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How to give a good presentation.ppt
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How to Give a
Good Presentation?
Cliff C. Zou
CAP6135
01/2011
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Outline
How to Read a Research Paper
Prepare Presentation Slides
Give a Presentation
Follow up
Online Resource
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Find Good Research Paper
Find papers in high-quality conferences
There are too many conferences/workshops!!
Security research conferences:
Top ranking conferences:
IEEE Security & Privacy, ACM CCS, Usenix Security
Other good conferences:
NDSS, RAID, ACSAC, SecureCom, AsiaCCS, DSN, ESORICS….
Conference papers are grouped into sections according to topics
The section title will tell you the research topic
Help you quickly find papers you are interested
4. Find Good Research Paper
Good security research journals:
ACM Transactions on Information and System Security
IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
Problem for journals:
They are slow in publishing, usually will be two years later than
conference papers
Good resource to find security conferences:
http://faculty.cs.tamu.edu/guofei/sec_conf_stat.htm
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How to Read a Research Paper
Glance through abstracts to find interesting
ones
Read introduction and one more section to
get the big picture
Understand the novel idea(s) provided by a
paper
Read “related work” and glance over several
related papers if not familiar with the topic
Read the whole paper if the paper is worth it
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How to Read a Research Paper
Ask questions actively when reading:
What is the novel idea(s)?
Can I do this research, too?
Some research are not doable by yourself
E.g., require specific hardware, software, data
Then they are not much helpful for your own research
What can I learn from this paper on my own
research?
What are the weaknesses of the paper?
Which point(s) can I do further research on?
Important to conduct your own research
7. How to Read a Research Paper
Write a brief notes on each paper you just
finished reading
Refresh your memory (important!)
Will not forget the paper’s idea half year later
Have a better/clearer understanding of the
paper after you write down your thoughts
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8. How to Read a Research
Paper
Keep a record for you to quickly find the paper
later
Better put notes into computer files
Each file contains:
papers of a conference, of a year
Papers of a specific research topic
Use clear file name to show the content
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Outline
How to Read a Research Paper
Prepare Presentation Slides
Give a Presentation
Follow up
Online Resource
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Prepare Presentation Slides
Create examples/figures/animations to
explain
May not in paper, create by yourself
Animations or step-by-step figures are best in
explaining a system, architecture, algorithm
Not in paper, must be done by yourself
Do not only put words in slides
Boring, too abstract
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Prepare Presentation Slides
Be focused
Success if you pass ONE single central idea of a paper
Audience cannot understand everything in 30 minutes!
If you cannot explain a point clearly, skip it
Some ideas/algorithms are complicated to explain
Only use a sentence to say the name, and results
In most case, a complicated idea is not the novel point of a paper
Not too colorful Powerpoint template
Readable text: big font, clear color
e.g., no green/yellow text on white background
Readable figures
A project usually has fewer color, smaller resolution than a
computer screen!
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Prepare Presentation Slides
Concise, self-explanation text
Not too abstract, contain concrete information
No need for complete sentences
Some people prefer to read slides than listen!
Good acknowledgement
For others’ papers, put author names, publication place,
time in the first page
Then, “presented by: your name”
Copying others’ slides must have acknowledgement
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Outline
How to Read a Research Paper
Prepare Presentation Slides
Give a Presentation
Follow up
Online Resource
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Give a Presentation
Dry run before presentation
Test timing
Get familiar (bad impression if you do not know what you talk!!)
Remember important words to say, be concise
But do not recite every word in speech!
Monotone, no personal attachment to what you say
Especially important to non-English speaker
Less grammar error, fluent, clear and concise
Intense dry run for important presentation
Write down talk notes for each page and remember them
Video tape yourself: body language, wasted words (tag)
Ask friends to listen your dry run, get feedback
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Give a Presentation
Speak loud
Force you to speak slow, looks confident
Force you to remove murmur, be clear & concise
Most murmur are wasted words, not confident words
Audience cannot hear your murmur
Emphasize
Pause after an important point
Even slower, louder on important point
Do not read slides
Slides are for audience to read
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Give a Presentation
Figures
Need to explain X/Y-axis; Don’t rush
Timing
Pay attention to time (put a clear clock in front)
Prepare to jump slides for timing
Don’t be frustrated for questions or your
mistakes
Be friendly to audience, show confidence
Your mood affects audience’s mood!
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Outline
How to Read a Research Paper
Prepare Presentation Slides
Give a Presentation
Follow up
Online Resource
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Follow Up
In job interview, always send “thank-you”
notes to interviewers
A brief email is good
Online tutorial: google “thank-you notes”
Thank, acknowledgement
Explain unanswered questions
Provide paper, reference information promised by
you
19. Follow Up
For this class, send your ppt file to me!
I will collect comment on presentation from
online students and publish the collected
comments on course webpage
Everyone should read the comments
You will benefit even if you are not the presenter
Remember, giving a good, clear talk is
important to your career!
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Online Resource
How To Give A Great Presentation
http://www.to-done.com/2005/07/how-to-give-a-great-presentation/
Presentation Skills
http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/dept/Tips/present/present.htm
Advice on Research and Writing
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mleone/web/how-to.html
Western New England Editorial Freelancers' Network
http://www.editorsplus.com/members.html
For copyediting your thesis, paper
Best writing guideline book:
The Elements of Style by William Strunk
Google: “resume”, “job hunting”, “give presentation”, …
You can find tutorials, samples for any topics through web search