Seminars

Article Selection. Your seminar must be a coherent explanation of an advanced topic in Smart-Device Security, showing your careful reading and understanding of a research article. Read through the list of research articles to choose the one you would like to present orally in COMPSCI 702. Send an email to the course coordinator with your choice by Friday, March 5, 23:59hrs NZDT. The subject of your email should be COMPSCI702-2021 Seminar followed by your UPI and name.

If the article of your choice is not available, you will be informed and then you have to send your next choice. To ensure allocation of your selection in a timely manner, it is encouraged if you can send your top three choices in order of your preference (from higher to lower). You will be assigned the article based on a first come first served policy. Please note that an article can be chosen by at most 3 students.

Some Details. Each student should have a comprehensive understanding of the article, and should present the idea clearly to the class. The presentation should cover 2 parts: introduction and solution. The introduction should include some motivation, background knowledge, and the problem. The solution presented in the article should be explained based on your understanding. The core idea should be clear, and you are expected to explain some details of the proposed technique in a way that can be easily followed by your classmates.

The slides should neither be too wordy nor too simple. The points listed in the slides should be clear and explained with some details. It would be better if you can use some visuals. Giving some examples will make your point easier to follow. Moreover, during the presentation, your voice should be clear. Your pace should be neither too high nor too low. You should also try to engage your audience by maintaining eye contact with them. We suggest not to read from notes or slides, since it will make your presentation less engaging.

You will get 15 minutes for your seminar and 5 to 10 minutes for the Q&A and discussion. Both parts (including introduction and solution) will be evaluated separately. Each part is worth 5 marks. The marks are based on whether you make your presentation clear, the slides are good, the audience is engaged, and you give good answers in the Q&A session. Students are required to share the seminar slides right after their presentation so that others can benefit from them.

If the alert level (or any other condition) does not permit on campus activities, then seminar presentations can be conducted online. The seminar presentation can be delivered in a live-streaming session or pre-recorded. If you choose the latter option, you are expected to send me a pre-recorded video at least 24 hours before the scheduled time for your seminar. As we discussed, we can have a live-streaming seminar or play a pre-recorded video first and then we can have a live Q&A session. In either case, we expect your camera on so that we can give you some feedback on how you can improve your presentation in the future. Note that there is a strict time limit of 15 minutes for your seminar.