Computer Science
CSC 774 -- Network Security
Preparation for In-class Presentations
Dr. Peng Ning
CSC 774 Network Security
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About the Presentation
• Will be graded.
– 10% of your final grade.
• Time
– Each presenter has about 25 minutes.
– 20 minutes for the presentation.
– 5 minutes for questions and answers.
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CSC 774 Network Security
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About Grading
• Distribution of the presentation grade.
– Total points for presentation: 100 points.
– Distribution of the grade:
• Preparation: 20 points
• In-class presentation: 60 points
• Answering questions on the discussion board: 20 points.
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CSC 774 Network Security
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Preparation
• Slides
– You need to give me the final slides in pdf 72 hours before
your presentation.
• This counts for 10 points for the preparation.
• You lose 2 points for each day’s delay.
– You are encouraged to discuss your slides with me during
my office hours.
• One question about the paper
– Your question should reflect the key idea of the paper.
– You should post your question on the discussion forum
under your topic 72 hours before your presentation.
• This counts for 10 points for the preparation.
• You lose 2 points for each day’s delay.
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CSC 774 Network Security
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Slides
• Your slides should at least cover the following
issues
– Introduction
• Clarify what research problem the paper discusses
– Brief overview of alternative techniques
• Clarify what are the techniques before the paper
– Techniques introduced in the paper
• Clarify how the paper you present solve the problem.
• You should at least make the basic techniques clear.
– Conclusions and possible future work
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CSC 774 Network Security
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Grading of Presentation Itself
• Clarity of the content (30 points)
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Does the presenter discuss the basic techniques logically and clearly?
Introduction (5 points)
Related work (5 points)
Main techniques (20 points)
• Clarity of oral presentation (5 points)
– Does the presenter speak clearly?
• Coverage (10 points)
– Does the presenter cover the essential techniques in the paper?
• Future Work (5 points)
– Does the presenter have a clear idea what could be done based on the
results in the paper?
• Questions and Answers (10 points)
– Does the presenter give satisfactory answers to audiences’ questions?
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Dr. Peng Ning
CSC 774 Network Security
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Questions and Answers on Discussion
Board
• You have to answer each question posted on
the message board.
• For each question you do not answer, you lose
5 points.
• Results will be collected at the end of
semester.
– Only questions posted before 5/5/03 will be
considered.
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• Grading form is available on course website.
• You should check it when you prepare the
presentation.
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Dr. Peng Ning
CSC 774 Network Security
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