work.
+    \newline
+
+    \noindent [If an AI assistant has been used, use this sentence] I, the undersigned below, declare that this work has not previously been submitted to this or any other university and that it is, unless otherwise stated, entirely my own work. The report was, in part, written with the help of the AI assistant [AI assistant name] as described in the appendix. I am aware that content generated by AI systems is no substitute for careful scientific work, which is why all AI-generated content has been critically reviewed by me, and I take full responsibility for it.
+
+    \vspace{1cm}
+
+    \hrule width 0.45\linewidth
+    \hfill \hspace{0.025\linewidth}
+    \hrulefill
+
+    \leftline{\hspace{1.5cm} Date \hfill Signature \hspace{1.5cm}}
+\end{document}