Guideline for presentations1:
- The length of the presentation is ~30 minutes.
- All the students must read the paper but do not require to go into the exhaustive details (e.g., implementation details and related work).
- Discuss the main components of the paper which include motivation of the work, problem statement, required background knowledge, threat model, insights of the solutions, design overview, key desgin details, and evaluation results.
- Provide your critiques (pros and cons) on the paper. Summarize the limitations
- What are some open questions based on the paper?
- Lead the discussion. Prepare several questions to pose to the class. Examples: We didn’t understand this part - can anybody explain? Can you think of serious drawbacks or limitations of this work? If this is an attack, what are some defenses, and if it is a defense, what are some attacks? etc. What is some additional data that should have been presented?
- On your title slide identify the paper title, authors, and source, as well as your own names and the date. I don’t mind if you incorporate figures from the paper (it’s time-consuming to draw figures), or even from someone else’s presentation, but cite the source on that slide. You should not just give someone else’s presentation - use your own ideas and words to present.
Presentation Grading Rubric:
- [50pts] Sumarize the main points of the article.
- [10pts] Relate the article to previously presented articles and compare with the related work.
- [10pts] Present the article in a clear, logical manner.
- [10pts] Critique the methodology that the article used to reach its conclusions.
- [10pts] Justify his or her opinions about the article.
- [10pts] Ask insightful questions for the group to discuss.
- [10pts] Facilitate a lively discussion of the article.
- [10pts] Moderate the discussion so that many individuals have an opportunity to speak.
- [20pts] Acts as an expert about the content of the article, answering clarifying questions as they arise.
- [10pts] Personzlize the topic, such as bringing their own experiences or facilitating a class exercise.
Instructions for participation:
- Read the papers being presented, before class. To understand the work, you may in some cases need to look at some of the references cited.
- Take a few notes of your impressions while you are reading, as if you were reviewing the paper. Is the paper written well and logically? Are the findings original and important? How does it compare with other work? Are the conclusions solid and well justified? What open problems are left or open questions are left unanswered?
- Come to class ready to discuss the paper, and to answer questions that are posed.
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