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Our group meeting is bi-weekly and each will take ~1.5 hours. The group meeting is composed of two sections:

Research Updates (~ 1 hour)

One presenter will give a brief, informal update about their research progress. The presentation could include (but not limited to) background introductions, details of methods, preliminary results, and unsolved problems. You should plan for this to be ~30 minutes of content, such that with questions we spend approximately 1 hour.

At this time, there is no set style on the research updates.

Literature Update (~ 30 mins)

One presenter will present a literature review talk on one research paper. Here are the guidelines for theĀ literatureĀ talk:

  1. Pick a new or classical paper that you think is interesting. Feel free to pick different papers from your research topic if you want. Part of this is getting everyone exposed to papers they may not open up and read on their own.
  2. Ideal presentation structure is: A title slide (with authorsā€™ name and affiliation), 1 slide on background, 1 slide on methods, 1-2 slides on the main results, and 1 slide with critiques / overall conclusions.
  3. On the title slide, make sure toĀ talkĀ about the journal itā€™s published in (what does this journal usually publish, what do you think about the journal),Ā talkĀ about the authors, are you familiar with them? What other things do they work on? ā€“ The goal here is to build background knowledge on the journal and researchers to be aware of people in our field.
  4. On the methods slide, briefly introduce the methods used in the paper. This is a good chance to practice your teaching ability!
  5. On the main results slides, pick a handful of the most important figures that you personally were interested in, and describe the main conclusions of the study. Stay focused and concise so that everyone in the group feels that they can grasp the main conclusions.
  6. For the critique slide, think about what the paper did really well, and if itā€™s something that you would like to do in your own research. Think about what the paper did poorly with proper justifications, and how the work can be improved (a good practice for thinking like a reviewer!).

<aside> šŸ’” You should send the paper you will talk about to the Slack literature channel at least one day before the group meeting.

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