COSC 4335 Assignment3 Student Presenations Spring 2015

1. COSC 4335Assignment3 Student PresenationsSpring 2015 Christoph F. Eick

2. Presentations and Evaluation • Each presentation has 9-10 minutes—not shorter not longer! One group member should be present at 2:20p to upload the presentation. The event will take place in 563 PGH!! • One group member of each group will serve as judge, evaluating the presentations of the other groups. The other 3 group members need to participate in the presentation. In general, students will judge themselves. Groups of 3 will not need to nominate a judge; there will 6+Raju=7 judges • Presentations count 1/3 towards the Project3 grade and will be judged based on: • Content (does the presentation have a clear story/message to tell? Scientific Quality? Is the project technically sound?) • Form (is the presentation understandable, quality of slide, quality on how the content was delivered, time management) • Topic (is the topics interesting?) • Scoring System: 1-10 (10 is outstanding; 1 is very very poor; the expected average score for such events is typically between 6 and 7; moreover, ‘-’ abstain should be chosen, when evaluating your own group and if having a ‘true’ conflict of interest with respect to presenters of another group. • The remaining 2/3 of the project will be evaluated based on (using the same 1-10 scale) • Technical Quality and Content of the Project (weighted by 3) • Amount of Work • Form and Quality of the report • Interestingness of the chose topic • Finally we will added up the 7 scores (with 90 being the maximum score).

3. Thoughts on Presentations • speak loudly and freely --- do not read! • make a plan for your presentation. • Give a brief overview of your presentation at the beginning • Introduce the topic of your presentation clearly. • In general, a presentation consists of: introduction, main-part, conclusion. • Finish your presentation with a conclusion that summarizes your results/findingsneverskip the conclusion.

4. Thoughts on Presentations2 • Establish goals for your presentation --- what is / are the message / messages of your presentation? • Prepare the presentation taking the viewpoint of a person that will listen to your presentation. • Make a "proud presentation" --- if you aren't, pretend to be proud. • Interact with the audience; keep the audience awake (make a joke, • Tell a story, challenge / tease / reward / punish / surprise the audience, use funny examples, ask questions. • Try to refer to previous presentations. • Establish contexts and context shifts clearly. • Don't get lost in technical detailsunless they are important for the message of your talk.

5. Presentations Part3 • If you get completely lost in your presentation --- take a deap breath pause for a 20 seconds, and continue (?!?). • Use transparencies and/or the blackboard. • Do not write too much on a transparency (about 5-12 lines; • does not apply to examples). Use large fonts. • Use Large Fonts! Use Color!! • Unreadable transparencies are unacceptable! Don't put unrelated things on the same transparency! • Use examples; general descriptions of algorithms or concepts are very hard to understand. • A picture is worth more than 1000 words!! • Answer questions politely! You need not to answer questions immediately. Don't let questions mess up your presentation. You are allowed to postpone answering questions.

6. Presentations Part4 • Important things should be said more than once. • Take your time --- do not hurry through your presentation (unless near the end). • Make a schedule for your presentation; check the schedule during your presentation. Subdivide your presentation into mandatory parts and optional parts (parts that can be skipped if you run out of time). • Practice your presentation --- entertain your cat / grandmother / • Don't stand in front whatever you present. • Keep eye-contact with the audience! Try to read the audience reaction to what you are presenting and use this know for the remainder/next presentation. • Smile from time to time --- this is not a funeral! • Be emotional in the sense that the audience feels that you identify yourself with the contents of your presentation --- you have something important to tell! Try to convince the audience! • Try to entertain!