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WS2004/2005
How to give a Seminar Talk
Daniel Kroening
ETH Zürich
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Why?
So your Professor does not get embarrassed!
It’s 50% of the grade!
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Outline
Organization of a talk
Common pitfalls Fonts, Colors, Diagrams Number of slides? How to talk
About this seminar Contents Topics Administrative stuff
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Content
Goal: present research results
Think of the audience! Knows foundations of computer science Does not know specific research
Focus on concepts, not details!
Point out advantages/disadvantages
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Organization of a Talk
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Giving the Talk
Allow at least two minutes per slide Not enough time? Cut it!
Keep introduction and motivation short
Use less than a minute on outline
Use time for complex topics instead Repeat if really important Use examples
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Slide Layout
Keep it simple!
Use Diagrams
Try to keep it in one line Many topics cannot be explained fully with a few bullets. In such
situations, one is frequently tempted to write a full definition of the problem, usually in a very small font, which is read aloud while looking at the slide when giving the talk. Instead of this, a diagram together with a few key words would always be more suited to showing the context, which can then be elaborated on in more detail orally, in the talk.
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Feathers Stubby Brown
Told to leave town
Low self esteem
Does as is told
Ugly Duckling Syndrome
Diagrams
Essential
Depends onpurpose
Hardware Software
Equipment Type
Need
General Office Equipment
TOO FANCYTOO FANCY TOO ANNOYINGTOO ANNOYING
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Diagrams
Think about the people in the back row!
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Structural Figures
Better than long text
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Formulas
Use only when needed
Use descriptive variable names
Powerpoint equation editor is bad Consider Latex + Acrobat Reader Consider Texpoint
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Colors
Avoid too many colors
LCD ≠ Projector
Background colors:
Yellow, orange, green, light blue
Text colors:
Blue, magenta, red, dark green
Avoid distracting bitmap backgrounds
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About this Seminar
Topics:
Power consumption
Timing
Verification
40-45 Minutes for each talk
English
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About this Seminar
Papers:
We have a selection
You will pick next week
(see webpage ~Wednesday)
But feel free to suggest one
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Administrative Things
We will give you plenty of time to prepare
You MUST email draft of slides to assistant
one week before talk
You should meet with me or assistant
Grading:
We consider difficulty level of paper Presentation (slides, talk)
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Presentation Skills
Presentation skills will be graded
Thus, must attend Bertrand Meyer’s class
on how to give technical talks
Mark your calendars:
28 November, 15:15-16:30
Room will be announced