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Department of Computer Science
Pattern Recognition (Topics in Artificial Intelligence, Winter 2009-2010) 4005-759-01 (Calendar Description) |
Instructor: Richard Zanibbi, Office: 70-3551 (Golisano College)
Office hours: 2-3pm Tues. and Thurs., 10am-12pm on Wednesdays
Lectures: 4-5:50pm Tuesdays and Thursdays, Room 70-3445 (Golisano College)
Seminar Presentations
Weight: 20% of final grade
Groups
Students will give presentations in groups of two (and if necessary three), and each group will give two presentations during the quarter, in Weeks 6-9. Presentations should be at most fifty minutes long, including questions. As this is a seminar course, your group should be prepared to answer questions during the presentation as well as at the end (time permitting). All students must contribute to both the preparation and presentation of the seminars by their group.
Deliverables
After presenting, each group must submit copies of slides and notes (as .pdf files), links to presented research papers, and other materials through MyCourses before the start of the next class. This will give each group an opportunity to make additions/revisions to their seminar materials before they are posted on the course web page.
Evaluation
The breakdown for each seminar grade is as follows:
- 40% In-class presentation
- 60% Created and provided seminar materials: slides, notes, papers, etc.
Each presentation will count for 10% of the final grade.
Students are expected to consult additional books and/or peer-reviewed publications in addition to the assigned reading when preparing seminars. In addition, the inclusion of a current research paper related to the topic presented will result in a grade bonus (up to 10%).
After each seminar class, students must submit brief evaluations through MyCourses using the template below. The instructor will send anonymous compilations of these evaluations to the groups that presented. Presenters do not need to provide self-evaluations. However, not submitting evaluations for other groups or providing very superficial evaluations will result in a grade penalty.
Seminar Evaluation Template
--------------------------------------------------------------------Date:
Topic:
Group:
I. Identify the three most important concepts presented by this group. Were they presented clearly? If not, identify how the presentation could have been made clearer.
II. What else did you like about the talk and the materials used (slides, notes, etc.)?
III. What else could have been improved in the talk or materials used?