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Title: How to give a Seminar Talk


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How to give a Seminar Talk
  • Daniel Kroening
  • ETH Zürich

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Why?
  • So your Professor does not get embarrassed!
  • Its 50 of the grade!

3
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

5
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

7
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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Diagrams
TOO FANCY
TOO ANNOYING
9
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

12
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

13
About this Seminar
  • Topics
  • Power consumption
  • Timing
  • Verification
  • 40-45 Minutes for each talk
  • English

14
About this Seminar
  • Papers
  • We have a selection
  • You will pick next week(see webpage Wednesday)
  • But feel free to suggest one

15
Administrative Things
  • We will give you plenty of time to prepare
  • You MUST email draft of slides to assistantone
    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 Meyers classon how
    to give technical talks
  • Mark your calendars28 November, 1515-1630
  • Room will be announced
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