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CMSC 635

CMSC 635. Technical Presentations. Keys to Presenting. Prepare Be organized Focus on the ideas Practice!. Preparation. Know the material Know the background Make slides PowerPoint OpenOffice LaTeX ( beamer package is good). Slides. Phrases, not treatises Readability

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CMSC 635

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  1. CMSC 635 Technical Presentations

  2. Keys to Presenting • Prepare • Be organized • Focus on the ideas • Practice!

  3. Preparation • Know the material • Know the background • Make slides • PowerPoint • OpenOffice • LaTeX (beamer package is good)

  4. Slides • Phrases, not treatises • Readability • Not too much per slide (read in slide sorter) • Fonts & colors • Slides are a guide, not a script! • Pictures are good, diagrams better • Use equations sparingly • Know your pace (I’m 1-2 minutes/slide) • Avoid content-free eye candy

  5. Organization • Typical organization • Introduction • Background / Related Work • Method / Results • Conclusions • Give your audience the roadmap • “Tell them what you’re going to tell them, tell them, then tell them what you told them.”

  6. Introduction • Why is the problem important • Big picture of contribution & results • ~5 minutes

  7. Background / Related Work • Other work in area • Highlights • Group related • 1 to several papers per bullet • Other work you build on • More details on 1-2 • 1-2 slides each to understand your work

  8. Method / Results • Give idea of method • Details in paper • Diagrams, diagrams, diagrams • Show important results • Demo, video or pictures • If demo, have backup video • If video, use common codec • Bulk of talk (~10 minutes)

  9. Conclusions • Clear contributions (1 slide) • Tell them what you told them • Importance • Future work (1 slide) • Mix of next steps and blue sky • Thanks (1 slide) • People & funding • Questions

  10. Practice • What you’ll say • Transitions • Timing • Clarity

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