Rules and Guidelines

Talks will be scheduled in a round-robin fashion, generally following alphabetical order. The list of speakers and pre-assigned dates will be posted to the internal mailing list before the beginning of each semester.

If you are unable to give a talk at your scheduled time due to travel, etc., it is your responsibility to find a replacement (e.g., by swapping with someone else). If you need to find a replacement speaker, please do so well in advance to allow your replacement sufficient time to prepare. We will adjust the schedule as needed to accommodate conference practice talks, joint Pitt/CMU meetings and external guest speakers.

If you would like to schedule a practice talk for an upcoming conference (highly recommended to get internal feedback before the real thing) or invite an external speaker, simply let the seminar organizer know.

When selecting a topic, the most important overall guideline is that it should be of interest to the group. The type of talk you give is flexible. Generally we prefer one of the following (if you would like to do something else, please check with the organizer first):

• A formal talk; could be a recent or upcoming conference talk.
• An informal "chalkboard" presentation of ongoing/in-progress work.
• A presentation of a paper by some other research group. Should be polished and use slides.
• Literature survey / tutorial.

Please send the title of your talk at least two weeks before your scheduled date, and an abstract at least one week before.