Senior Project - Format of Midterm Presentation #1

This presentation has five and only five overhead slides or viewgraphs. You have only five minutes for this presentation. You must use Microsoft PowerPoint (electronic format) for use with the video projector.

The required slides for your first midterm oral presentation are listed as follows:

1. Cover Overhead. (all items centered): Title (large font), Name (smaller font), CIS 4914 Senior Project (smaller font), Date of Talk (smaller font).

2. Summary. There are three parts to this slide. Use only one overhead.
   Motivation: Why was this work necessary? What motivated you to do it?

   Problem: What is the exact problem to be solved?

   Solution: What solution do you provide?

3. Project Plan. How do you plan to schedule the work for your project? Make a table that can be seen by the audience. For example, here follows a simple format:

           TIME INTERVAL       PROJECT TASKS
           -------------       -----------------------------------
              Week 1            Literature Search
   	   Week 2            Evaluate Literature
   	   Week 3            Begin Project Design
   	   Week 4            Complete Design, Order Parts
   	   Week 5-7          Code user interface and libraries
   	   Week 8-10         Code hardware interface 
   	   Week 11           Integrate software and final test
   	   Week 12           Complete debugging and test
   	   Week 13           Complete final report for advisor
   	   Week 14           Final oral presentation
   

4. Literature Sources. Describe information resources that you have used or plan to use.

5. Problems Encountered, with Solutions. Outline problems encountered to date. Specify any solutions that you have developed thus far.