15-891 Technically Speaking
Instructor: Steven Rudich

Description:
This seminar is for graduate students who want improve their technical speaking skills. Students will repeat presentation assignments several times, receiving focused feedback after each iteration.The emphasis will be on the basic skills used in any technical talk, from classroom lectures to job interviews.

Sample assignments:
Pretend you are a faculty member and give a 15 minute talk about your research that is designed to recruit graduate students to come work with you; give a 20 minute introductory talk on game tree search (undergraduate level); pick any talk of a kind you would like to learn how to deliver exceptionally well, and give it.

Method of Evaluation: Grading will be Pass/Fail. Evaluation will be based on class participation.