Paper Presentation, Discussion, and Review Assignment
Various Due Dates
Your assignment is to present two technical research papers to the class,
lead a discussion on those papers, participate in the discussions led
by your classmates, and review three draft papers.
Paper Presentations
You should plan to spend about 25 minutes presenting the paper. Your
presentation should have the format of a conference technical paper
presentation, including relevent figures and images. For some
papers, you may be able to find video clips (esp SIGGRAPH papers).
After your presentation, lead a discussion of the merits of
the paper including such issues as:
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How well does this technique work compared to other techniques for similar
data?
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What are the limitations of this technique?
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How could this technique be improved?
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Could this technique be applied to other applications?
Sign up for two papers as soon as possible for best selection.
First request for a paper (via email) gets priority.
If you discover that you
cannot lead the discussion on a date that you have chosen, it is your
responsibility to find someone to swap with you.
Paper Discussions
For each paper on the reading list, turn in one thoughtful question about
that paper at the beginning of the class when it is scheduled for presentation.
You are encouraged, but not required, to ask this question of
the person presenting that paper. Questions about papers scheduled for the
same day may be grouped on a single piece of paper.
Paper Draft Reviews (due Dec. 5)
Write constructive reviews of the project paper drafts of three project teams
(assigned by the instructor). Write a substantive review which discusses strengths
and weaknessess of each paper and makes suggestions for improvement. You will be
given a specfic format for reviews when papers are assigned. Your reviews will be
distributed to the paper authors, as well as other classmates who reviewed that paper.
Grading
Your grade for this component of the course will reflect how you present your papers,
how you lead the class discussion about your papers, how you participate
in discussions about other papers led by your classmates, and how constructively
your review technical papers. Taken together, this accounts for 15% of your course
grade.