You will present
4 papers. At least 2 of them should be from the set that I assign.
For the other 2, you're free to choose any papers on the
topic, or to pick others from my provided list. You will have a total
of 40 minutes. Aim for 30 to 35 minutes of presentation and 5 to
10 minutes of questions.
Showing a demo or a video of one of the systems in action can be very
helpful to show your colleagues the look and feel of an interactive
system. If you want do this and plan to use my laptop to present,
contact me in advance (at least the day before) so that we can sort
whether the demo will indeed run. You must inform me in advance if you
will require AV hardware such as a VCR or speakers during your presentation.
Note that this presentation style is quite different from what was
assigned in Spring 2003 course, but it's similar to Spring 2004 and
afterwards.
Do not send me large files via email. You should post your
course-related materials (slides, assignments, proposals, final
project reports) on your personal web site, and send me the URL. I
will then upload your work to the course web site, so that it is
archivally available. If you don't already have a personal site, see
the webpage
setup section of the CS Dept FAQ for how to set one up in the CS
domain.
You may use my laptop for presentations. If you need to use anything
except for PDF or PowerPoint, check with me in advance to make sure
that the required software is installed on my machine. By 11am on the
day of class, send me either the URL for your presentation, or a note
telling me that you're using your own laptop. In that case, send me
the URL for your presentation by 3:30pm.
Also please send me the bibliographic citation of the papers you
choose, and the URL if available online.
Your email must have the following subject header:
Topics
Topic and Time Signup
Send me your top three topic choices, and if desired up veto up to
two days on which you do not want to present, by Friday Oct 19 at
5pm. I will send out the schedule and post papers soon after that.
Your email must have the following subject header:
Subject: 533 submit topics
Content
Your presentation should not simply outline the
papers. You will need to present the critical ideas in the paper so
that your colleagues in the class have a basis for understanding your
subsequent discussion. Part of this assignment is to use your
judgement on what those critical ideas are and how to concisely
present them. You should compare the approaches of the papers, by
a specific discussion of their relative strengths and weaknesses.
Critique whether the proposed tools and techniques in these papers
actually solve the intended domain problem.
Slides
You should prepare slides to accompany your talk.
See the previous versions of this
course for many good examples
of student presentations. You may use the software platform of your
choice to present these slides, as long as it's also possible to
provide a cross-platform readable version of your talk for the course
web site: for instance, HTML+images, or PDF. PowerPoint is fine (it's
easiest for you to give me the PowerPoint file, and then I generate
the HTML+images from it).
Subject: 533 submit slides
Grading
I've used this template for grading for the past few years (but I make no
guarantees that I will continue to use it):
Presentation Preparation
For advice on giving technical talks, see
Tamara Munzner
Last modified: Wed Nov 7 15:53:57 PST 2007