The Lightning Talk
Your Goal
Present a tool or technology briefly to other Data Scientists. Choose a tool that you are familiar with. It could be a mathematical concept, a programming language or library, a web tool or even one of your own projects.
The value of the lightning talk is its brevity. Your project is to summarize the essence of the tool: What is it good for, how does it look like, what pros and cons are there. If you want to show an example, choose one.
Time
5 minutes
Questions for evaluators
- Which part of the talk did you find the most interesting?
- Where there any parts that you found irrelevant?
- Did the speaker limit himself to one core idea, or were multiple ones covered.
- How did the speaker manage time during the talk?
- What could the speaker do differently?
- How would you summarize the core message in your own words?
Extra Material
- Giving a good lightning talk by the Software Sustainability Institute
- How to Give a Great Ignite Talk by Scott Berkun
- 16 Ways to Prepare for a Lightning Talk by Kathleen Garvin
Example Talks
- How to Give a Lightning Talk Video by Steve Klabnik
- Less Code == More Software example talk by Peter Sommerland