1 how to give a good presentation? cliff c. zou cap6135 01/2011

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How to Give a Good Presentation?

Cliff C. ZouCAP613501/2011

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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

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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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


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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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

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