Guidelines for the technical paper: * Papers should be published in Top-tier journals and conferences in CSE. * Papers should be full-length papers (e.g. at least 10 pages in IEEE 2-column journal style). --------------------------------------------------------------- Action Item 1a: You must email the selected paper title and PDF Action item 1b: Select and identify a non-technical topic. Deadline: before Oct 10 2019. Action 1c: Choose a slot Deadline: on or before Oct 16 2020 --------------------------------------------------------------- Action Item 2: You must prepare a 30-minute talk followed by a 5-minute Q&A session + 10 minute discussion on the presentation, - on the selected topic. For the technical paper: The talk will contain the following components (suggested duration as below): a. Introduction to the problem, including brief background to topic - 6 minutes. b. Concise and Precise Problem Statement - 3 minutes. c. Proposed Method/Mechanisms, if applicable - 9 minutes d. Highlights of key results/proofs: 7 minutes e. Your observations/comments about the paper, its research approach, possible extensions, strengths and weaknesses, etc: 5 minutes f. Q&A: 5 minutes For the non-tech topic: It will be a more free format. But the timing limits are similar. -------------------------------------------------------- * ALL talks must be mailed (by 8am on the day of presentation) to the instructor. If you are planning to use ODT or other format, please check that the presentation can be displayed on the computer. * All students are required to attend ALL talks and are strongly encouraged to ask questions during each talk. * Each student will also fill out a feedback form that will be collated and returned to the speaker. Any student who misses any one talk, without giving a valid reason, will lose all points for their presentation. Any student who does not provide a presentation will have to repeat the CS6021 course next semester. * Practice your talk several times before coming to class. The idea is to help you get experience in presentations - the audience is usually friendly. * Use concept/block diagrams/figures to explain concepts, to the extent feasible.