Staff

Steve Hailes	s.hailes@cs.ucl.ac.uk	7.19 MPEB
Brad Karp		7.05 MPEB
Cecilia Mascolo	c dot mascolo at cs dot ucl dot ac dot uk	7.18 MPEB

Meeting Times

UCL Term 2: 7th January, 2008 - 8th February, 2008

Detailed Course Calendar

Each paper appears in the calendar below on the day when it will be covered in lecture. Students will find they get the most out of lecture by far when they read papers before they are covered, and are strongly encouraged to do so. Papers marked Pre-Reading: must be read before the day on which they appear in the calendar.

N.B. that all assigned readings (including those presented by students at the end of the course) are examinable.

Assigned Readings (to be covered in lectures and discussions)

Steve Hailes:

Brad Karp:

Cecilia Mascolo:

Presentation Papers (to be presented by student groups)

N.B. that papers in red have been claimed by groups for their presentations.

Steve Hailes:

Brad Karp:

Cecilia Mascolo:

GZ06/4038 Presentation Guidelines

Groups

Your coursework is a group exercise, in which you and your fellow group members prepare and deliver a presentation.

All groups will be listed here once groups have been formed.

Presentation Schedule

Each presentation will take place during a one-hour lecture slot for GZ06/4038 during the last week of the half-term (4th February, 2008 - 8th February, 2008, inclusive). Your group will have 30 minutes in which to present and 20 minutes to answer questions from students and staff. Please be prompt!

The presentation schedule will appear in the course calendar once groups have formed and selected papers to present.

Submission of Presentation Materials

Send a single electronic version of your slides (PDF or gzip'ed PostScript) as an email attachment no later than:

     10 AM Monday, 4th February, 2008

to all course staff:

S.Hailes@cs.ucl.ac.uk C dot Mascolo at cs dot ucl dot ac dot uk

In your presentation to the class, you must use the same slides that you submitted by email for this 4th February deadline.

Presentation Format

Most groups in recent years have used a laptop to project slides; you may also use overhead projector slides, if you so desire, and any other appropriate materials or aids.

Each group member should take a turn to speak, and all group members should speak for the same approximate duration.

Each group's presentation should include:

1. a summary of the work/experiments in the paper
2. the main conclusions drawn and why the work is important
3. a critical appraisal of the work
4. a summary and appraisal of relevant/similar work in the area

Assessment

At least two members of staff will be present for presentations. You will be assesed on [% of marks]:

1. presentation structure and delivery [10%]
2. a summary of the work in the paper and the main conclusions (a and b) [10%]
3. a critical appraisal of work in the paper (c) [15%]
4. a summary and appriasal of some relevant/similar work (d) [15%]
5. responses to questions [10%]
6. a short individual report (3 pages of A4 maximum, plus references) discussing the main issues with respect to future development and application of the particular technology/system you have presented. This should be a personal viewpoint backed-up by references to literature in support of the statements in your discussion. [40%]

The marksheet that the assessors will use for the presentations can be found here.

Note that:

• 1-5 are group activities
• 6 is an individual activity

Each student must submit his individual report by:

     Friday, 15th February, 2008

You will be required to submit the individual report both electronically and on paper; you will be sent further instructions by email concerning how and when you should do so.