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Example Talks

The following are four very good talks which were given by students from the 2009 Computer Engineering class. These talks were given during their Fall 2005 semester. Each talk is shown as it was given by the student for their milestone without additional practice or assistance from the department. In fact, two of the presenters were only asked a few minutes before their talk if they minded having their talk recorded. All four talks are of above-average quality and demonstrate the depth, preparation, and skills expected in a technical presentation. For each presentation, appropriate comments about the four graded topics (organization, slides, presentation, and questions) are included. Each presenter has also been given the opportunity to contribute their own comments about their talk.

Most of the talks are a technical comparison of two products, but this is not required. Very often a work-term report may be used to form the basis of a technical presentation, but, again, this is not requird. Of the example talks, four of the talks provide an analysis between two possible solutions, but one talk is an engineering design presentation.

You will require QuickTime or some other movie player to watch these mpegs.

Note: All evaluators have watched these four technical talks and any similarity to these will be considered plagiarsim. You may choose a similar topic, but the content must be significantly different.

Comments for Presenters

The author of this page would like to thank Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Baranov, Mr. Baverstock, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. Zarnett for allowing me to record their talks, for making their slides available, and for authorizing the public presentation of these recordings.

A sample permission form is available here for any students who have volunteered to have their talks recorded and made available on this web site. You may choose to modify this if you wish. If you have put a lot of effort into your talk and would like to have it recorded, please contact Douglas Harder (dwharder@uwater...) a few days before your scheduled talk.