11  Final Presentations

11.1 Complete course evaluations

The graduate programs asked that professors reserve time at the start of class for students to fill out their course evaluations. I will give everyone 10 minutes (5 minute check-in) to fill out the course evaluation.

11.2 Final presentations

The goal of this final is to develop and deliver a clear, concise, and engaging presentation on a topic of your choice within a strict 5-minute time limit, but your target audience will be randomized. This exercise will help you improve your research, organization, and public speaking skills.

The presentation topic can be anything you learned in this course. It can be on something you wrote, in class discussion, contents in the book or other materials you read/watched, as long as it relates back to security, privacy, ethics, and equity.

11.2.1 Target audience and presentation topic

Student Last Name Target Audience Presentation Topic
Bennett Family/Friends Workforce Equity and Ethical Oversight in Emerging Technology Pipelines
DiSandro Family/Friends Qantas data breach, with a deeper dive into what happened and what privacy and security measures could have been taken
Gentile Family/Friends TBD
Hayes Family/Friends Data representation and quality are important and how they affect our communities
Imperati Classmates/Coworkers Change Healthcare data leak
Possamai Local Government/Policymakers TBD
Ricket Classmates/Coworkers TBD
Rioux Classmates/Coworkers TBD
Rossi Family/Friends Security and Privacy with Social Media Platforms
Santosh Local Government/Policymakers Privacy, data governance, and ethical issues surrounding fitness trackers and smartwatches
Spadea Funders/Media Data Governance; Smartphone apps for monitoring students
Sudoval Local Government/Policymakers Stingray trackers/towers
Trotta Funders/Media Public safety vs. privacy of Ring doorbell data sharing
Wadsworth Local Government/Policymakers AI advancement over the past 10 years

11.2.2 Evaluation of the presentation

TThe following is how I will evaluate your presentations. Each part will be scored from 1 to 6, as detailed below.

  1. Content and audience (6 points)

    • 6: Clear purpose and content that addresses the target audience.
    • 3: Moderate clarity and relevance to the target audience.
    • 1: Unclear purpose and irrelevant to the target audience.

  2. Organization and structure (6 points)

    • 6: Well-organized with a clear and strong flow (introduction, middle, and conclusion).
    • 3: Moderately organized with adequate flow.
    • 1: Poorly organized, missing key structural elements.

  3. Delivery and timing (6 points)

    • 6: Enthusiastic and engaging, with good pacing, within 30 seconds of the time limit.
    • 3: Some enthusiasm and minor pacing issues, within 30 seconds to 1 minute of the time limit.
    • 1: Lacks enthusiasm, poor pacing, over 1 minute off the time limit.

  4. Quality of slides or other visual aids (6 points)

    • 6: Enhances the presentation.
    • 3: Somewhat contributes to the presentation.
    • 1: Does not contribute to the presentation.

  5. Overall quality (6 points)

    • 6: Highly effective in achieving the goal.
    • 3: Somewhat effective in achieving the goal.
    • 1: Ineffective in achieving the goal.

11.2.3 Presentation order

set.seed(202608)

library(tidyverse)
library(dplyr)

sample(c("Bennett", 
              "DiSandro", 
              "Gentile", 
              "Hayes", 
              "Imperati", 
              "Possamai", 
              "Ricket", 
              "Rioux", 
              "Rossi", 
              "Santosh", 
              "Spadea", 
              "Sudoval",
              "Trotta", 
              "Wadsworth"), replace = FALSE)
 [1] "Ricket"    "Sudoval"   "Gentile"   "Possamai"  "Imperati"  "DiSandro" 
 [7] "Spadea"    "Rossi"     "Hayes"     "Bennett"   "Rioux"     "Trotta"   
[13] "Wadsworth" "Santosh"

11.2.4 Schedule

Time (EDT) Student Order
7:10 pm - 8:10 pm Santosh
– Ricket
– Sudoval
– Gentile
– Imperati
– DiSandro
– Spadea
– Rossi
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm Break
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm Hayes
– Bennett
– Rioux
– Trotta
– Wadsworth

11.2.5 Vote for your favorite presentation

Each year, I ask students to vote for their favorite presentation. The person with the most votes will receive a gift card to a local café or restaurant of their choice (or whatever business as long as is locally owned), paid for by me. You cannot vote for yourself.

After all the presentations are complete, please submit your vote here.