Research Seminar on Recommendation Systems (2 cp) 3621713

Course description

Seminar consists of 12-15 presentations. Each participant gives presentation on selected topic from his/her own research, or on selected scientific paper including experimental results. Participation for, at minimum, 10 other presentations required. The course is recommended for PhD students.

Schedule

Organizer: Pasi Fränti
Duration: 9.1. to 31.12.2013
Times: 10-15 sessions
Place: Conference room 330

Presentations

14.1. 14:00 Karol Waga: Location-based recommendation systems
16.1. 10:00 Xin Sun: Recommending destination via routes of other users
18.1. 14:00 Pasi Fränti: Detecting movement type from GPS track
21.1. 14:00 Radu Mariescu-Istodor: Recommending events for mobile users
24.1  14:00 Xin Sun: Predicting destination - part 2 
28.1. 14:00 Andrei Tabarcea & Matti Mononen: Web content mining
11.2. 14:00 Chaitanya Khurana: Utilizing social networks
18.2. 14:00 Radu Mariescu-Istodor: Recommending events - part 2
 3.6. 14:00 Ernesto Gomez: (topic to appear)
10.10. 14:00 Mohammad Rezaei: Grid-Based clustering for photo collections 

Seminar continues as SIPU Research Seminar during October 2013

Links

Guidelines for Oral Presentations
Scientific Presentation Skills (by Jean Luc Lebrun)

Reviewing roles

Content reviewer:

• Was the introduction / body / conclusion of the presentation convincing?
• Did the presentation title correspond to the content of the presentation?
• Who were the contributors to the presentation?
• Was the content correct for the target audience and was it useful?
• Was the audience able to keep up with the content and was it clear?
• Were the main ideas of the presentation clear?

Design reviewer (slides and visuals):

• Were the slides clear and easy to follow?
• Did the slides contain too much or too little information?
• Were the colors and sizes of the font and visual (pictures, graphs) adequate?
• Were the main points of the presentation properly emphesized?
• Did the slides help the credibility of the presenter?
• Did the slide design catch the attention of the audience?

Performance reviewer:

• Was the speech clear and well paced?
• Was the presenter convincing?
• Did the presenter have good eye contact, posture and gestures?
• Was the presenter able to keep the attention of the audience?
• How the presenter managed the equipment?

Q&A reviewer:

• How prepared was the presenter for the Q&A?
• Did the presenter hadle the questions well?
• Did the presenter answer correctly to the question?