​PhD Lunch Seminar​.

 

This memo intends to provide essential guidelines for your upcoming presentation (for who have not yet presented his/her paper). 

 

• For third and fourth year students, you have 30 minutes for your talk.

 

• For second year students, you have 20 minutes.

 

• Be extra careful preparing your slides.

  • For a 30 minute talk: maximum 15 slides

  • For a 20 minute talk: maximum 10 slides

  • Try to avoid mixing texts, formulas, figures, and tables on a single slide

  • Use only a brief remarks with figures/tables/formulas on a given slide

  • With texts, use at most three big bullets in a single slide. You can also have sub-items below each bullet.

  • In general, do you best to avoid putting too much materials on slides.

 

• In terms of organizing your materials:

  • Try to organize your material, for example, as follows: – Brief Introduction – Research Questions – Results – Final Comments

  • Do not waste your time on literature review. You will not even have enough time to discuss your main results.

  • Do not try to derive your model step-by-step, you won’t be able to go too far.

  • Practice at least a few times. Don’t just read slides. Present your work!

 

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