This is a summary of some concrete ideas I have collected from my experience as a teacher, researcher, and supervisor of several undergraduate and graduate final projects, to help deliver a strong presentation of the thesis proposal and the final thesis.
Tips for Creating the Slides
- Use large font
- Little text, only write what is essential and important
- If the graphics are too small to be seen (Do not use them)
- If the text you are about to add is too small (Crop it until it looks large or remove it)
- Use colors from the same color palette as the template
- You deliver the presentation, not the slides
- The evaluators should be focused on the presenter and only look at the slides when the presenter points to them or explains something on them as a visual aid
- Do not read the slides
- Be direct
- Remember the Zen of Python
- Enjoy the presentation! (This is the most important one)
Thesis Proposal Presentation
This can be used for any type of thesis project. The rule for the number of slides is 1 slide per 1 minute of presentation time.
Presentation time = 15 Minutes (Between 15-17 slides)
Slides
- Title, student and supervisor information
- Context
- Problem statement (a single paragraph)
- Justification
- Conceptual Framework (1/2)
- Conceptual Framework (2/2)
- State of the Art (1/2)
- State of the Art (2/2)
- Legal Framework
- General Objective (a single paragraph)
- Specific Objectives (Include Deliverables) (1/2)
- Specific Objectives (Include Deliverables) (2/2)
- Methodology
- Timeline
- Budget
- Bibliography
Evaluation Questions
Answer these questions to be clear about what the jury wants to know
- Title:
- Is the title clear and consistent with the topic and problem stated?
- Problem:
- Is the problem and the context in which it occurs clearly described?
- Are the causes of the problem clearly described?
- Is sufficient valid evidence presented for the existence of the problem and its causes?
- Justification:
- Are the benefits and the impact of carrying out the project clearly described?
- Conceptual Framework:
- Does the conceptual framework recognize the concepts related to the categories developed in the proposal?
- Is the conceptual framework sufficiently supported by bibliographic and documentary sources?
- State of the Art:
- Does the state of the art reflect an understanding of the field, at least at the national level with reference to the international context?
- Is the state of the art sufficiently supported by bibliographic and documentary sources?
- Legal Framework:
- Are the national and international regulations and/or standards related to the project’s topic examined?
- General Objective:
- Does the objective include an infinitive verb and clearly present what, how, and why the project is carried out?
- Is the project title clearly related to the objective?
- Does the objective offer a solution to the problem referenced in the project?
- Specific Objectives:
- Does each objective include an infinitive verb and clearly state what is to be accomplished?
- Does each deliverable from the specific objectives contribute significantly to achieving the general objective, and do all of them together accomplish the general objective?
- Are the objectives presented in chronological order?
- Methodology:
- Is there a close relationship between the specific objectives and the methodology phases?
- Are the project phases and the activities needed to meet the objectives described?
- Are the techniques, methods, tools, and instruments to be used in each phase described clearly and coherently, adding rigor to the work?
- Are the project deliverable(s) the result of applied research or a case study?
- Timeline:
- Is the proposed timeline clear, consistent with the methodology, and does it propose a duration of 6 months?
Final Thesis Presentation
The slides explaining the methodology used (13-18) are in this case an example using the CRISP methodology used in data science.
Presentation time = 30 Minutes (Maximum limit of 30 slides)
Slides
This is a tentative outline of the slides that can be produced; some points require more slides, such as the study and understanding of the data and data analysis (Use tables with large numbers and large charts).
- Title, student and supervisor information
- Context
- Problem statement (a single paragraph)
- Justification
- Conceptual Framework (1/2)
- Conceptual Framework (2/2)
- Legal Framework
- State of the Art (1/2)
- State of the Art (2/2)
- General Objective (a single paragraph)
- Specific Objectives (1/2)
- Specific Objectives (2/2)
- Methodology (CRISP, only show the diagram and do not spend too much time on this)
- a. Business/Question Understanding
- b. Data study and understanding (What characteristics do the data have?)
- c. Data analysis and feature selection (What did you find particularly noteworthy in the data?)
- d. Modeling (Which models were used and why?)
- e. Evaluation (Which evaluation metric was chosen and why?)
- Final Results (Which model was selected and what are the most important features and why?)
- Deliverables obtained (evidence)
- Conclusions
- References
Evaluation Questions
Answer these questions
General Objective:
- Was the objective achieved 100%?
- What difficulties were encountered?
Specific Objectives:
- How was each specific objective accomplished and what problems arose during development?
- What deliverables were obtained?
Methodology:
- How was each stage of the Methodology developed?
- What problems arose and how were they solved?
Deliverables:
- What deliverables were obtained from the project?
Conclusions:
- What conclusions are drawn from the analysis of the results?
- What lessons did the development of this project teach you?