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AI Slides for Defenses and Academic Talks

Thesis and grant defenses, proposals, lab meetings, conferences and course presentations. Confirm the outline first, then build slide by slide and export editable PPTX.

More use cases

PDF only, up to 5 files of 100 MB each; text-selectable PDFs of 10–40 pages work best. Credits are charged by actual usage. See credit rules

How to generate defense slides with AI

  1. 1

    Upload the PDF

    A paper, grant proposal, course material or CV, up to 5 files.

  2. 2

    Pick a use case

    19 use cases from degree and grant defenses to lab meetings, conferences and courses.

  3. 3

    Confirm the outline

    See each slide's title and point first; add, remove or reorder slides.

  4. 4

    Build and export

    Slides are built one by one after you confirm; export editable PPTX when ready.

Academic slide use cases and structures

From degree and grant defenses to lab meetings, courses and interviews, each use case has its own structure. Pick one and your material is turned into slides in that order.

Example slides are AI-generated to show the layout and style of each use case.

Degree defenses

Undergraduate defense

Final-year projects and theses
  1. Background and significance
  2. Content and methods
  3. Main results
  4. Conclusions and limitations
  5. Acknowledgments

Say what you did and what you found in about 10 minutes.

Master's and PhD defense

Thesis defenses
  1. Research overview
  2. Background and significance
  3. Main work and contributions
  4. Validation
  5. Summary and outlook

Show completeness and originality, and anticipate committee questions.

PhD pre-defense

Before thesis review
  1. Overview of the work
  2. Contributions by chapter
  3. Publications
  4. Open issues and revision plan

Tie each chapter to its contribution and list the revision plan.

Research proposal

Thesis proposals and project applications
  1. Background
  2. Problem definition
  3. Literature review
  4. Research method
  5. Expected contribution
  6. Research plan

Make the necessity, feasibility and originality clear.

Midterm review

Mid-point checks for theses and projects
  1. Plan recap
  2. Completed work
  3. Interim results
  4. Open problems
  5. Next steps

Report progress against the proposal and explain changes.

Grants and projects

NSFC panel defense

General, Young and Key programs
  1. Background and scientific question
  2. Aims and content
  3. Approach and technical roadmap
  4. Innovation
  5. Preliminary work and feasibility
  6. Annual plan

Sharpen the scientific question and explain the plan with a roadmap.

Talent program defense

Excellent Young, Distinguished Young and similar
  1. Profile
  2. Representative work
  3. Contributions and impact
  4. Future research plan
  5. Support

Use representative work to show contribution, then the five-year plan.

Project final review

Project completion and acceptance
  1. Overview
  2. Task completion
  3. Results and applications
  4. Budget use
  5. Issues and recommendations

Check each task against the contract with data.

Annual progress report

Yearly project reviews
  1. Annual goals
  2. Progress and results
  3. Deviations and causes
  4. Plan for next year

Say whether progress meets the plan and explain deviations.

Everyday research

Lab meeting

Weekly lab and group discussions
  1. Paper overview
  2. Problem and motivation
  3. Core method
  4. Experimental results
  5. Discussion

Highlight methods and findings, and leave open questions.

Journal club

Paper reading groups
  1. Paper information
  2. Research question
  3. Methods
  4. Main results
  5. Critique and takeaways
  6. Discussion questions

Explain the paper and give your own assessment.

Experiment progress report

Weekly and monthly updates
  1. Goals
  2. Design
  3. Results and data
  4. Problems
  5. Next steps

Lead with conclusions, then data and problems.

Academic exchange

Conference talk

Conferences and seminars
  1. Introduction and background
  2. Related work
  3. Method
  4. Experiments and analysis
  5. Conclusions and outlook

Present the whole study with key figures and data.

Invited talk and lecture

Lectures and invited talks
  1. Field background
  2. Key questions
  3. Our work
  4. Outlook

Start from the field's questions for a broader audience.

Teaching and courses

Course presentation

Coursework and group presentations
  1. Topic
  2. Sources and methods
  3. Main points
  4. Summary

Clear points with traceable sources.

Lecture slides and study notes

Teaching and self-study
  1. Learning goals
  2. Core concepts
  3. Principles and derivations
  4. Examples and applications
  5. Summary

Organize for a beginner audience.

Applications and contests

PhD application interview

Admission and recommendation interviews
  1. Background
  2. Research experience
  3. Representative work
  4. Interests and plan

Use one or two experiences to show research ability and interest.

Academic job talk

University and institute positions
  1. Research arc
  2. Representative work
  3. Future research plan
  4. Teaching and collaboration

Show your research thread and an independent plan.

Student innovation contest

Innovation and entrepreneurship contests
  1. Background
  2. Problem and solution
  3. Innovation
  4. Progress and results
  5. Team

Say what problem you solve and how far you have got.

Slides that hold up in a defense

Confirm the outline first, use figures from your material, revise slide by slide and export editable files.

Every slide comes from your material

An outline comes first: each slide states its point and the facts and data it uses, tied to your material. Building starts only after you confirm.

Original figures, plus new diagrams

Images, table data and equations from your material go onto the matching slides; to explain ideas, it also draws schematics, structure diagrams, frameworks and technical roadmaps.

Change any slide on its own

Each slide is its own file. Say "turn slide 6 into a comparison table" and only that slide changes.

Export editable PPTX

You get a standard PPTX where text, images and tables are editable elements in PowerPoint or WPS.

See how a defense deck is built

From uploading the paper to changing just one slide, it happens step by step in a workspace. The sample was written to show the workflow.

Preview
  1. 1Cover
  2. 2Contents
  3. 3Limits of long context
  4. 4Trade-offs
  5. 5Method
  6. 6Sparse attentionEdited
  7. 7Complexity
  8. 8Experiments
  9. 9Main results
  10. 10Ablation
  11. 11Summary
  12. 12Thanks
Slide generation：Thesis defense

thesis.pdf

Slide outline12 slides, 4 sections

  • Background

    3Limits of long-context modelingAttention cost grows with the square of length

    4Trade-offs of current methodsWindows and low-rank tricks lose long-range links

  • Method

    6Three-stage sparse attentionCoarse filter then exact pass, O(n log n)

  • Experiments

    9Main results61% less memory at 32k tokens

Outline confirmed, building

Turn slide 6 into a method comparison table

Slide 6 updated; other slides unchanged.

Ask for more changes…

One tool for every academic presentation

Covers every academic occasion

Degree defenses, grants and projects, everyday research, academic exchange, teaching and courses, applications and contests: 19 use cases, each with a structure.

Built from your material

Papers, proposals, lecture notes or a CV can all be sources: charts and equations are extracted, diagrams are drawn to explain ideas, and each outline slide points back to its source.

Editable and easy to revise

Export standard PPTX; in the workspace, say which slide to change and how, and only that slide changes.

Acknowledged in published SCI papers

Published papers state in their acknowledgments or AI-use statements that Acadwrite was used to polish the language.

Defense slides FAQ

Still have questions? Slide generation is charged by actual usage; see the credit rules for details. See credit rules

What files can I upload?

PDF for now, up to 5 files of 100 MB each. Text-selectable PDFs of 10–40 pages work best; save Word documents as PDF before uploading.

Can I edit the slides?

Yes. The export is a standard PPTX with editable text, images and tables, and you can also ask in the workspace to change a specific slide.

Where do the figures in the slides come from?

Images, table data and equations from your material are placed on the matching slides; for ideas, methods and processes it also draws schematics, structure diagrams, frameworks and technical roadmaps.

Are there defense slide templates?

There are structures for 19 use cases, including degree and grant defenses, proposals, lab meetings, conferences, courses and interviews; your material is turned into slides in the chosen order.

What else can it make besides defense slides?

Proposals, midterm reviews, PhD pre-defenses, NSFC panel defenses, talent program defenses, final project reviews, lab meetings, journal clubs, conference talks, course presentations, lecture slides, PhD application interviews, job talks and student contests, or describe your own goal.

Can I change just one slide?

Yes. Each slide is its own file; say what to change on slide N and only that slide changes. You can also insert, delete or reorder slides.

Can I upload several files at once?

Yes, up to 5. For example, papers to compare in a lab meeting, a proposal plus representative work for a grant defense, or a CV plus papers for a job talk.

How much does it cost?

Sign in before starting. Slides are built in a workspace and credits are deducted by actual usage; see the credit rules page.

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