Here are the guidelines for your project presentation:
You will have 15 minutes for your presentation. This may seem short,
but many workshops/conferences limit talks to 15-20 minutes.
The idea is to "hook" the audience with your ideas so they will read
your paper and see your demo. You will not be able to dive
into implementation details, but you should highlight the interesting
and innovative parts of your design.
A rule of thumb is 1 slide/minute, but obviously some slides are quicker
and others may take 2-3 minutes.
Please do not read from your slides. It's better to just outline
the points and put figures on the slides. Run through your talk ahead
of time so that you know you have enough time and you know what you
want to say. If you know what you want to say and how
you want to say it, 15 minutes will be enough time. If you want
to split the presentation between two people, make sure the transition
is smooth. Just introduce the second person and have a seat near
the front while your partner is talking.
Your talk will be professionally videotaped - please dress nicely and treat this as you would a conference or interview talk.
I will be very strict on time so that everyone gets their fair share
of the time. You were actually pretty good about estimating time
on the design reviews. I will give you a 3 min. warning and a
1 min. warning, and then you'll get the gong.
1. Motivation - (3 min)
What were you trying to do and why it is interesting?
You should describe the finished product here so that
people will be interested in how you accomplished
it.
2. System Overview - (5 min)
Describe the system architecture of your project
showing the major components (HW & SW) and how they interact.
You must use figures to describe your system architecture.
The success of your presentation depends a lot on being
able to present the system architecture at the right
level of abstraction.
3. Design details - (4 min)
Part of your design has already been presented and
reviewed - you do not have to repeat this. You may, however, go into
the details of the key parts of your design, especially
if they have changed recently.
4. Conclusion/Summary - (3 min)
Tell us what you were able to accomplish - or will
be able to accomplish.
Tell us something of what you learned, i.e. good
decisions and bad decisions
and how you would proceed with a new version of
the project.