Technical Report
Purpose: Document technical work in detail — experiments, systems, code, and internal research.
When to use:
- Writing experiment reports (detailed results)
- Documenting system architecture
- Writing code documentation
- Creating internal research memos
- Preparing supplementary materials
Links to:
- — experiment data
- — methodology
- — thesis integration
- — paper format
- — deployment docs
- — infrastructure docs
Report Types
1. Experiment Report
markdown
# Experiment Report: [Experiment Name]
**Date:** [YYYY-MM-DD]
**Author:** [Name]
**Version:** [v1.0]
## 1. Objective
[What question does this experiment answer?]
## 2. Setup
### 2.1 Hardware
- GPU: [type] × [count]
- RAM: [size]
- Storage: [type/size]
### 2.2 Software
- Python: [version]
- PyTorch: [version]
- CUDA: [version]
### 2.3 Dataset
|----------|-------|
| Name | [dataset] |
| Size | [N samples] |
| Train/Val/Test | [split ratios] |
| Preprocessing | [steps] |
### 2.4 Hyperparameters
|-----------|--------------|-------------|-----------|
| learning_rate | [1e-4, 1e-2] | 1e-3 | grid search |
| batch_size | [16, 32, 64] | 64 | validation loss |
## 3. Method
[Brief description of what was tested]
## 4. Results
### 4.1 Main Results
|--------|----------|-----|---------|
| Baseline | 85.2±0.3 | 84.1±0.4 | 12ms |
| Ours | 87.1±0.2 | 86.3±0.3 | 15ms |
### 4.2 Ablation
|---------------|----------|---|
| Full | 87.1±0.2 | — |
| w/o Module A | 85.8±0.3 | -1.3 |
| w/o Module B | 86.2±0.2 | -0.9 |
### 4.3 Statistical Analysis
- Test: paired t-test
- p-value: 0.002 (significant at α=0.05)
- Seeds: 5 (42, 123, 456, 789, 1024)
## 5. Analysis
[Interpretation of results, patterns observed]
## 6. Conclusions
[Key takeaways, next steps]
## 7. Reproducibility
- Code: [URL or "available upon request"]
- Data: [URL or "see Section 2.3"]
- Random seeds: [list]
2. System Design Document
markdown
# System Design: [System Name]
**Version:** [v1.0]
**Status:** [Draft/Review/Final]
**Last Updated:** [Date]
## 1. Overview
[1 paragraph: what the system does, why it exists]
## 2. Requirements
### 2.1 Functional Requirements
- FR1: [requirement]
- FR2: [requirement]
### 2.2 Non-Functional Requirements
- NFR1: Performance — [specification]
- NFR2: Scalability — [specification]
- NFR3: Reliability — [specification]
## 3. Architecture
### 3.1 High-Level Design
[Architecture diagram]
### 3.2 Component Design
|-----------|---------------|-----------|
| [comp1] | [what it does] | [API/events] |
| [comp2] | [what it does] | [API/events] |
### 3.3 Data Flow
[Sequence diagram or flowchart]
## 4. API Design
### 4.1 Endpoints
|--------|------|-------------|
| GET | /api/v1/[resource] | [description] |
| POST | /api/v1/[resource] | [description] |
### 4.2 Data Models
```typescript
interface [Model] {
id: string;
field: type;
}
5. Database Design
[ER diagram, schema]
6. Deployment
[Infrastructure, Docker, K8s config]
7. Testing Strategy
[Unit, integration, e2e tests]
8. Monitoring
[Metrics, alerts, dashboards]
9. Security
[Authentication, authorization, data protection]
10. Future Work
[Planned improvements]
### 3. Code Documentation
```markdown
# [Module Name] Documentation
## Overview
[What this module does]
## Installation
```bash
pip install [package]
Quick Start
python
from module import Class
# Initialize
obj = Class(param1=value1)
# Use
result = obj.method(input)
API Reference
Class:
__init__(self, param1, param2)
Description: Initialize the class.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|
| param1 | str | required | [description] |
| param2 | int | 10 | [description] |
Example:
python
obj = Class(param1="value", param2=20)
Description: [what it does]
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|
| input | np.ndarray | [description] |
Returns:
| Type | Description |
|---|
| dict | [description] |
Raises:
| Exception | Condition |
|---|
| ValueError | [when] |
Example:
python
result = obj.method(np.array([1, 2, 3]))
Configuration
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|
| DEBUG | False | Enable debug mode |
Changelog
v1.0.0 (YYYY-MM-DD)
### 4. Research Memo
```markdown
# Research Memo: [Topic]
**Date:** [YYYY-MM-DD]
**Author:** [Name]
**Status:** [Draft/Reviewed]
## Context
[Why this memo exists, what triggered it]
## Key Observations
1. [Observation 1]
2. [Observation 2]
3. [Observation 3]
## Analysis
[Detailed analysis of observations]
## Implications
[What this means for the research]
## Action Items
- [ ] [Action 1]
- [ ] [Action 2]
## References
[Related papers, experiments, discussions]
Report Quality Checklist
Content
Format
Technical
Integration Flow
experiment-tracking (data)
↓
technical-report (this skill)
├── Experiment Report → advisor/committee
├── System Design → team/collaborators
├── Code Documentation → users/developers
└── Research Memo → self/team
↓
thesis-writing (integrate into thesis)
↓
paper-writing (extract for paper)
↓
conference-paper (present findings)
↓
progress-report (summarize for advisor)