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IT399 Seminar course (1 credit)

Fall 2020

Instructor: Dr. Majed Alowaidi ([email protected]); Phone: 016404 6720;

office: v. dean CCIS

Class time & place: Mondays 15:00 - 15:50, Room (On Zoom, until the 5th week)

Brief: This course is one credit and aimed to provide students with practice of speaking in front of a scientific audience and to explore recent topics in detail. Students are asked to do research about topics and organize presentations for faculty and their classmates. The topics may include any aspect of the computer science disciplines and must be approved by the instructor in advance (the schedule is provided for deadline). Unless cleared with me, you may not give a presentation similar to one you have delivered in another class. If this is your second time taking seminar, then your topic should be substantially different that your previous one.

To help students improve as speakers, each student will receive feedback from the instructor. After your seminar, I’ll provide you with a feedback of your weaknesses and how to improve your performance.

Expectations:

· You must use your university email and write your name at any email you send. Non university emails and anonymous email will be ignored.

· Attendance at each seminar is mandatory for all students enrolled.

· In addition, students are expected to attend all other seminars in the class, such as invited guest speakers.

· It is assumed that students will actively participate by asking questions of the speaker.

· Due dates will be established for topics, abstracts, and announcements.

· Failure to meet deadlines will also be taken into account in final grading. It is a Zero Tolerance!

· Submit a soft copy of your topic description to me by 11:59 pm on (TBA).

· At that final submission time you will turn in a tentative title, a paragraph or two describing the topic, as well as several pertinent references (5-8 is sufficient).

· As known in scientific paper, you must proof-read your work for grammar and spelling.

· Use a citation format from a journal in your discipline, and be consistent in your format.

· Text format is your choice of Word or Latex. However, Latex has bonus mark.

· Each student should give two presentations.

· The first one will last for 10 minutes be a practice seminar in front of the class. It should give introductory slides (outline) describing your research topic briefly. This include the sections of your research topic, your topic broad, approximate research papers and to show whether you follow the instructions or not.

· Class members (and I) will take notes on various aspects of your seminar and give you feedback and constructive criticism once you finish.

· For the second one, your seminar presentation should last for 15 minutes and cover several (3-4, or more) related papers in the given area. Tell a complete story about your chosen topic and the covered content.

· You should be thoroughly familiar with the literature on your topic.

· You should strive to organize your seminar into a cohesive presentation, and be selective about what you present. Be sure to target your audience and do not use the jargon (no sense) of the field.

· Whereas everyone in the audience is educated, many will be unfamiliar with the topic. Explain concepts simply and clearly, and define all terms and acronyms.

· Be prepared to answer questions after your seminar.

· The seminar will be timed, and should be ±2 minutes of the allotted time.

· Students will submit a detailed outline (1 – 1.5 pages) of their presentation and also a brief abstract (one or two paragraphs; 250 words max.) describing their presentation.

· A draft of the abstract is due by noon on (TBA) prior to your first seminar.

· I will review both your outline and abstract and return them with a feedback to you within a two or four days.

· I will also ask two of your fellow students to review your abstract and outline (thus the need for three hard copies).

· You will revise your abstract (perhaps more than once, at my discretion). Revisions are expected back promptly (1-2 days). The final draft of your abstract must be at least 3 days prior to your second seminar (by noon TBA for a Monday seminar).

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Proposal Seminar Format:

· Give an introduction and background information on your topic and the conclusion. What relevant research has been performed previously?

· State the problem(s) that remain unanswered or need optimization.

· Clearly state your objectives and give the specific hypotheses you wish to test.

· Describe the methodology you will use to test your hypotheses. Be sure you fully understand your chosen methods. Give reasons why you chose these methods over other approaches.

· Present any data you have collected thus far.

· Describe what remains to be done, and what you expect to find.

· Explain the significance of your findings (or potential future findings).

· A seminar sample is provided to follow.

Seminar Topics:

· A file contains all suggested topics is provided.

· You should pick a topic to cover and the pick-up is based on first come first served.

· Each topic is assigned to Only one student.

Further Reading:

1. The three P’s of scientific talks: Preparation, practice, and presentation. Bennett, B. 2001. (Provided)

2. How to Prepare and Deliver a Scientific Presentation, Andrei V. & Michael G.(Provided)