April / May
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
19
20
21
22
23
26
S1: H Chong
S2: D Bacon
S3: C Su
27
28
S4: S Johnson
S5: I Jovanovic
S6: P Petersen
29
30
3
S7: Y Wu
S8: C McCormick
S9: M Shumway
4
5
S10: D E Brown
6
7
10
Last day of class
       
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Logistics:
The presentations will take place in class on 4/26-5/3, three talks per day, each about ~1/2 hour.  Plan to talk for 20-25 minutes and to take questions for 5-10 minutes.  To sign-up for the time slot you would like, email me your choice, 'S1' through 'S9'.  Times will be assigned on a first come first served basis.  We would be happy if you would like to speak for longer, just let us know (either me or Dima).

Unsolicited Advice:
If you've never given a talk before, the two hardest things are organization and pacing.  Practicing your talk will help a great deal. You should try to practice in a manner that simulates the actual environment as close as possible. That is, practice by speaking the words out loud, changing transparencies, pointing to parts of your viewgraphs--everything just as if it were really in front of an audience.  You could ask a friend to listen, or work with others in class taking turns talking and listening to each other's presentations (if you truly want a realistic experience, ask them to look as if they're having searing gas pains as they listen to you).

As I mentioned in class, unless you're experienced at this, I don't reccomend you make computer generated transparencies.  We'd love it if you did, but please make sure your efforts go into the substance of the talk before you work on the cosmetics.  Just one suggestion for producing good looking hand-drawn transparencies:  You can work with pencil and paper and then photocopy them onto the transparent sheets.

Let me know if there's anything I can do, like put you in touch with a classmate to practice with, or help with the transparencies.
--Damon