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Visual Routines and Attention, by Sajit Rao

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Asignment

Imagine that you are a graduate student working in Artificial Intelligence at MIT. Your research supervisor, Patrick Winston, says, roughly, “I would like you to go to this conference to see what this stuff is all about. Put together a little trip report for me when you get back.” Because the conference is to be held in Sveti Stefan, a beautiful medieval town, converted into a resort, on the Adriatic Sea, you instantly agree.

Unfortunately, you end up partying a lot and sleep through the talks, all of which are presented in the morning so attendees can get to the beach unimpeded. Fortunately, a friend tells you that you didn't miss much, because the talks were all incredible pistareens, except for Rao's talk, which closely followed the the material in his thesis.

Produce the requested trip report. Start with something like “The conference involved little of interest, except for the talk by Rao.” Use what you have learned about presentation in the way you structure your report.