Assessment of this project will be equally distributed between the oral
presentation and written paper. You are free to vary the content of each to
best communicate your topic - i.e. do not feel that you should just
copy your overheads for the paper. Indeed, you may find it better to use an
approach commonly followed for conference presentations: provide the bulk
of the math and some illustration in the paper and to provide a sketch of the
math The math sketch should include beginning equations, key assumptions and
justifications for them, and a statement of the final equations relevant to
your problem.
Paper guidelines
Papers should typically be kept to about 5 pages. If you have a few figures,
the paper may be somewhat longer, but beware that an
over-long paper is a sign of poor editing.
Please remember that, in order for class members to make use of your
paper, it is due on the same day as your presentation. It is your
responsibility to ensure that you have sufficient handouts for each person in
the class.
Presentation
guidelines
Each person will give a 10-15 minute oral presentation, followed by a question
and answer time (up to 5 minutes). You will automatically have access to an
overhead projector and the chalk board. If you
require other audio-visual aids (e.g. if you would like to use Powerpoint or
the web), please let me know prior to the day of your presentation.
Since we have a 50 minute class and 3 presentations each day, I will be
very strict with time. The third speaker should be treated as courteously as
the first two. Hence, any speaker going over 15 minutes will begin to lose
points.
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Last Updated: 11 September 2001.