Organization

This quarter we will read and discuss papers from Ubicomp researchers around the world. Each week will feature a different researcher and one person will be asigned to present a summary of that researcher's work as told with 4-6 publications. The presenter will summarize the motivations and main findings from each paper and present a research timeline that shows how the author's work evolves over time.

Tips for Presenters

Since UbiComp is a highly interdisciplinary field, everyone in seminar has a different technical background. Tailor your presentation for an audience with a general computing background, but don't assume knowledge in specific topics like signal processing, FPGAs, machine learning, RFID etc. Please check the previous course homepages to make sure you don't repeat a paper from within the last two years of seminar.

Here is a sample presentation outline:

1. Brief introduction to the researcher, their lab/advisor, and frequented venues
2. A timeline showing key papers from the author's career
3. An overview of main findings and key ideas from each paper
4. A brief analysis of themes and methodologies common in the author's work
5. Open questions for discussion.

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