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GENERAL HINTS

 

Hints for writing

  • The abstract is a short summary of the paper and should motivate readers to continue reading.
  • The abstract should not contain a detailed overview of the paper or references to other papers.
  • The introduction introduces a topic and contains no general phrases like "The internet contains a lot of information". Furthermore, the problem to be solved has to be made clear at the end of the introduction section.
  • The structure of the paper should be explained at the end of the introduction chapter
  • Do not use general phrases in the summary (e.g., "There is still a lot of work to do"). Summarize the most important facts of the paper and give an outlook.
  • Introduction and summary (or conclusion)  are indepentend chapters.
  • Use the so-called "bonbon scheme" for your paper, which splits up each chapter into an introduction, a main part and a conclusion.
  • Please do not make use of "could","should", etc.
  • When presenting algorithms, the complexity of these algorithms has to be estimated.
  • Reference and explain every diagram and figure in the paper.
  • All facts must be reasoned, do not assume. Prove all facts mentioned in the paper by yourself or by referencing papers which do provide evidence for the mentioned fact.
  • Do not use imprecise language, like e.g., "a little more", "few", "some" - please use precise formulations (e.g. the percentage of improvement of a certain algorithm in regards to runtime).
  • Please state your personal opinion - if necessary at all - only in the summary chapter.
  • For websites please specify the title, URL as well as the most recent date you accessed the website. If you refer to books, please make sure to refer to the correct pages in the book.

Hints for presenting

  • Time limit for the presentation according to the target set.
  • Normally, presenting a single slide takes between 90 seconds to 3 minutes.
  • Outline of the presentation:
    • Introduction: 1-2 slides to motivate the problem. After the introduction, the audience has to be aware of what the thesis' goal was.
    • Own Approach: presentation of your own approach. Please pick our one specificly interesting and challenging part and describe it in depth.
    • Evaluation of the approach: easily comprehensible presentation of the evaluation results (e.g. by using charts).
    • Conclusion: recapitules the most important facts.
  • Please make clear what your own contribution was (e.g. which parts you implemented by yourself).
  • After the conclusion slide you can add so-called backup-slides. These can contain further evaluation details, algorithms, architectural diagrams, etc. These slides are intended to help you when answering queries during your defense by providing visual support.
  • Identify the take-away-message of your presentation: what is the central point of your presentation that you want to get across?

Presentation Slides

  • Please test the technical equipment prior to your presentation (beamer, presenter, laserpointer).
  • Take care of the minimal font size, your text has to be readable even in the back of the room.
  • Figures and charts have to be easily readable and clear (also from the back of the room).
  • Take care of contrasts, colors look different on the beamer than on your display.
  • Title slide has to mention the title of the thesis, your name, advisor's name, institute and university.
  • Add a slide number to every slide.