CSC2125: Modeling Methods, Tools and Techniques

Winter 2018

Paper Presentations

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Evaluation Form
List of Papers to choose from 

Each student will present 2-3 papers over the course of the term (depending on the number of students in the course).  We will devote 50 minutes of class time to each paper. The presenter will first give a 25-minute conference style presentation of the paper, and then will lead the class in a discussion of the paper's contributions to MBSE. 

Paper Presentation Requests

Your paper presentation requests are due on Sunday, January 14, 2018. Send email to chechik@cs.toronto.edu, SUBJECT: CSC2125 Paper Selections. Include a range of papers, some from introduction, some from analysis / transformations, and some from applications.

Message body should include:

• your name

• your preferred e-mail address

• your research area

• titles of papers from the reading list that you would prefer to present or review. Choose up to 10 papers and prioritize your choices

(you can include up to two papers not on the reading list – they may or may not be presented during the course)

I will try to have paper assignments on-line by January 18, 2018.

Presentation Information

When preparing your presentation, keep in mind that the audience will have already read the paper that you are presenting. Also, some general introductory topics may have already been covered in lectures or in previous presentations. Your presentation should

• remind your audience of what problem is addressed in the paper and why that problem is important
• identify what you feel are the most significant and important observations, ideas, and results in the paper,
• put the paper in context of the course
• raise issues for discussion

The slides for your presentation are due by 10:00am on the day you are presenting. Email the instructor a single PPT or PDF file containing your slides. The slides will be posted on the course schedule page of the course web site.

All students (not just the presenter!) are expected participate in the discussion of your paper. Come to class prepared with some questions for the class and comments.

Marking

Paper presentations are worth 25% of your final grade. The evaluation form, which will be used to assess your presentation, is available via a link at the top of this page. 

The formula for computing your paper presentation mark is:

(x - 5) * 2 + 60

where x is the mark out of 25 (see the evaluation form).  The range of marks for paper presentations is

	Total ( /25)
all 1's	5	60%
all 2's	10	70%
all 3's	15	80%
all 4's	20	90%
all 5's	25	100%

Thus, it is impossible to get below 60% when doing a paper presentation (unless you don't show up!). 

Presentations will be evaluated by both the instructor and by other students in the course.  Other students' evaluations are worth 35% of your presentation grade and the instructor's evaluation is worth 65%.

Writing constructive comments to help presenters learn how to improve their presentations is part of your participation mark. Your evaluation sheet will be passed back to the presenter, but your name will be removed (cut off) from the evaluation sheet.