Class Presentation
CMSC 635, Fall 2005
Assignment
At some point during the semester, you will present two technical research papers to the class and lead a discussions on each. You may pick your papers from the set of readings, or
choose another research paper that interests you. You must get approval
for your choice of paper, and I recommend that you do so as early in the
semester as possible. If multiple people want to present the same paper,
it will go to the person who requested it first.
Your presentation should have the format of a presentation of this research to a technical conference, including a motivation for the research, a brief summary of the related work, a description of the new work, and a discussion of the results. You should use slides and especially figures and diagrams where appropriate. For some papers, there are video clips available to illustrate the results. You are welcome to use this sample
presentation and presentation
notes inspiration.
Your presentation will be during one of the classes scheduled to cover each topic. You should plan to spend about 25 minutes presenting the paper and 5-10 minutes in discussion. After your presentation, lead a discussion of the merits of the paper including such issues as:
- How well does this technique work compared to other techniques
for similar purposes?
- What are the limitations of this technique?
- How could this technique be improved?
- Could this technique be applied to other situations?
If you have questions about the technical details in a paper, I would
be happy to meet with you before your presentation to discuss that
paper.