Comp496/901: Academic Presentation and Writing Skills

This is my local, non-WebCT page for Comp496/901, Academic Presentation and Writing Skills.

Schedule

Classes are held once a week. Each week's session is typically 2.5 hours in duration. Dates and topics for the semester are provided here. Slides from classes are made available via links on the schedule page after the classes have taken place.

Assessment

The purpose of this unit is to ensure that you achieve a basic level of competency in both writing about your research, and in giving presentations. These are skills that require practice, so the way assessment works in this unit is different to that in other units. See here for detailed information.

Resources and Related Links

An excellent book that covers much of the same ground as this unit is the following:

• Justin Zobel [2004] Writing for Computer Science. Springer-Verlag, New York.

• Material on Giving Presentations

Here are some other links which are yet to be integrated properly into this site:

• A video of Randy Pausch's excellent Time Management lecture
• A simple planning priorities worksheet
• Maybe it would work for you: Andy Rooney's "Organization System"
• Michael Covington's excellent slide presentation on How to Write More Clearly, Think More Clearly, and Learn Complex Material More Easily.

You may also find some of my general resources pages on writing advice and on doing a PhD useful.

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Last Modified: 21st September 2008