CSC 590 Assignment 5, Winter 2014 – Research Talk
1 Requirements
For this assignment, you are to prepare and present a 22-minute talk in your research area. The talk may take one of three forms, depending on how close to a specific thesis topic you are in your studies.
Form 1: If you have an advisor and have chosen a specific topic, then your 590 presentation should be about your thesis specifically. You can think of the 590 talk as a shorter version of what you will do in your thesis defense. There is no specific format for a topic defense presentation. What you present is a complete summary of what is covered in your thesis, focusing on the most interesting aspects of your work.
Form 2: If you do not have a specific thesis topic, but have an idea of what it might be, then you can do a presentation very similar to Form 1. The difference is that your idea will be less well articulated than in Form 1, so your presentation will revolve more around the work of others than your own work.
Form 3: If you do not yet have a specific idea for a thesis topic, then your 590 presentation will be a summary of a particular research area. You can think of the talk as a 22-minute version of the first 5-minute talk you gave in 590. The format details of the talk are left to you, i.e., it does not need to follow the specific guidelines for the 5-minute talk. In general, you should provide an overview of the research area and a presentation of the major work that has been done, up to the present.
2 Examples
See http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~gfisher/classes/590/examples/assignment5
3 Turn-in Procedure
The main "turn-in" will be giving your presentation on the assigned day. Also submit your slides via email, on or before 7PM on Friday of Finals week. In addition to the "native" format of your slides, please also submit a PDF version. E.g., if you use PowerPoint for your slides, submit both the PowerPoint file as well as a PDF version.