Week 14 slides - Lorrie Faith Cranor
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Computer Reliability
Week 14 - April 19, 21
Computers and Society • Carnegie Mellon University • Spring 2005 • Lorrie Cranor and Dave Farber • http://lorrie.cranor.org/courses/sp05/
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Guest lecture - Mary Shaw
Computers and Society • Carnegie Mellon University • Spring 2005 • Lorrie Cranor and Dave Farber • http://lorrie.cranor.org/courses/sp05/
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Administrivia
Presentations
April 26
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April 28
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Yong Wu Lee
Jonathan Navia
Benjamin Tucker
Ganesh Kumar
James Tong
Email your slides to me no later than 10 am
If you want me to review your paper draft you must give
it to me by April 22 at noon
Final papers due April 29 at 4pm.You can turn them in
during class on April 28 or leave them in my mailbox
outside Smith 230
Computers and Society • Carnegie Mellon University • Spring 2005 • Lorrie Cranor and Dave Farber • http://lorrie.cranor.org/courses/sp05/
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Research and Communication Skills
Plan your talk
Make an outline of what you want to talk about
No need to present every detail of your paper
Your presentation should motivate people who find it interesting
to read your paper
Consider the background of your audience
If they are experts, focus on the details of your research and
results
If they are not experts, spend time on background and
motivating the problem
Consider how much time you have (10 minutes MAXIMUM
+ 5 minutes for questions)
Computers and Society • Carnegie Mellon University • Spring 2005 • Lorrie Cranor and Dave Farber • http://lorrie.cranor.org/courses/sp05/
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Research and Communication Skills
Structure your talk
Outline
Optional for short talks
Background and motivation
Sometimes you may want to lead with this
Research methodology
Or system design + evaluation, or analysis, etc.
Results
You may not have them if this is a work in progress
Related work
Could also go after background or at end, optional for short talks
Contributions
Useful in job talk, probably no time in 10-minute talk
Future work
Optional for short talks
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Research and Communication Skills
Making slides
Use easy-to-read fonts
Avoid text < 20 pt font
Use a simple slide design, no distracting background
images
Use a color scheme with high contrast
Avoid animation unless it helps illustrate your point
Clipart can help make your points more clear and/or
memorable, but don’t let it distract
Make figures and tables readable
Don’t make too many slides (1-3 minutes/slide)
Computers and Society • Carnegie Mellon University • Spring 2005 • Lorrie Cranor and Dave Farber • http://lorrie.cranor.org/courses/sp05/
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Research and Communication Skills
Slide content
Are slides lecture notes/handouts?
For a class or tutorial, slides may double as lecture notes
more content on slides
For a research presentation, your paper is usually the “handout”
less content on slides
Don’t try to put everything on the slide
Don’t include text unless you want people to read it
If people are reading your slides they are not listening to
you
Keep text short
Don’t put too much math on a slide
Just include key points, examples, etc.
A figure may be worth 1000 words
Computers and Society • Carnegie Mellon University • Spring 2005 • Lorrie Cranor and Dave Farber • http://lorrie.cranor.org/courses/sp05/
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Research and Communication Skills
If you use overhead projector
White background usually best
Don’t use a paper to cover up part of your
slide and uncover as you go
If you have to skip slides, don’t put them
up and take them down real fast, just skip
them
Computers and Society • Carnegie Mellon University • Spring 2005 • Lorrie Cranor and Dave Farber • http://lorrie.cranor.org/courses/sp05/
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Research and Communication Skills
Prepare
Make your slides in advance
Practice
Time yourself
Get feedback from others
Watch yourself on video
Make sure you know how to hook your laptop up
to the projector, change screen resolution,
advance your slides, etc. (Mac users, bring your
adaptor!)
If you need to point to parts of your slides,
decide if you will use, mouse, stick, laser
pointer, etc. and bring it with you
Computers and Society • Carnegie Mellon University • Spring 2005 • Lorrie Cranor and Dave Farber • http://lorrie.cranor.org/courses/sp05/
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Research and Communication Skills
Giving your talk
Dress neatly
Stand up straight, hands out of pockets
Don’t hide behind the podium
Move around, but not too much
Keep track of time
Put your watch on podium, note clock in room, watch moderator
with time cards, etc.
Face the audience, look at your audience, not just one
person
Project your voice
Don’t talk too fast
Finish on time (or early!)
Computers and Society • Carnegie Mellon University • Spring 2005 • Lorrie Cranor and Dave Farber • http://lorrie.cranor.org/courses/sp05/
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Research and Communication Skills
Keeping your audience engaged
Convey enthusiasm
Inject humor
Tell a story
Ask the audience questions
Modulate your voice
Speak slowly
Try to prevent your audience from getting lost
Provide ample background
Define important terms up front
Don’t get into highly technical details unless that’s
what your audience expects
Computers and Society • Carnegie Mellon University • Spring 2005 • Lorrie Cranor and Dave Farber • http://lorrie.cranor.org/courses/sp05/
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Research and Communication Skills
Handling questions
If you have a strict time limit,
leave time for questions or avoid
taking them
Answer clarification questions quickly
Suggest that questions that will require
lengthy answers be taken off line
Don’t get flustered by critics or questions
you don’t know the answer to
Stay calm, diffuse the question, keep going
Computers and Society • Carnegie Mellon University • Spring 2005 • Lorrie Cranor and Dave Farber • http://lorrie.cranor.org/courses/sp05/
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