CS 376 Spring 2013

Practicum in Computer Science Presentations

Instructor: Bing Liu
Email: liub@uic.edu

Office: SEO 931


Time:

Mondays
  • Section 1: 3pm - 4:50pm
  • Section 2: 5pm - 6:50pm
Office Hours: Mondays 11:00am - 12:30pm

Place:
107 LH

Class Communications:

Make sure you check your uic email as all notifications on the course will be through email.

Course Description (from the catalog):

1 Hours. Techniques for effective presentation of computer science topics: terminology, organization, visual aides and delivery of technical talks; presentations and presentation evaluation required.
Prerequisite: Engl 161 and CS 102

Reference book & Resources (no required textbook):

Administrative Stuff:
  • No exams for this class.
  • No late assignments accepted. Forget it, don't even try come up with some excuse.
  • Cheating! Bad! Don't do it. If I catch you copying someone else's work, you will face disciplinary action (you know public humiliation, canning, banishment, that sort of thing).
Course Topics:
  • Understanding your audience
  • Understanding you
  • Understanding the venue
  • Creating effective presentation materials
  • Preparing for presentations
  • Creating video presentations

Class Schedule:

Week 1 - (Jan 14) - Lecture 1: Class intros, overview of syllabus
Week 2 - (Jan 21) - No Class. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Week 3 - (Jan 28) - Elevator Speech (2 minutes each student)
Week 4 - (Feb 04) - Lecture 2
Week 5 - (Feb 11) - Watch videos: How to make good presentations
Week 6 - (Feb 18) - Technical presentation (15 minutes each student)
Week 7 - (Feb 25) - Technical presentation (15 minutes each student)
Week 8 - (Mar 04) - Technical presentation (15 minutes each student)
Week 9 - (Mar 11) -
Week 10 - (Mar 18) - Lecture 3
Week 11 - (Mar 25) - No Class. Spring Break
Week 12 - (Apr 01) - Lecture 4
Week 13 - (Apr 08) - Research presentation (15 minutes each student)
Week 14 - (Apr 15) - Research presentation (15 minutes each student)
Week 15 - (Apr 22) - Research presentation (15 minutes each stduent)
Week 16 - (Apr 29) - Summary

Course Assignments:

Assignment 1 - The Elevator Speech

Assignment 2 - A Technical Presentation on a Topic of Your Choosing
Choose a technical topic of interest to you and give a well prepared conference presentation that will last 15 minutes plus 5 minutes of Question and Answer. Slide set must be emailed to me by the day of of your presentation. Use the following filename: As2_Lastname.zip

Assignment 3 - TBA
 We will discuss how to do this in class in due course.
Start Date: TBA
Grading:
10% Participation in class discussions (attendance and participation)
20% Assignment 1
35% Assignment 2
35% Assignment 3