Student Poster Presentations
Annual CCSC Northwestern Regional Conference
The Northwestern Region seeks to encourage student research
by providing a forum for students to present the results of their work.
We invite undergraduates, including those who
completed their Bachelor's degrees within the last year, to submit an
abstract describing their research or significant project, and to
present a poster of that work at the Conference.
Students wishing to participate should e-mail a one-page summary to the
Student Poster Chair. The summary should
include:
- Poster title
- Student Authors and their institution(s)
- One student designated as contact person, with email and telephone
number
- Name, email, and telephone of Faculty sponsor(s) (optional)
- Short abstract describing the work (250 - 500 words). This can be
1-3 paragraphs.
Use the file template [TEMPLATEstudentposter.doc]
for the poster summary. The name of the file should have the last name
of the contact person instead of "TEMPLATE". MS Word or RTF format is
preferred.
Note that at least one student author must register
to attend the conference.
Student posters need to be on display from the first session on Friday
through Saturday lunch. Judging will take place on Saturday morning and
students must be in attendance during the judging session
to qualify for awards. More generally students should be available at
their posters during all breaks.
There will be an award (as in past years) for
best poster, to be presented at the Conference Luncheon. Thanks to
Upsilon Pi Epsilon, International Honor Society for Computer Science,
for sponsoring the award(s).
A panel of judges will select the best poster(s). Judging
criteria:
- 70% Content:
- Intellectual Merit (50%). Is the computer science content of the
poster exciting and interesting for its own sake?
- Broader Impacts (20%): Does the work on which the poster is
based have impact beyond computer science content, e.g.,
educational impact (K-12, or higher education, or public
interest), application to other fields. Is the computer science
content particularly relevant to these times?
- 30% Presentation:
- How well does the poster itself convey the intellectual merit
and broader impact of the work? Is the poster aesthetically
pleasing, easy to read, etc.?
- How well do the student(s) present orally to the audience?
Students should be prepare to present a 1-3 minute oral overview
of the work to conference attendees, and be able to follow up with
more in depth descriptions of the work, as well as to answer
questions posed to them by attendees.
- Supplementary materials at the conference (e.g., handouts, if
any): How well do these complement the poster itself and the oral
presentations of the work?
