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This assignment is due 5PM EST the day before your presentation.

Paper Presentation

This assignment is to measure your ability to…

  • critically read academic papers
  • apply techniques and methods mentioned in the paper to other scenarios

Instructions

Once you are assigned a paper, you will be told the approximate date when your presentation will be. (Since the lecture material moves around as the course progresses, the presentation dates might move as well.)

Your presentation should be about 8 minutes long + a few minutes for questions.

Your talk should include:

  • a summary of the paper,
  • what the strengths of the paper are, and
  • what the weaknesses of the paper are

Rubric

Criteria Possible Points Description  
Summary 4 points High-level summary that explains the key points of the paper without going into unnecessary detail, but explains concepts that might be unknown to the class  
Strengths 4 points A few strengths of the paper compared to other work in the field  
Weaknesses 4 points A few weaknesses of the paper compared to other work in the field =
Length 1 point Presentation is less than or equal to 8 minutes long  
Slides 3 points Slides are organized/look professional, not overly wordy, and not just copying text from the paper  

What to submit

  1. A Powerpoint (ppt or pptx) file or a link to where we can find the slides online (e.g., Google Slides).