Ch. Eick Assignment 3 COSC 4355 Christoph F. Eick

Ch. Eick Assignment 3 COSC 4355 Ch. Eick 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). 2

Ch. Eick Assignment 3 COSC 4355 Ch. Eick 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  never skip the conclusion.

Ch. Eick Assignment 3 COSC 4355 Ch. Eick 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.

Ch. Eick Assignment 3 COSC 4355 Ch. Eick 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.

Ch. Eick Assignment 3 COSC 4355 Ch. Eick 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!