Disputation / Colloquium #

English is the preferred language

• Intermediate presentation 15-20 min, 15 min discussion (ca)
• BA: Talking 20 min, 20 min questions (ca)
• MA: Talking 30 min, 30 min questions (ca)

You can send the slides to me for a check. Best not one day before the presentation.

Remember that (currently) the Colloquium counts 10% for your overall grade. Thus it can make a difference in your final grade. However, you should also take the opportunity to prime your correctors (first corrector, second corrector, me). Hard-to-understand concepts in the thesis? Why not explain them in the presentation so that the correctors are prepared for them?

Content #

You should stick to the following structure.

• Motivation
  • Why is it interesting
• (Background)
  • Necessary background information for your topic
• Related Work
  • What is already there?
  • What is your contribution?
• System/Method
  • Approach
• Implementation
  • Can me merged into the System/Method section
• Evaluation
• Conclusion
• Backup Slides for most likely questions

Soft Skills #

• Not overloading slides
• Keep it Simple!
  • Nothing to complicated
  • Only central components
• Images!
  • Rather more then less images
  • Split big images in smaller ones / set focus areas (like red circles etc)