1. THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE CSCI 195 SLIDE PRESENTATION TECHNIQUES Prof. John L. Sibert Prof. Kristin Heckman Course developed by: PROF. ARNOLD C. MELTZER Modifications by: PROF. ROBERT W. LINDEMAN

2. Kristin E. Heckman2 Things You Should Do Face the audience Do not crowd slides Make eye contact Keep diagrams simple Use appropriate font sizes Use color sparingly

3. Kristin E. Heckman3 Face the Audience Image will be projected behind you Periodically check that image is okay Speak towards audience Use laptop as "teleprompter" Do not mumble Keep hands out of pockets

4. Kristin E. Heckman4 Do not Crowd Slides Do not try to pack everything onto one slide –It will start to look too busy –People will not be able to keep up –You will not be able to keep up Break long lists into several slides

5. Kristin E. Heckman5 Make Eye Contact Look for audience reaction Do not rush Make it clear how questions should be handled Think of your audience as your peers

6. Kristin E. Heckman6 Keep Diagrams Simple Limit the number of bubbles Limit the number of arrows/arcs Be consistent in objects –Boxes/bubbles are nouns –Arcs are verbs Source File Symbol Tables Executable Code Parse Generate Code

7. Kristin E. Heckman7 Use Appropriate Font Sizes 32 Point 28 Point 24 Point 20 Point 18 Point 16 Point 14 Point 12 Point 10 Point

8. Kristin E. Heckman8 Use Color Sparingly Use high-contrast colors For this course, you should only use black on white Yellow on BlackYellow on BlueCyan on Blue Yellow on RedRed on BlackWhite on Black Black on WhiteYellow on RedBlack on Black

9. Kristin E. Heckman9 Use the “Power” of PowerPoint Align slide components Source File Symbol Tables Executable Code Parse Generate Code Use the nudge Adjust line spacing appropriately Adjust line spacing appropriately

10. Kristin E. Heckman10 Things You Should NOT Do (Don't) Keep your hands in your pockets (Don't) Mumble Um, uh, … Basically, … Like, … You know, …

11. Kristin E. Heckman11 Things You Should NOT Do (cont.) (Don’t) Read your slides (Don't) Use the striptease method (Don't) Use cool transitions

12. Kristin E. Heckman12 Final Thoughts Practice your presentation Have someone proff-read your slides Have your files accessible –Floppy –CD –Net

13. Kristin E. Heckman13 Final Thoughts (cont.) Load files before class begins –Verify file functionality Give your audience something to take away

14. Kristin E. Heckman14 EXAMPLES

15. 15 Types of Temporal Tasks  Past  What happened?  Replay events, After Action Reporting  Present  Who’s talking/collaborating now?  What’s changed?  Future  Planning, Exploring alternatives, What Ifs?

16. MITRE Future Combat System (FCS) C4ISR Current Trends Future Army war fighting capability leveraging future C4ISR technologies ( 2008 - 2015) Employment of networked sensors, C2, communications and weapon systems to defeat threats at standoff ranges Extensive employment of robotics (air, ground, and unattended) for ISR, direct and indirect fire support, and logistics M&S based acquisition Extensive use of geographically distributed virtual simulation

17. MITRE 17 Force Protection – Route and Area Recon Potential Scenarios Unit X breaks its mission into two sub-missions. Team A will conduct route reconnaissance in the area to observe suspicious activity, and Team B will conduct snap check-points in order to inspect random and suspicious vehicles. Mission: Unit X is tasked with conducting snap checkpoints around Region Y. There have been reports of the trafficking of contraband within the Region, which is helping insurgent forces in the disruption of Peace and Stability Operations. While moving along its route, Team A captures as much information as possible through its ASSIST systems. As they see suspicious activity their ASSIST system captures images, voice intelligence reports, and charts accurate locations. This information is collected into a central database in the rear for future planning and analysis. Team B conducts snap checkpoints, and stops random and suspicious vehicles, while documenting the entire mission. As suspicious personnel are seen, their pictures are being taken, transmitted to the rear for cross- reference against black-list personnel. If personnel are identified by the rear as blacklisted, they are detained and brought-in for questioning

18. Kristin E. Heckman18 COL(P) Joe Toughguy Deputy Commanding General Deputy Program Executive Officer Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications Tactical PEO C3T Integration

19. MITRE Strategic Thrusts Objective Force - –Future Combat System –Objective Force Warrior Digitization (Legacy & Interim Force) Army Knowledge Management Army Joint Intersections –Distributed Common Ground System - Army –Time Critical Targeting (see Joe Schmoe’s Briefing)

20. _C3T.20 Initial OIF Systems Delivered by PEO C3T Blue Force Tracking (BFT) –At Bde and below, OIF commanders used its Common Tactical Picture and messaging for situational awareness and tactical communications Battle Command On The Move (BCOTM) –C2Vs, LDOCs, A2C2S, & Bradley BCVs integrated and deployed to theatre to act as OTM Corps to Bde command platforms ABCS Upgrades –All ABCS systems were upgraded or expedited to OIF units through an ASPB approved Operational & Urgency Need Statement Global Command Control System - Army (GCCS-A) –At Div and above, OIF commanders used the GCCS-A Common Operational Picture as a baseline for situational awareness Defense Collaborative Tool Suite (DCTS) –Enhanced collaborative capabilities (secure voice, whiteboard, chat, file storage, FTP) provided to all OIF units from Theatre-to-Division Accomplished effective OIF1 force upgrades in 120 Days

21. mitre 21 Summary of technical approach  Elements  Gloss-chasing  Semantic primitives  Common properties  Identifying and extracting events  More depth: higher performance on tailored events  More breadth: greater ability to identify events in the large  More smarts: fewer training data requirements

22. Kristin E. Heckman22 COMMUNITY SYNERGY Facilities/Capabilities Educational Alliances Workforce Pool Consortiums Professional Associations Technology Collaboration PhD Panels Tri-State National Leader in R&D > $35 Billion/Yr in R&D Investments DoD Leverages the R&D Infrastructure Team Monmouth The Nation’s Science and Technology Epicenter Home to 2 of Top 5 National Research Universities Winner of DoD Network Centric Most Innovative Program Federal and State Lab's US Army CERDEC (Fort Monmouth) Princeton Plasma NJ Nanotechnology Consortium NJ Science and Technology Commission Weldon Congressional Initiatives William Hughes FAA Tech Center Naval Air Warfare Center RDEC (Army) Internationally Recognized as Predominant Industrial Research Facility Diverse Private R&D Sector Bell Labs - Top Commercial Lab Telecordia (formerly Bellcore) Home to 476 Electronic MFG Facilities Strategic Location New York City Philadelphia Greater Metro Area Strong University Research System Princeton University NJ Institute of Technology Stevens Institute of Technology Rutgers, The State University Monmouth University University of Pennsylvania Columbia University Cornell University Drexel University New York University

23. mitre 23 Chasing glosses with verbs and events  Glosses define complex events in terms of basic events  Send: to cause to go, to cause to happen  Smash: to break into pieces  How to recognize a basic event  Chased by glosses of many other words  Has many metaphoric senses break (51 senses) break(10): to fracture a bone break(1): to separate into pieces break(2): to damage so as to be inoperative …

24. MITRE 24 Summary The ways of implementing ASSIST technologies are virtually boundless. Almost any soldier and planning / fusion cell could benefit from these technologies if implemented properly. Scenarios help hone developmental spirals, but should not be the only driver for full system integration. A vetting process must be followed in conjunction with a user community. Most implementations must adhere to the concept of “simple to use, easy wear.”

25. Document Number Here © 2005 The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. 25 Briefing Guidelines A briefing should be... brief –Allow 4 minutes per page –Use the slides to convey high-level information in bulleted, short phrases –If sentences are necessary, make them short –Make it easy – to deliver, read, and understand Think impact... and keep it simple –Avoid densely packed text, complicated graphics, and gimmicks –Complement high-level text with clean graphics, pictures, or tables –Resist the temptation to make your briefing a detailed report