Paper Presentations - ECE 469/569 - Mobile & Embedded System Security / Fall 2023

Papers Released

Five (5) classes are allocated for student paper presentations. Presentations will start after Thanksgiving Holiday (Nov. 27, 2023).
Two students as a team are expected to study and present one paper (15 teams in total). A collection of papers from different topics will be made available in the second week, from which students may choose a paper of their interest for study and presentation. Students must record their paper selections in the designated Google Sheet - Tab “Paper Presentation”. Two teams are not allowed to choose the same paper. Priority will be given based on the order of entry.
Teaming up and paper selection should be completed prior to the Midterm Exam (Oct. 16, 2023).
Time: 15 minutes total – 12 minutes presentation, 3 minutes for Q&A
Upload your slides to Canvas after presentation. The slides will be posted on the class website
Getting slides from paper authors or other sources is NOT allowed. Please do not contact the authors on the questions of the research papers.

Grading will be based on how well you (a) organize and deliver your presentation, (b) cover the critical points of the paper, and (c) answer questions

Practice many times before the class
Control your time well
Be very clear about your key message
Most good speakers spend average 1-2 minutes per slide (not counting title and outline slides.)
Each theme should be the subject of a small number of slides
Each slide should have clear heading
Make appropriate use of pictures
Pictures are usually helpful and can draw attentions
Each slide should normally contain around 25-35 words. Do NOT list everything in a slide. It is distracting – you need to elaborate your points. Do NOT copy complete paragraphs from the paper to the slides.

Title/author/affiliation (1 slide)
Your name and email address (1 slide)
Outline (1 slide): Give talk structure. (Audiences like predictability)
Background: Motivation and Problem Statement (1-2 slides)(Why should anyone care? Draw attention – important)
Related work (1 slide)
Approaches and solutions (6-8 slides)
Results (5-8 slides): Present key results and key insights. Do not superficially cover all results; cover key result well. Do not just present numbers; interpret them to give insights.
Summary (1 slide)
Future Work (1-2 slides): Give problems this research opens up. Put down your own opinion.
Backup Slides (0-3 slides): Optionally have a few slides ready (not counted in your talk total) to answer expected questions. (Likely question areas: ideas glossed over, shortcomings of methods or results)