[PRL] Student presentations for Saturday morning

[Matthias Felleisen]

On Mar 9, 2006, at 5:56 PM, Mitchell Wand wrote:

> If you look at  http://www.ccs.neu.edu/graduate/phd_open_house.html 
>
> you'll see there's a space for PRL research talks on Saturday morning 
> from 10 to 11.
>
> I think the plan is that this part of the program could be a little 
> more technical than the talks on Friday, since it will be in parallel 
> tracks.
>
> Can I get 2-3 students to volunteer for presentations/demos/whatever 
> during this time slot?  Many of you have already given your elevator 
> pitch to Bob Constable; this is an opportunity to give the pitch 
> again, with a little more time (and opportunity for slides, etc.)
>

Remember that in Bob's case you got the benefit of "voluntary" buy-in 
and a five-minute slot. Here you could do your 20-25 spiel. Of course, 
this kind of practice run makes sense only as an invitation for 
training if some faculty is around to provide you at least minimal 
feedback. -- Matthias