Goals and Structure of the seminar
Goals
- Train giving and preparing talks
- Get feedback about own research
- Gain new Ideas for further projects
- Get an impression of what's going on at Ida and beyond
- Improve English skills
Structure of Talks
Research Ideas
This kind of seminar can be seen as a conference session. A chairman leads through the seminar and the audience changes between the talks.
Speaker:
- emails title and abstract (2 sentences) to chairman
- 10 minute talk in English
- introduces a recent research idea or some small part of his work
- alternatively a paper presentation is welcome too
after the talk there is room for discussion & feedback (about 10 minutes)
Chairman:
- collect the titles and abstracts of each speaker
- invites ML group to the seminar via email
- introduces speaker
- has an eye on the time (10 minutes talk / 10 minutes discussion / 10 minutes talk / ...)
Project Talk
Speaker / Chairman: You have got between 0.5 -1 hour to present together your research project. Your talk should answer the following questions:
- What is the are the main goals of your project?
- Who is involved?
- What are you doing in this project?
- Where is machine learning involved?
This talk is mandatory for all PhD students.
==== Other Talks ====
There are also other talks like tutorials or conference reports. Speakers are free to choose content and form of presentation. They don't have to care for invitation via email.
==== FAQ ====
- Can I go to only one talk in a Research Ideas session?
Yes. You are welcome to go or enter between the talks.
- What is mandatory for whom?
Project Talks are mandatory for all PhD students. If you are a PhD student and you can't make it to a project talk, please let Klaus know via email.
- I found my name on the schedule but I can't make it on that day to TU?
Ask around and interchange with other speakers. Let the other people involved in the seminar know about the changes.