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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  463 – http://www.cpp.edu/~ftang/teaching.html CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar

Presentation Guidelines  Give some guidelines to speakers as well as audience – General do’s and don’ts in making a presentation or listening to a presentation – For speakers – For audience – Question/discussion session – Evaluation CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar

 Guidelines for speaker  Guidelines for audience  Question/discussion  Evaluation CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar

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 CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar

Length of Presentation Different occasions, different lengths  For 2 presenters per day:  – 30 to 35 minutes talk – 5 to 10 minutes questions/discussion – Total = 40 minutes For 3 presenters per day:  – 25 minutes talk – 5 minutes questions/discussion – Total = 30 minutes Penalty for < 30 or > 45  The ideal time for each slide is 1 to 2 minutes  CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar

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? CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar

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 CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar

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 CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar

 Guidelines for speaker  Guidelines for audience  Question/discussion  Evaluation CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar

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 CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar

 Guidelines for speaker  Guidelines for audience  Question/discussion  Evaluation CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar

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 CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar

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 CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar

 Guidelines for speaker  Guidelines for audience  Question/discussion  Evaluation CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar

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 CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar

Evaluation Form  http://www.cpp.edu/~ftang/courses/CS463/463% 20evaluation%20form.pdf CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar

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 CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar

References  Every talk must include a reference list  Li, Victor, “ Hints on Writing Technical Papers and Making Presentations”, IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 42, no. 2, May 1999.  Dr. Brad Vander Zanden’s ” Preparing an Effective Presentation” – http://web.eecs.utk.edu/~bvz/presentation.html  Special thanks to Dr. Sang for sharing her CS463 and CS664 teaching material with me CS 463: Undergraduate Seminar