CS5247
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Research Paper Presentation |
Every student will present in the class 1 to 2 research paper listed in the course schedule. Your presentation should be roughly 25 minutes long and allow 5 minutes for questions. You have a maximum of 30 minutes.
You should try to address the following questions during the presentation (not necessarily in this order):
A good presentation should be more than mere regurgitation of what is written in the paper. It should contain your insights and criticisms after the reading. In particular, every presentation must end with a summary of key points of the paper!
The papers that you may select are listed as required readings in the shaded part of the course schedule (from 13 Sept. onwards). I will try to assign papers to match your preferences.
It takes effort to prepare a good presentation. You should plan to spend 4 to 6 hours to prepare the slides and practice the presentation. It is more important to make clear the most important ideas of a paper than to describe painstakingly all the details. You must use the powerpoint template to prepare the slides so that we all follow a consistent style that is legible and easy to read. The Resources section below contains additional information on how to give a good presentation.
If you are scheduled to present during a particular week, the powerpoint slides are due Monday noon (12pm) of the week so that I can read them and provide you feedback if there are severe flaws, before putting them on the web. If you miss the deadline and thus I cannot put the slides on the web on time, the penalty is 10% of the grade and likely anger from your fellow students.
You may consult and use the powerpoint slides from last year's offering of this course and slides from elsewhere on the web, but you are expected to make improvement over them. Please note that the old course web site is no longer maintained. Not all links work, and no support can be provided.
Last updated: Tue Jul 27 14:32:24 MPST 2004