of the Master’s program “DataAI”
at Institut Polytechnique de Paris
The Softskills Seminar
Fabian Suchanek
Professor at
Télécom ParisTech
DIG team, office 4C20
https://suchanek.name
Coordination: Fabian Suchanek
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...together with lecturers from
- Télécom Paris,
- Télécom SudParis,
- ENSTA,
- École Polytechnique
Softskills Seminar
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Students learn to
•
give talks in English
•
defend an idea in English
•
answer questions in a public setting
•
deal with scientific articles
... and get into touch with the lecturers.
How the seminar works
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We start with a lecture on “
How to give good talks
”:
• body language
• slide design
• content
• dealing with questions
etc.
1.
The student
chooses a
scientific
article
How the seminar works
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A scientific article is a 8-15 page
document that treats one particular
scientific question — for example
in the area of Big Data.
How the seminar works
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1.
The student
chooses a
scientific
article
2.
The student
prepares a
presentation
about the article
How the seminar works
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1.
The student
chooses a
scientific
article
A presentation is a slide show.
It can be done with
• PowerPoint
• Latex
• PowerLine
• OpenOffice, etc.
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2.
The student
prepares a
presentation
about the article
1.
The student
chooses a
scientific
article
3.
The student
gives the
presentation
in the class
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The presentation should be
20 minutes.
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3.
The student
gives the
presentation
in the class
4. The audience asks questions
Audience = students and lecturers
One student is the “devil” and has
prepared questions in advance
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6.
The student
receives
a grade
Grade is based on
• 80% presentation
- quality of the presentation
- bonus or malus for understanding
- bonus or malus for content (coverage and correctness)
• 20% oral participation (as devil or not)
- more questions give more points
- better questions give more points
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1. The scientific articles are proposed by the lecturers.
Help from lecturers
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2.
Each student chooses
the articles he/she likes
Help from lecturers
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3.
Every student is assigned one article as presenter
and one article as advocatus diaboli.
Help from lecturers
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4. The lecturer helps the presenting student during the preparation
phase with questions about the article
5. The lecturer participates in the presentation, and asks questions
6. The lecturer helps grading
Help from lecturers
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