New: Other groups must ask questions about the
presentations presented. Please identify your group when asking a question.
Partial credit will be assigned based on your questions. At least one question
per group should be asked for the day.
Your group must choose one of these topics to do
a reading and presentation. If you do not find a topic of interest, please
contact the instructor. You may read as many papers as you wish in the topic
area. Topics are decided on a 1st come, 1st served basis. However, many topics
can have more than one reader. Your topic must be chosen by Feb 18. Please
notify the TA and instructor of your choice. If no topic is chosen by they
date, one will be assigned.
After you choose a topic, you will search for a representative paper or papers
to discuss. The papers you decide to read must be approved by the instructor.
You may find the ACM archive of SIGIR, the previous WWW conferences and CiteSeer of use.
Here
is the current list of chosen
topics.
Presentations:
There
will be two presentations. All should be of professional quality and in powerpoint. The first one briefly
discusses what you will cover and should be no more than 5 minutes.
Your second presentation should introduce the topic, discuss the issues, why the area is important, what was done and how, what to do next. It must be a critique of the area. Your presentation should be for approximately 30 minutes. If you have questions, please talk to the instructor. Your presentation time will be randomly assigned. It you have problems with the schedule, please contact another group with whom you would like to switch. Presentations cannot be postponed or cancelled. This is similar to presentations at a conference or business meeting. The show must go on.