<aside> 💡 The deadlines for reviews and emails of slides are at 10pm ET on the specified date.

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Paper presentation

• Please sign up to present at least one paper here: Spreadsheet Link
  • If you sign up for more than one slot, we will take the max of the scores as the final score of the paper presentation.
• Before the presentation, we expect the student to
  • read the assigned paper thoroughly and get the relevant background knowledge before making the presentation. Please reach out to the instructor if you need discussions or have any questions.
  • use the provided templates to make your slides.
    • Templates: Google Slides / PowerPoint
  • email the slides to the instructor 7 days before the presentation date to get feedback.
    • The last slide should be a list of open-ended questions for the topic of the presented paper.
  • revise the slides based on the feedback and email them to the instructor 1 day before your presentation.
• During the class
  • The instructor will give a 5min overview about the topic of the class.
  • The presenter will give a 20min (±2min) presentation followed by a 5min Q&A about the presentation.
  • The whole class will have about 20min discussion on the open-ended questions presented for each paper or posted on Canvas.
• After the class
  • The presenter will respond to students’ questions (if any) for their presented paper by the end of the week.
• The presentation will be graded based on the following aspects
  • Inclusion of sufficient background knowledge to understand the paper
  • Clarity of the presentation
  • Discussion about the strengths, weaknesses, and potential extension of the presented work
  • Response to the questions in class and online

Paper review

• A paper review includes two parts: a written review and a question. Both will be due one day before the class.
  • Written review: Each class has two required readings. You will need to pick one paper from these two to write the review.
    • The paper reviews follow a combination of the review form from the RSS conference and the NeurIPS conference. Please check the Canvas Assignments submission page for the review questions.
    • Please submit your reviews on Canvas to the corresponding assignments.
  • Question: You will need to post at least one question to Piazza. It can be a question about a specific paper or a question you want to have open discussions.
• Each written review will be 2% of the total grade. Each question will be 0.5% of the total grade. In total, 12 written reviews and questions are required.
  • There are more than 12 presentation classes. You can skip some reviews based on your personal schedule/constraints.
  • If you submit more than 12 written reviews and questions, we will take the top-12 for the final grade.
• The reviews and questions will be graded based on the relevancy, level of understanding, and quality of the analysis for the selected paper.

<aside> 💡 Use of ChatGPT or Generative AI: If you use ChatGPT or any generative AI product to help write your review, you will need to indicate the usage in your review form and include your prompts. We encourage you to use ChatGPT to improve your writing (e.g., grammar or presentation). However, we strongly discourage you to use ChatGPT to generate the reviews. If you use ChatGPT to generate your reviews, you will need to add your comments or analysis on whether you agree with the generated reviews. Failure to indicate your use and provide analysis will give you zero points for the submitted review/question.

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Late policy

• Failure to email the slides on time will incur a 10% deduction on the score for each late date. For example, 10% for 1 day, 20% for 2 days, etc.
• We do not accept late submissions for paper review as we expect students to have their individual evaluations before participating in in-class presentations and discussions.