Technical Information

Slides == HTML file

• Original slides by Raphael Wimmer.
  
  
• I'll use Slidy for the slides.
• possible alternatives: OperaShow, S5
• Press 'a' to see the slides in one continuous document
• Press 'f' to toggle the little bar at the bottom
• Press 'c' to get a table of contents

Thesis

Exemplary Structure

• Abstract (ca. 150 words)
• Introduction/motivation
  What is the challenge?
• General principle of the algorithm
• History
• Example
• Problems, Special Cases, Variants
• Applications
• Further Reading
• Bibliography

Thesis

Scientific writing - Do's

• Logical and clear
• Neutral language
• Spell-check!
• Rather simple and correct than complicated and wrong language.

Thesis

Scientific writing - Don'ts

• Avoid fillers ("of course", "somewhat", "like", "whatever")
• Avoid platitudes ("A great way to perform algorithms is using computers.")
• Avoid flowery language ("While some algorithms are purely evil this one's clarity is of almost angelic beauty.")
• Avoid Filser English ("This went full in the trousers." @westerwave)

Thesis

Scientific writing - Make it interesting

• Be clear but not boring.
• Constantly alternate.
• Know when there's too little or too much.

Thesis

Checklist

• Reference all sources (also images!).
• Don't claim things that you cannot prove (or mark them as claims).
• shorten source code excerpts
• only use high-quality figures
• use a spell-checker
• look up unknown words - do not use one if you do not know for sure what it means
• have someone else read your thesis before submitting it

LaTeX

What is it?

• LaTeX
• WYGIWYM (What you get is what you mean)
• separates content from layout (like good HTML)
• simple things are simple
• complex things are possible
• new users often have problems getting special formatting to work
  • search the web
  • LaTeX WikiBook
  • The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX 2e

Presentation

Caution!

Presentation

Checklist (Basic)

• your talk should be interesting

• rule of thumb: one slide == one minute

• reference all sources (e.g. [1] at image, one extra slide with all references)
• prefer images over text
• please do not present meta-information (outline, table of contents, etc.)
• show only short excerpts from source code
• do not read your slide content aloud
• use note cards
• look at your audience

Presentation

Checklist (Advanced)

• your talk should be interesting
• rule of thumb: one slide == one minute
• reference all sources (e.g. [1] at image, one extra slide with all references)
• prefer images over text
  

  six words per slide tops!

• please do not present meta-information (outline, table of contents, etc.)
• show only short excerpts from source code
• do not read your slide content aloud
• use digital notes
• look at your audience
• use alternative channels - whiteboard or only speech

Presentation

Checklist (Nightmare)

• your talk should be interesting
• rule of thumb: one slide == one minute
• reference all sources (e.g. [1] at image, one extra slide with all references)
• six words per slide tops!
  

  no words at all (formulas are ok, though)

• please do not present meta-information (outline, table of contents, etc.)
• show only short excerpts from source code
• do not read your slide content aloud
• use no notes
• look at your audience
• use alternative channels - whiteboard or only speech