Student presentations

Here are instructions for preparing and giving weekly student presentations. Typically 2-3 course participants present per week. Both slides and talk must be prepared in English language.

The aim is to give presenters and fellow students a clear understanding of concepts central to the course. You will in advance be given keywords and a few suggestions for material to base your presentation on, but it is likely that you will need to dig up extra material to cover the specified subjects (from internet or library). For some subjects, you may benefit from going through e-learning at http://www.imaios.com/en/e-Courses/e-MRI, for example.

The keywords you are given should be the focus of the talk. The page and material suggestions specified may be covering more or less. Please start each presentation by stating what you intend the audience to learn.

Aim for presenting the given subjects as clearly as possible in exactly 7 minutes per person, not including time for discussion. The specified subjects should be covered clearly in the given time (if it is too much, cover less). Make sure that the presentation is clear for a typical, fellow student having studied the subjects covered prior to the presentation, but not necessarily feeling very confident with these. This requires coordination between the presenters of the week. They can prepare a common presentation, or split the specified subjects as they please.

Discussion of material and questions prior to the presentation are welcome, but questions are often not answered by mail. Call or come by Lars' office. Ask early. Please mention remaining issues of uncertainty during the presentations so we can discuss them.

It is recommended to supplement with material from the web, for example, if it can make the presentation better, but remember to reference appropriately. Use of simulations or software can be part of a presentation, but avoid that software-technical aspects take substantial time (navigating menus or setting parameters, for example).

Give the talk in advance (e.g. loud to your cat or yourself) to adjust duration and content.

Each presentation must be uploaded to DTU Learn as an assignment the day before the lecture in a near-final version (before 5pm). This is neccessary to make sure that presentations are getting ready, and to secure backup in case of illness (report any problems as soon as possible. Not having time is not an excuse - prepare long in advance, or arrange to swap with somebody else well ahead of deadlines). A final version must be uploaded before the lecture is given. Please upload in PDF and in the original format, so future presenters can benefit from your work.

Each presentation is typically followed by repetition presented by Lars a following week (together with new subjects). The content of the student lectures are not directly part of the obligatory course material, but the repetition lectures are (also the new subjects in these).