This page contains guidelines for giving an oral presentation at the Chair of Algorithms and Data Structures, in particular for a Bachelor's or Master's Thesis.
Disclaimer: these guidelines are work in progress and not yet complete.
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Structure of a presentation
Almost every good presentation has the following three parts, in this order. If you want to deviate from this order, better ask us first.
- Problem: explanation and definition
- Solution: main approach and techniques
- Evaluation: setup and main results
The following subsections give important advice on each of these three parts.
For oral presentation of a Bachelor's or Master's Thesis: We will make a short break after each part and give the audience the opportunity to ask questions. The reason is that it doesn't make sense to proceed to the next part if something from a previous part is still unclear. The total presentation time for the three parts should be 20 minutes (excluding the time for the breaks and the questions). It is up to you how you divide those 20 minutes between the three parts. As a rule of thumb: 5 minutes for Part 1, 10 minutes for Part 2, 5 minutes for Part 3.
Overview slide: Many presentations have an overview slide in the beginning. It is OK but not necessary to have such a slide. If you have it, the amount of time spent on it should be VERY SHORT. It's a real turn-off to start a presentation with two minutes of vague talk about what is going to come. Better delve right in.
== Problem: explanation and definition