Academic Job Talk Slide Deck
About this template
An academic job talk in 16:9 Beamer: a research vision, two contribution sections, a future research agenda, a teaching slide and a closing fit argument, with biblatex references and pgfplots charts.
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- Document class
beamer[aspectratio=169, xcolor={table}]- Compiles with
- pdfLaTeX
- Pages in the compiled PDF
- 12
- Bibliography
- BibLaTeX with the Biber backend
- Files
- 10 files: 8 .tex, 1 .bib, 1 image
- Packages
fontencinputenclmodernmicrotypeamsmathamssymbmathtoolsbooktabsarraycolortbltikzpgfplotstcolorboxfontawesome5urlbiblatex
\documentclass[aspectratio=169, xcolor={table}]{beamer}
% Packages and styling live in preamble.tex; each section has its own file under
% sections/. Edit those directly -- this file is the outline of the talk.
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What does the Academic Job Talk Slide Deck template load?
It uses the beamer class (options: aspectratio=169, xcolor={table}), builds with pdfLaTeX, and loads 16 packages, including fontenc, inputenc, lmodern, microtype, amsmath, amssymb, mathtools and booktabs.
How does Academic Job Talk Slide Deck handle references?
It uses BibLaTeX, with Biber as the backend. References live in a .bib file, and the build runs the bibliography step for you, so citations and the reference list update every time you compile.
How long is the Academic Job Talk Slide Deck sample?
The compiled sample is 12 pages, from 10 files: 8 .tex, 1 .bib, 1 image. Replace the sample text with yours and the layout stays.
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