ASSIGNMENTS and EXAMS (CS 210)

 
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Training Exercises

The following exercises in pdf format are assigned for training exclusively

 

Homeworks 

 

After the completion of 2 chapters, a homework will be given and turned in the next week of the assignment.

Mid-Term Exam

The Mid-Term Exam will be held in the class on  Wednesday 03/02 

Preparation for the Final

 

Statement, Solutions

Solved Problems

Programming Assignment

Programming Presentations due on Monday 04/11 & Wednesday 04/13

Written/Oral Reports

The reports should be well-written and an electronic version (attached document within an E-mail) should be sent to the instructor one week earlier to the presentation of the work. The students are divided into groups of two. Each student is within the same group chosen in programming assignments. An oral presentation of the report's contents is required. Each student will have 10 minutes of oral presentation. 

 

Written Report due on Wednesday 04/27

Oral Presentations on Monday 05/02

 

Some Advices for Oral Presentations:

  • Concepts Definition and Illustrations:
    In general, The predominant feature that appears in most of oral presentations is the "degree of fuzziness" of what is intended to be explained. It would be better if the speaker give examples and illustrations rather than trying to define an abstract concept or object. The pattern recognition course has many abstract features that are often understood by illustrations.

  • Density of the Slides:
    Slides should not contain so much information but just few points (maximum 3 or 4 points !). Each point should be associated with an idea that the student expresses with examples or illustrations. Therefore, the speaker makes also the task very easy to him and to the audience.

  • Reading or Summarizing:
    The speaker should never read what is in the slides since the audience is able to read that contents. He    /she should say something that it is absent in the slides such as meta-information (or annotations). Reading the slides completely is a big mistake! The speaker needs to summarize the idea of the slides and maybe say more than that.

  • Clarity of Presentation:
    A presentation is also clear if the speaker can be heard very well (speaks loudly!), and not too slow in order that the audience will not get asleep. He    /she should make some variation in tone regularly. He/she should not hide the screen by putting himself or herself as a barrier between the audience and the screen. Besides, if he/she is using a projector then pinpointing on the slide with an object is better than pinpointing with the object on the projected screen.

  • Too Much Details:
    Finally, the speaker should not provide too much details, he    /she should know what is important and what is not in order to be able to respect the time allocated for this presentation.

Some Advices for Written Presentations:

  • Plan of the Written Report:
    A written report should contain the plan of what the student is intending to report about the papers read. The student should also introduce the topic read, criticize the paper and conclude his written report.
  • References or Bibliography:
    References are the papers that the student has read and used in his/her report unlike bibliography is the list of papers that he/she has read but not necessarily mentioned in the report.

  • Message Conveyed:
    A written report even subdivided into different parts should convey a unified message. Very often users do not like reports that convey many ideas.

  • A Summary and not a Paper Shortening:
    The students should summarize the papers or books read and not shorten and eliminate relevant passages from this documentation.

    The grades for the oral/written reports will be given with respect to all these criteria described in the oral and the written presentation.

 
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