Hugonweb | Tips for New Researchers

Presentations

• Always put slide numbers on your slides
• Make sure your presentation colors contrast so you can see them on a projector
• Make sure text (including on plots) is big enough to see on a projector
• Your audience (even your mentor!) doesn\'t know what your variables mean, describe them
• You can have a bunch of \"backup\" slides after your conclusions with extra info or plots if somebody asks a question
• Send a presentation PDF as well as a powerpoint so that your slides look good even on Linux/Mac/Windows

Particle Physics Presentations

• Describe your data sample
  • Real data or simulation?
  • Kind of particle?
  • Starting position?
  • Starting angle?
  • Starting energy?
  • Pre-selection or trigger?
• For each plot, is there one entry per event or per particle or...?
• Is this plot true variables or reconstructed variables?
• Should you show this histogram with log scale y-axis? You could always put the linear in your backup slides

Writing

https://matt.might.net/articles/shell-scripts-for-passive-voice-weasel-words-duplicates/