First Paper: Presentation/write-up guidelines
Two students are assigned to each of the papers in the first round.
You are expected to work together to understand the paper,
research its sources, and craft a joint write-up and oral presentation.
Your write-up should be 3-4 pages of original prose, jointly written,
reviewing and explaining the paper's goals, methods, and contributions.
You may wish to reproduce figures, math derivations, etc. from the paper
or other sources to aid your arguments; these are fine (with appropriate
citations), but they don't count for length.
The document submitted should be in LaTex (postscript or PDF), HTML,
or some other cross-platform electronic format.
Some questions to answer:
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The oral presentation should take about 30 minutes and go over the same
ground as your write-up, although for clarity I would recommend reproducing
key figures and equations visually (see below) that you might only refer to in
your write-up. Please plan to divide the speaking time evenly between both
partners. After your presentation, you should be ready to lead a class
discussion of the paper and field questions from your classmates.
You must use visual aids: either transparencies or some presentation software
that can run on a laptop plugged into the projector. If you need one, I will
provide a laptop on the day of class running either Windows (Powerpoint)
or Linux (StarOffice Impress, Kpresenter, SliTeX, etc.) . All presentation
development, however, should be done on your own or university machines;
we can test it on my laptop during the appointment discussed below.
Notes on the due date
An appointment with the instructor should be made for one week to the day
before your scheduled presentation date. At that appointment you will turn
in a write-up that meets the criteria specified above, as well as deliver a
preliminary version of your oral presentation. This will be an opportunity to
get feedback on areas of your paper review, both written and oral, that may
need adjustment. The write-up turned in that day will be distributed to the rest
of the class to help them prepare, so make it good! Nonetheless, the final
write-up that will be graded is due in class on the day of your actual presentation.