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kickaha ([personal profile] kickaha) wrote2005-10-18 05:07 am

Er...

45 minute talk.

76 slides. (So far.)

What's wrong with this picture??

Cripes, and this is just an *overview*.

Frick.

[identity profile] kimokeane.livejournal.com 2005-10-19 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
Also, I dunno about ComSci, but in Astro, much of the time your thesis dissertation is 3 distinct observing projects that all probe a single overall phenomenon. The oral presentation often just skips some of it - for example, you'll present the overall project background, then the data for one observing program, then the overall conclusions from the 3 programs together. Then the committee gets to probe on all of the observing programs and the conclusions, even if the wider audience doesn't get to see every picture.

[identity profile] kickaha.livejournal.com 2005-10-19 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, the kind of maddening thing is that even with an insane number of slides (83 now), I'm *STILL* just skimming the surface! This whole talk is just designed to give everyone a *feel* for the work, and then they can go read the bloody tome if they want to.

And, on the 83rd slide, I hit a situation where a list might be easiest and most communicative. Drat.