Seminar on Internet Technologies (Winter 2012/2013): Difference between revisions
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* Give an overview of your topic to the audience. | * Give an overview of your topic to the audience. | ||
* 20 minutes of presentation followed by 10 minutes discussion. | * 20~25 minutes of presentation followed by 5~10 minutes discussion. | ||
* Slides should be in English. | * Slides should be in English. | ||
As a part of the seminar you have to present your topic to an audience of students and other interested people. Your presentation should give the audience a general idea of the topic and highlight interesting issues and problems. Try to explain the motivation behind your topic and the problems that are addressed as well as the solutions and open questions. You have | As a part of the seminar you have to present your topic to an audience of students and other interested people. Your presentation should give the audience a general idea of the topic and highlight interesting issues and problems. Try to explain the motivation behind your topic and the problems that are addressed as well as the solutions and open questions. You have 25 minutes to present your topic followed by 10 minutes of discussion. You must keep within the time limit of 35 minutes. The deadline for the slides you prepare for the presentation is one week before the actual presentation. Please send the slides to your topic advisor as soon possible though, so you have time to include any feedback you got. | ||
You can chose on your own whether you want to prepare the presentation or write the report first. We recommend that you have a rough draft of the presentation as a basis to discuss your approach of the topic with your advisor before writing a lot of text. It is easier to exchange a couple of slides than a couple pages in the report. | You can chose on your own whether you want to prepare the presentation or write the report first. We recommend that you have a rough draft of the presentation as a basis to discuss your approach of the topic with your advisor before writing a lot of text. It is easier to exchange a couple of slides than a couple pages in the report. | ||
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Suggestions for preparing the slides: | Suggestions for preparing the slides: | ||
* No more than | * No more than 20 slides. | ||
* Get your audiences to quickly understand the idea of the presentation | * Get your audiences to quickly understand the idea of the presentation | ||
*Figures, tables and animations are better than wordy sentences | * Figures, tables and animations are better than wordy sentences | ||
*Use example to explain complicated algorithms | * Use example to explain complicated algorithms | ||
*Short sentences | * Short sentences | ||
*Avoid complicated equations | * Avoid complicated equations | ||
*Summary of the topic: thinking/justification of the approach(es) in your own words | * Summary of the topic: thinking/justification of the approach(es) in your own words | ||
=== 5. Write the Report === | === 5. Write the Report === | ||