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CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar Dr. Daisy Tang CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar Outline Introduction to CS 463 Presentation Guidelines Other Rules References CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar Introduction to CS463 Course Website

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CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar

Dr. Daisy Tang

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Outline

 Introduction to CS 463  Presentation Guidelines  Other Rules  References

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Introduction to CS463

 Course Website  463

– http://www.cpp.edu/~ftang/teaching.html

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Presentation Guidelines

 Give some guidelines to speakers as well as

audience

– General do’s and don’ts in making a presentation

r listening to a presentation

– For speakers – For audience – Question/discussion session – Evaluation

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 Guidelines for speaker  Guidelines for audience  Question/discussion  Evaluation

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Guidelines for the Speaker

 Know your audience  Know your equipment and environment  Use proper font/style/color  Include proper content  Do not clutter your slide  A picture is worth a thousand words  Minimize special effects  Do not read your slides  Keep your presentation going  Provide a break when transition  Talk to the audience  Rehearse yourself

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Length of Presentation

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Different occasions, different lengths

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For 2 presenters per day:

– 30 to 35 minutes talk – 5 to 10 minutes questions/discussion – Total = 40 minutes

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For 3 presenters per day:

– 25 minutes talk – 5 minutes questions/discussion – Total = 30 minutes

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Penalty for < 30 or > 45

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The ideal time for each slide is 1 to 2 minutes

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Presentation Content

 Four golden questions:

– Where are we now? – Where are we going? – How did we get there? – What is left for the future?

 A good talk will provide brief answers to the first

three questions and then focus on:

– Where are we now? – How did we get there?

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List of Contents for Your Talk

 Brief introduction

– Current state of the art – Why you are interested in this topic – High-level description of the main results

 Background and problem definitions  Technical depth

– Describe the methods/techniques for solving the problem – Describe the experiments and analyze results

 Conclusion and future work  References

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Some Hints for Your Talk

 When changing topics, summarize what you have

discussed so far and relate to what you are about to discuss next

 Introduce concrete examples before formal

algorithms

 Do a demo before discussing a software system in

depth

 A picture is worth a thousand words

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 Guidelines for speaker  Guidelines for audience  Question/discussion  Evaluation

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Guidelines for Audience

 Active listening

– Write down comments during talk – May directly write on the evaluation form

 Asking questions

– You may interrupt the talk for clarification or correct mistakes – Other questions that require longer time should wait till the end – Always raise your hand before asking questions

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 Guidelines for speaker  Guidelines for audience  Question/discussion  Evaluation

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Guidelines for Question and Discussion Session (1)

 Everyone is required to participate

– Formulate your questions or comments – Raise your hand and wait for your turn – Please don’t be shy – No question is a silly question

 If you don’t quite understand the talk, ask the

speaker to give a brief summary

 If you are not quite sure about some details, ask the

speaker to explain more on particular slides

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Guidelines for Question and Discussion Session (2)

 For any question:

– Let the speaker answer the question first – Audience may add more or bring up more discussions

 Speaker may ask audience questions too

– To warm up the discussion session – To know whether the audience really understand the talk

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 Guidelines for speaker  Guidelines for audience  Question/discussion  Evaluation

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Guidelines for Evaluation

 Give a score in each required section

– Be objective – Give high score to friends without justification may lower your own score

 Comments

– Be specific and constructive – Don’t write same comments again and again – Will be sent back to the speaker anonymously

 Your evaluation will be part of your final

score

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Evaluation Form

 http://www.cpp.edu/~ftang/courses/CS463/463%

20evaluation%20form.pdf

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Other Rules

 Attendance is mandatory

– Please come on time and attend every session – Refer to syllabus for details

 No make-up presentation is allowed except

for emergency

– If needed, the class will meet on the final week

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References

 Every talk must include a reference list  Li, Victor, “Hints on Writing Technical Papers and