How to Introduce

Light hearted opening Establish real-world connection/motivation for the topic of your seminar.

• Personal Anecdote

• Philosophical remark

• Example of Problem (pictorial if possible)

• Puzzle

Problem statement:

• Description of input and output.
• What is to be optimized (if anything).
• Overview of approaches. Obvious approaches, what is wrong with them.
• Statement of main results.
• Why is the problem hard.

Time Limit: No more than 5 minutes!