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Learn how to deliver effective presentations and write compelling essays with these helpful tips. Grading criteria and tips for both presentations and essays are provided, along with resources for further guidance.
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Grading of the talks • Content • technical soundness • appropriate level of detail • nontrivial scientific content • connection to level of the audience • Presentation skills • organisation • timing: 20 minutes • use of beamer (and blackboard/tablet) • eye contact • answering questions • speed & articulation
Tips: • Do not stand in front of the screen • Use a pointer • Speak up • Use pictures when appropriate • Use blackboard/tablet for additional explanations • Use colors / focus for zooming in on important aspects in a slide • Slide numbers • Do not overload your slides • Look as if you are sure of yourself • Look at the audience (eye contact) • Presenting formulas costs a lot of time! Use them with care. • Bring a bottle of water
Grading of the essays • Content • technical soundness • appropriate level of detail • nontrivial scientific content • depth of research • no original results required from you! • plagiarism not allowed. (We use checking tools) • "Presentation" • organisation (sections etc.) • scientific writing • readability • use of tables & pictures • references: as complete as possible • use e.g. bibtex • mention "last visited" date for URLs • critical attitude • Do not just believe everything! Authors may be exaggerating
Tips for writing essays: • Title, abstract, name, bibliography, page numbers • You do not have to explain everything. Sometimes a literature ref. is good enough. When? • subject out of scope • full explanation would be too long • Be critical / mature • if you disagree with a paper, do not be afraid to tell us(but always motivate opinions) • it is not a crime to admit that you do not understand part of a paper(unless it is easy stuff) • Not too short, not too long • around 12-15 pages(LNCS format, see course webpage for template files)
More Tips: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/papers/giving-a-talk/giving-a-talk.htm http://www.win.tue.nl/~setalle/introduction.html