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Expectations

Students are expected to:

• present one full conference paper/two short workshop papers during 1-hour
• present individually
• actively participate in the discussions about all the papers.

More specifically


Each presentation will be done by one of the students. The time frame should include ~40-45 minutes for presentation (or 20 minutes for each short paper). Assume people will ask questions during the presentation, and prepare accordingly (i.e., you may need a few spare minutes or slides in case there aren’t many). Each presentation should be followed by a 5-10 minutes discussion. Plan to spend much more than one hour to prepare for presentation and discussion.

Take into consideration the background material required to understand the paper; explaining it might take a while, and can often be as interesting(if not more) than the paper itself.

Remember that slides with lots of text are usually ineffective; Try to aim for sparse text (e.g., 4 bullets of short sentences). Visuals are good; they often help people understand. But visuals (diagrams, graphs,animation) are hard to prepare. Don’t waste too much time on it when preparing the presentation. Always remember: Visuals must be relevant; don’t use them just for entertainment.

Think hard about whether and how to engage the other participants in the discussion. Presentations are more interesting for you and for the audience if everyone is engaged occasionally. People learn more when they are active than when they listen passively. It’s not easy to engage students,but try.
A note for presenters of short papers: the list of papers includes several short papers, labeled accordingly in the list of papers below in couples of two short papers. Short paper couples must be included in one presentation. The tradeoff is that short papers usually present some cool new idea/analysis, but often not in-depth and and only provide a high-level view of the main ideas and results (if there are any).

What to Think About When Presenting a Paper

When you are reading a research paper, whether you are presenting it or not, think about the following questions. Being able to answer them shows that you understand the paper. These are also appropriate topics for the discussion.

What is the paper claiming or proposing?

If a system is proposed, how does the proposed system work? details are important. You may need to consult earlier papers, or books, to understand all the details. Consider briefly covering earlier ideas and techniques that must be understood but are not well known. Ideally, listeners would understand the technical ideas in detail.

Are the ideas novel and innovative?

Many good ideas have already been proposed in some context. Try to figure out which ideas and techniques are new, which have been adapted from other contexts, and which are simply tools of the trade.

Did the authors substantiate the claims?

Much of the contribution of papers often depends on analysis of real-world data and/or evaluation and experiments of a proposed system. Thus, much of the effort often lies in producing convincing evidence that the ideas work, and/or that data is reliable and the conclusions sound. Make sure you understand the evidence, not just the ideas.

Do you believe the claims? Do you think that the system works as claimed and or that the conclusions make sense?