Not only will this allow others to see what you can do, it will also allow you to meet and interact with potential employers and business partners.

Here's the format for presentations and demos.

• Presentations
  • Length: 20 + 10. 20 minutes presentation plus 10 minutes of questions

  • Format: Something like power-point with embedded screen shots

  • Content: You want people to know why they should buy your product

  • What problem does it solve ? That is, why did you build it?

  • How is it different from other products ?

  • How does it solve the problem? What are its features?

  • How does it work ? (architecture)

  • What are its hardware and software requirements? Why?

  • For example: Does it require PHP? mySQL?

  • Take us through a typical scenario of its use

  • Summarize motivation, features, usefulness

• Demos
  Throughout the day. We plan on having several faculty offices set aside for demos that are ongoing while other groups are presenting (SEM 232, 233, 236). You should be prepared to display and demo your project on computers in faculty offices. For example, while Team X is presenting, someone from Team Y could be demoing their project to a passerby. If you like, you can bring your own computer, or you may install your product on one of the available machines. Another alternative is to bring a laptop and plug in a CS monitor. While your group is not presenting, plan to have at least one team member ready to demo your product. Tell me ( sushil@cs.unr.edu ) what facilities and equipment you need for the demos by May 3, 2002.

• Posters
  I will help each team prepare, print, and laminate a large poster describing their team and project. Think of this is a substitute for your presentation. In case someone is unlucky enough to have missed it, they can look at your poster and follow along as you explain.

• One member of a group must be at your booth (SEM 232, 233, 236) except when the group is presenting.
• It should be clear from the preceding that demoing and presenting can be separate activities. A presentation may include a quick demo (a short non-trivial scenario), or, instead, the presentation may guide the audience through a series of static screens. You can invite the audience to follow your demo at your "booth" after the presentation.
• There are two other rules that I would like to talk to you about on May 1 and have the class vote on.