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2009-10 Graduate Research Poster Contest

Students are invited to submit a research poster to the annual graduate research poster contest. Each poster should present individual or group research conducted in the CIS department. Winners will be selected by a faculty committee and announced at the CIS Colloquium on Thursday, February 4, 2010. The posters are judged based on their technical content, design clarity and visual appeal. Authors of top three posters will receive various prizes from the department. Winning posters will be hung in the front hall of Deschutes and all posters will be featured during the Department 40 th Anniversary Celebration on May 1. All posters will be on display in the department hallways during the school year. If you have any questions or require further information email Jim Allen (jallen@cs).

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Jan 22, 2010

WHAT TO SUBMIT

Please submit the following materials before the deadline:

  1. Give the final laminated poster to Star in the main office,
  2. Email a pdf version of your poster to jallen@cs.
RULES
  • a poster should be approximately 30×40 inches. Posters that are significantly larger or smaller than this size, will not be considered.
  • Each poster should present the research work that is less than 2 years old. Submitted posters in prior years are not eligible.
  • Students may be a co-author on more than one poster.
  • You can arrange the space and orient the poster either horizontally or vertically.
COST

The department will pay up to $32.00 of the price of printing and laminating each submitted poster. To obtain copy services with department funds, you should

  1. Obtain the CIS Department copy card from Laura in room 141 (laura@cs)
  2. Return the card with the receipt on the same day.

The copy services must be provided by the AAA Digital Imaging Facility, which provides printing instructions for windows and mac platforms. No other copy services can be reimbursed, and services can only be provided at AAA if you take the department card with you at the time of printing.

PRIZES

The winning posters will be selected by a distinguished faculty panel of judges.

  • First Prize — $250
  • Second Prize — $150
  • Third Prize — $100

Plus great participation prizes for all who enter the contest.

  • People's Choice Prize — TBA

Ballots will be available during the week of January 25 for all CIS students and faculty to vote for their favorite poster. Each person who submits a ballot will be entered in a raffle to win prizes donated from a local bike shop.

RESOURCES

The main goal of this competition is to help you prepare a research poster (visually appealing and succinct) that effectively communicates your research problem, techniques, results, and what is novel and important about your work. To help you achieve this goal and avoid some common problems that we observed in submitted posters in prior competitions, we have collected the following useful resources:

Prior Contests