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- PhD defense slides (defense.key, Nov 2018) → phd_defense/ - Master's defense on MOOC peer evaluation (Dec 2014) - ENGI 600 data-driven program repair (Apr 2015) - COMP 600 data-driven program completion (Fall 2015, Spring 2016) - COMP 600 Program Splicing presentation + feedback + response (Spring 2018) - Program Splicing slides in .key and .pdf formats (Spring 2018) Each file has a .md transcription with academic frontmatter. Skipped www2015.pdf (duplicate of existing www15.zip) and syncthing conflict copy.
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category, type, person, date, source
| category | type | person | date | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| academic | academic | Yanxin Lu | 2018-04 | comp600_response_2018.pages |
COMP 600 Response
Yanxin Lu COMP 600 Response Monday, April 2, 2018
The best moment in this presentation was from the motivation section to the demo section. I talked slowly and paused at important points. This created a sense of emphasis on some very important point I wanted to make. In addition, by talking slowly, the audience was able to understand the motivation and the work I have been doing, even for the people that do not have any background knowledge. The demo also helped people understand what the tool does and it also drew a lot of attention.
After I viewed the video and peer's reviews, I was surprised that my stance look very awkward and I did not realize this at all during the presentation. I kept making unnecessary moves and looked not very serious. Another thing that surprises me is that people complains about me not providing enough technical details. I thought that the technical details were given enough, but that did not seem to be the case.
One of my greatest strength is the ability to motivate the talk and explain a complex problem very clearly. I used a very easy example throughout the talk and the audience was able to understand the talk through the example easily. Another strength is the ability to explain the data. I highlighted some important points when explaining the data, because most of the time it is hard to understand what data implies without any guidance. The third strength is the delivery. I showed confidence by talking slowly and making good eye contact.
The thing I need to improve is stance. Moving too much not only looks awkward, but it also creates an impression of not being serious and lack of authority. Standing still also makes me look more confident. The second area I need to improve is handling questions and the ability to control the situation. Sometimes I had hard time understanding people and could have done better on controlling the situation when people are having discussions among themselves. To actually improve in those areas, I will attend talks, focus on how good presenters do in those areas and try to learn from them.