CS885 Fall 2022 - Reinforcement Learning

Paper Presentation

• 20% of final grade
• Put yourself in the shoes of the author(s) and present the paper as if it was your own
• Length: 20-25 minutes
• Presentation is done individually (i.e., no team)

Suggested structure for the presentation

Introduction

• What is the paper about?
• What is the problem tackled?
• What is the solution proposed?

Background

• Explain the problem tackled
• Explain necessary background

Content of paper

• Explain proposed solution at a high level
• Explain advantages and disadvantages of the proposed solution
• Relate the solution to other work

Empirical evaluation

• Summarize the empirical evaluation
• Highlight anything that's special

Conclusion

• What are the contributions?
• What is the take home message?
• What are possible extensions for future work?