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 === 1. Select a topic ===
-A student picks a topic to work on. You can pick a topic and start working at any time. Please just contact the topic advisor and he will give you the initial information and literature on the topic.
+A student picks a topic to work on. You can pick up a topic and start working at any time. Please contact the topic advisor for the initial information and literature about the topic.
 === 2. Get your work advised ===
-For each topic, a supervising tutor is available. He is your topic advisor and contact person for questions and problems regarding the topic. He supports you as much as you want, so do not hesitate to approach him for general advice or with any questions you might have. It is recommended that you schedule a face-to-face meeting with him right after you select your topic.
+For each topic, a topic advisor is available. He is your contact person for questions and problems regarding the topic. He supports you as much as you want, so please do not hesitate to approach him for any advice or with any questions you might have. It is recommended that you schedule a face-to-face meeting with him right after you select your topic.
-For general administrative issues (e.g., getting enrolled to this course, requesting a time slot for your presentation, etc.), you should contact the [http://user.informatik.uni-goettingen.de/~ljiao coordinator] of this course.
 === 3. Approach your topic ===
-* Topic titles are rather abstract.
+* By choosing a topic, you choose the direction of elaboration.
-* You chose the direction of your elaboration.
 * You may work in different styles, for example:
 **     Survey: Basic introduction, overview of the ﬁeld; general problems, methods, approaches.
-**     Specific problem: Selective introduction, details about the problem and the solution.
+**     Specific problem: Detailed introduction, details about the problem and the solution.
-* You should include your own thoughts: Evaluation section, outlook in the end.
+* You should include your own thoughts on your topic.
 === 4. Prepare your presentation ===
-* Present your topic to the audience (slides and talk in English).
+* Present your topic to the audience (in English).
 * 20 minutes of presentation followed by 10 minutes discussion.
-As a part of the seminar you have to present your topic to an audience of students and other interested people (usually the NET group members). 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 20 minutes to present your topic followed by 10 minutes of discussion. You must keep within the time limit. 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 present your topic to an audience of students and other interested people (usually the [http://www.net.informatik.uni-goettingen.de/ NET] group members). Your presentation should give the audience a general idea of the topic and highlight interesting problems and solutions. You have 20 minutes to present your topic followed by 10 minutes of discussion. You must keep it within the time limit. Please send the slides you prepare for your presentation to your topic advisor for any feedback before you do your presentation.
 Hints for preparing the presentation:
 * 20 minutes are too short to present a topic fully.
+* It is alright to focus just on one certain important aspect.
 * Limit the introduction of basics (5 min.).
-* It is alright to focus just on one certain important aspect.
 * Make sure to ﬁnish in time.
 Suggestions for preparing the slides:
 * No more than 20 pages/slides.
-* Get your audiences to quickly understand the idea of the presentation.
+* Get your audiences to quickly understand the general idea.
-* Figures, tables and animations are better than wordy sentences.
+* Figures, tables and animations are better than sentences.
 * Summary of the topic: thinking in your own words.
 === 5. Write your report ===
-Content:
 * Present the problem with its background.
-* Detail available approaches, techniques, methodologies to handle this problem.
+* Detail the approaches, techniques, methods to handle the problem.
 * Evaluate and assess those approaches (e.g., pros and cons).
 * Give a short outlook on potential future developments.
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 The report must be written in English according to common guidelines for scientific papers, between 12 and 15 pages of content (excluding the table of content, bibliography, etc.).
-=== 6. Meetings ===
+=== 6. Deadlines ===
-There are no general meetings. The work is expected to be done by yourself with the assistance of your topic advisor. Please follow the [[#Schedule]] to take appropriate actions.
+There are no regular meetings or classes for this course. The work is expected to be done by yourself with the assistance of your topic advisor. Please follow the [[#Schedule]] to take appropriate actions.
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