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Communication Skills
Situation
Consider the audience carefully How big? Who? Level of knowledge? Level of interest? Resistance? Time?
Timing
Do not ramble on during a presentation Remember:
Our Messages
55% : Body Language 38% : Tone 7% : Words
Personal Approach
Gesture
position
Voice
Eye Contact
Breathing
Breathing during presentation is different from normal breathing Breathing deeper for
Content
Purpose
Complement speaker Talk technical report
Density
7 lines/page 7 words/line
Slides dominate
Provide all content Hold audiences attention Faces slides Helps audience understand
Speaker supports
Memory Size
Scales well
Number of processors
Crucial metrics
Isoefficiency Scalability function
Future systems
Thousands of CPUs Terabytes of RAM
Unbalanced Lists
Speedup
Sequential time Parallel time
Parallel
Efficiency
Balanced Lists
Speedup
Expresses time reduction Sequential time, parallel time, overhead
Efficiency
Expresses processor utilization Speedup, number of processors
Red/Blue Conflict
Prepare : anticipate the possible questions Structure: define the parameters Listen carefully to the question Body language and tone are still evaluated Repeat question: paraphrase
8. 9.
Look at the questioner Respond: simply and directly. Restate the key points of your presentation where applicable Difficult question can be part answered Wrap up the session
Clear Statement of the Problem Summary of the State of the Art Scientific Approach Uniqueness of the Problem and Approach Key Results Conclusions Generalizable Future Research Directions
Summary
Guide audience gently Design slides carefully