• Presentation
• Written report

Presentation

In the following paragraphs, you'll find hints for and requirements of the presentations to be held in the seminar.

Requirements

• Each presentation is to be given by a single person
• Presentation language is English
• min. 40 minutes of time: 30 minutes presentation, 10 minutes discussion
• Final slides must be submitted at least 24 hours before the presentations is to be held - as PDF.
• A draft of your presentation must be submitted 4 days before the presentation is scheduled.
• A draft of the contents of your presentation must be discussed two weeks before the presentation during the project attendance time
• A notebook for presentation is provided (Ubuntu), you can also bring your own. Please make sure it supports HDMI.
• Cancelling the presentation less than 48 hours in advance without medical certificate means you'll fail the project (unless we can find another time slot for you).

Hints

• You should prepare roughly one slide per minute of presentation
• The presentation shall be practiced multiple times before presenting. Your audience will know whether you did or not.

The presentation shall include the following things:

• A title page with the title, your name and the date of presentation
• All slides should be numbered for easier reference in the following discussion
• Provide a visible structure of the talk
• An introduction to the topic, necessary definitions and maybe a short introduction to its history
• When presenting a paper: Title, author (including his employer) as well as time and place of publication
• A clear definition of the problem to be solved
• Presentation of the approach(es)
• Presentation of the results
• Discussion of advantages and disadvantages of the selected approach and its results
• A short comparison with other approaches

• Use figures and images to illustrate the topics
• Use equations as necessary (but explain the used symbols)
• If possible, combine text and graphical material
• Don't use bullet-point lists only (like this one!)
• When using videos, include key frames in your slides

If the paper does not include a comparison with other approaches or a discussion of the results, you can mention this in your presentation. Still, you are required to compare and contrast with other people's approaches and results.

Grading

The presentation will be graded according to:

• Amount and quality of technical information and precision of your explanations
• Comprehensibility of your presentation and its slides
• Liveliness of your presentation
• Quality of your answers during discussion
• Adherence to requirements listed above