2007 Graduate Research Poster Contest

You 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, October 4. 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. All posters will be on display in the department hallways during the school year. If you have any question or require further information email Reza Rejaie (reza@cs).

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Sept 28, 2007

WHAT TO SUBMIT

Please submit the following materials before the deadline:

Properly fold and then give the final laminated poster to Star in the main office,
Email a pdf version of your poster to reza@cs and 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 $30.00 of the price of printing and laminating each submitted poster. To obtain copy services with department funds, you should

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

The copy services must be provided at University Printing Copy Services, 346-3796. Laura can provide instructions for submitting your job to printing. No other copy services can be reimbursed.

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: