Week 5 · Midterm Defense Day

Group 2 · AI for Social Sciences

Today is your midterm defense. Each of you gets 10 minutes — a 7-minute talk in English with your PPT, then about 3 minutes of comments and questions. It's pass / fail, not graded: a checkpoint to catch problems early, not a trial.

Breathe. A demo someone can open + research you can explain clearly = you pass. Find your initials in the running order, watch the timer, and one thing to take home: give your project a real domain so anyone — inside or outside China — can open it.

01 · Today is your defense

- Format 10 minutes each — 7 + 3 A 7-minute talk in English with your PPT, then about 3 minutes of comments and questions in English and Chinese. Each
- No grades Pass / fail only — not a trial A demo someone can open + research you can explain = you pass. Don't panic. Breathe
- Honesty Slide 7 — expected, not real Say "these are expected results — I haven't run the study yet." Never invent data. English stuck mid-talk? Drop in one Chinese sentence and keep going. Rule

02 · Order of presentations

- 1 郭 H Up first
- 2 胡 YH
- 3 卢 ZC
- 4 辛 T
- 5 张 QY
- 6 周 YT
- 7 张 XY
- 8 张 ZY
- 9 张 XT Last

03 · Defense timer

Talk · 7 minutes

7:00

Tap Start when a presenter begins — 7-minute talk, then it rolls into the 3-minute Q&A automatically (a beep marks each switch). Tap Reset for the next presenter.

04 · Homework — give your site a real address

Want your project to open smoothly inside and outside China? Buy a domain on Cloudflare and point it at Vercel — your xxx.vercel.app can be slow or blocked on some China networks. This is optional; .vercel.app still works. We'll wire the domain to Vercel together tomorrow (6/21). Ask your AI to walk you through buying one:

我想给我的网站买一个自己的域名,让它在国内和国外都能顺畅打开(现在的 xxx.vercel.app 在国内有时候打不开)。我已经有 Cloudflare 账号。请一步步教我:
1. 在 Cloudflare 里怎么搜索和注册(购买)一个域名;
2. 怎么选一个简短、好记、和我项目议题相关的域名;
3. 大概多少钱一年、需要什么支付方式(我是学生,请提醒我别买太贵的);
4. 先别接到网站,买好就行——明天上课老师会带我们把域名接到 Vercel。