INTRODUCTION CONT.
Lecture 2
COMPSCI 726
Network Defence and Countermeasures
Muhammad Rizwan Asghar
July 21, 2021
SEMINAR: INDIVIDUAL
▪ Grading
– 4% introduction (motivation, background, and problem)
– 4% solution (idea, details, and results)
– 4% criticism (summary, issues, and improvements)
– 3% review of one assigned presentation
▪ Duration
– Up to 2 presentations per lecture
– Every presenter will get ~20-25 minutes
▪ 15 minutes for presentation (a strict limit!)
▪ ~5-10 minutes for QA
▪ Feedback
– Lecturers
– Students
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SEMINAR TIME AND PRESENTATION
▪ You will have 15 minutes for your presentation
▪ There are ~5-10 minutes for QA and discussion
▪ On average, you can have around 7-10 slides
– Introduction: 2-3 slides
– Solution: 2-3 slides
– Criticism: 2-3 slides
▪ Your slides should be neither too simple nor too dense
▪ Use visuals
▪ Assume that your audience might not know the article
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SOME TIPS ABOUT SEMINAR
▪ Minimise reading from slides or notes!
▪ Present article in your own words
▪ Your presentation will be uploaded on the course
website so that others can benefit from it
▪ To save time, you should copy your presentation to the
PC in the class before the lecture
▪ Alternatively, if you are using your laptop, make sure
you connect and check it before the lecture
▪ Be on time!
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INDIVIDUAL SEMINAR
▪ It is not a group seminar
▪ You are responsible for your article
▪ Having said that, you can give a rehearsal talk
to your group member, if you want
▪ You should share your opinion in the criticism
part
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HOW TO CRITICISE?
▪ Does your article meet expectations you have from it?
▪ If you were user of this system, would it work for you?
– Share your reasoning why yes or why not
▪ What would have you done differently if you could be
the author?
▪ Share limitations you identify
▪ Your ideas to address identified issues
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GROUP REPORT
▪ Group size: 2
▪ Page limit: 7-10
▪ For your report (in PDF only), use the following format
– Times New Roman
– Font 12
– Single column
– Single line spacing
– 1 inch margin
▪ For grading purposes, you also have to submit
– Percentage contribution of each group member
– List of tasks each group member was involved in
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STRUCTURE OF REPORT
▪ Abstract (~1 paragraph)
– Context (1 sentence)
– Problem (1 sentence)
– State-of-the-art (1 sentence)
– Solution (1 sentence)
– Novelty (1 sentence)
▪ Introduction (~1.5 to 2 pages)
– Context (1 paragraph)
– Problem (1 paragraph)
– State-of-the-art (1 paragraph)
– Solution (1 paragraph)
– Novelty
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STRUCTURE OF REPORT (2)
▪ Related work (~1.5-2 pages)
– Highlight how your idea is different from existing research
– Cite 5 ‘strong’ research articles including at least one from this list
– One paragraph per research article
▪ Proposed idea (~2-3 pages)
– Core idea and details
– Bonus: experiment and comparison
▪ Conclusion (~0.5 page)
– Summary of your report (~1 paragraph)
– Future work (~1 paragraph)
▪ References
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EXAM
▪ Lectures
▪ Lecture resources
▪ Seminars
– Including presented articles
▪ Class discussions
▪ Online exam
▪ 7-10 questions
– Each question might have sub-questions
▪ 2 hours
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RECOMMENDED BOOK
▪ Network Security Essentials – Applications and
Standards
Fourth Edition
William Stallings
Prentice Hall
ISBN 0-13-706792-5
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LECTURE UPLOAD POLICY
▪ Presentation slides will be uploaded after the lecture
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CANVAS AND COURSE WEBSITE
▪ Canvas for almost everything
– [Link]
▪ We will try to make lecture recordings available within a
day after we receive recording links
– Note that we have requested to record all the lectures
▪ Course website for lectures and seminars
– [Link]
▪ Piazza
– [Link]
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READING: HOW TO READ A
RESEARCH ARTICLE
▪ How to Read an Engineering Research Paper
William G. Griswold
CSE, UC San Diego
[Link]
▪ How to Read a Paper
S. Keshav
University of Waterloo
[Link]
▪ How to Read a Technical Paper
Jason Eisner (2009)
[Link]
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READING: HOW TO PRESENT
A RESEARCH ARTICLE
▪ How To Make an Oral Presentation of Your Research
Center for Undergraduate Excellence
University of Virginia
[Link]
and-publish/presentation-tips
▪ Notes on Presenting a Paper
Matthew O. Jackson
[Link]
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READING: HOW TO WRITE A REPORT
▪ How to Write a Research Paper
Charles King
[Link]
[Link]
▪ How to Write a Great Research Paper
Jon Turner
Computer Science & Engineering
Washington University
[Link]
[Link]
▪ Tips for Writing Technical Papers
Jennifer Widom
January 2006
[Link]
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Questions?
Thanks for your attention!
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