CS 490D Senior Design Project

Spring 2001

Guidelines for Technology Review

  • Approximate time available: 25 minutes.
  • Participate during presentation by other teams.
  • Prepare in advance and aim for a polished presentation. Must have your presentation on your Team site prior to the presentation.
  • Address the following:
    1. What technology are you reviewing? (~1 minute)
    2. Importance of this technology? Why is it needed? Developers of the technolgy? Competing technologies? Is it needed for your project? Why? (~3 minutes)
    3. Technical details. Illustrate with simple examples. Avoid trivialities. Clarity is important. (~20 minutes)
    4. Future of this technology?
    5. Provide references.
  • Evaluation based on:
    1. Clarity of presentation.
    2. Depth of material covered.
    3. Understanding of the material presented in the classroom and beyond.
  • All Tech Review presentations will be evaluated anonymously by each student in the class.