Schedule for
Communicating Computer Science
DIT 195 / 2018

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Week 1
(19/3 - 23/3)
Tuesday: (lecture, ES51) Introduction to the course

Thursday: (groups) 5-minute presentations

Week 2
(26/3 - 30/3)
Monday: (submit, 1) Your reflections on the presentations

Tuesday: (lecture, ES51) Reflections, and how to read a paper

Thursday: (no group meeting)

Week 3
(2/4 - 6/4)
Tuesday: (submit, 2a) Tell your mentor about what pairs you formed and what papers you will read (pairs)

Tuesday: (no lecture)

Thursday: (no group meeting)

Week 4
(9/4 - 13/4)
Monday: (submit, 2b) Answer basic questions about the two papers (pairs)

Tuesday: (lecture, ES51) How to give a presentation
extra material by Simon Peyton Jones

The whole week: (mentor) Meetings about the 15-min presentations (individually)

Week 5
(16/4 - 20/4)
Tuesday (!): (submit, 2c) Summary about the two papers (pairs)

Tuesday: (lecture, ES51) How to write a paper

Thursday: (groups) Writing exercises in groups

Week 6
(23/4 - 27/4)
Tuesday: (submit, 2d) Review of summary of another pair (pairs)

Tuesday: (groups, no lecture!) 15-minute presentations (individually), part A

Thursday: (groups) 15-minute presentations (individually), part B

Week 7
(30/4 - 4/5)
Tuesday: (no lecture)

Wednesday: (submit) Reflections on 15-minute presentations + video of a talk (individually)

Thursday: (mentor) Meeting about final report and final presentations (pairs)

Week 8
(7/5 - 11/5)
Tuesday: (mentor) Meeting about final report and final presentations (pairs)

Thursday: (no group meeting)

Week 9
(14/5 - 18/5)
Monday: (submit) Description of final report (pairs)

Tuesday: (groups, no lecture!) 30-minute presentations (pairs), part A

Thursday: (groups) 30-minute presentations (pairs), part B

Week 10
(21/5 - 25/5)
Monday: (submit) First version of final report (pairs)

Tuesday: Final lecture, summary of the course

Thursday: (mentor) Feedback final report (pairs)

Exam Week
(28/5 - 1/6)
Monday: (submit) Review of someone else's final report (pairs)

Friday: (submit) Final version of your paper + reflections on what you have learned in this course (pairs)