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Hints for the short presentations September 26 and October 10


  • What to present: Present your past research (if any) if you think it is interesting to the group and/or relevant to your future research, and present your future research -- what you intend to do in the next year(s), or what your research interests are if you have not yet exactly decided what to do.
  • Level of specificity: Name approaches you have taken/might take ("decision trees", "noisy channel model"), perhaps give highlights of results,  but do not give technical detail, or detailed results.  Do not (in genreal) present formulas.
  • Time: You do not need to fill your slot, but you can't take more than your allocated time.
  • Slides: If you have a 3 minute presentation, you do not need to use slides.  Otherwise, it is highly suggested.  Do not put material on slides you do not intend to discuss, do not expect the audience to read material while you are talking.   Do use sans-serif fonts, always larger than 24 points, do use black-on-white rather than inverse.
  • Technical details: If you are using slides, I will ask you to install them on the PC in the room we are meeting in in advance.  Details about this to follow.

Please email me any questions/comments/suggestions: rambow@cs.columbia.edu !