Criteria for grading presentations

Project Presentations will be judged based on the following criteria:

• understanding: does the presenter understand the problem in a larger context, and place the solution within it?
• background/perspective: does the presenter understand the relevant related work?
• clarity: can the audience understand the presentation? is the "big picture" clear? are there useful examples?
• materials: do the slides or use of blackboard illustrate and support the talk? are there diagrams to help convey the technicalities? (when your talk gets into deep territory, a diagram is worth 10K words)
• delivery: has the the presenter practiced?
• answering questions: can the presenter handle questions from the audience?