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Prepare and Present a Technical Poster for Computer Science’s Corporate Affiliates Day
The Cain Project in Engineering and Professional Communication
Posters Present a Challenge
• Posters must be lean and clean• Posters must stand alone• Audiences come and go
What’s YOUR News?
• What problem are you solving?• What are your results/conclusions?• What sets your work apart?
– New theoretical approach / methods / interpretation of data
• Why does your work matter?
• How can your work be applied?
Connect with the Audience
Why are they interested?What are their
backgrounds?How will they benefit?What are their questions?
Make “The News” Accessible
• Include problem statement/objectives or an abstract
• Use informative headings
• Reduce jargon
Visualize “The News”
• Is it problem / solution?
• Is it an image?
• Is it a contrast? (old vs. new)
• Is it a demonstration?
Relate News to Layout
• Match visualization to layout– Left-to-right flow in vertical columns– Left-to-right flow in horizontal rows– Centered image with explanations– Two fields in contrast
Guide the Reader
• Scale expresses relative importance
• Indenting shows subordination– As in this example
• White space directs gaze
• Color adds emphasis or coherence
Font Style and Size
• Title (6 – 8 words)– Sans Serif– 90 - 120 pt
• Headings (3 words)– Sans Serif – 36 - 48 pt
• Text– Sans serif – 30 - 36 pt.
Fat Text Lean Text
• Disk Traffic– Trace-driven analysis of
file activity on time-shared UNIX BSD systems
– Results: even small file caches reduce disk traffic, but bigger is better => should hold in a network environment
32 words
Disk Traffic• BSD study [5]
- Small caches reduce disk traffic
- Large caches reduce disk traffic by 90%
16 words
Label Important Features of Graphs and Images
Shehu, Amarda. MS thesis: “Sampling Biomolecular Conformations with Spatial and Energetic Constraints,” Rice University, 2006.
Sandler, Daniel. MS thesis: “Feedtree: Scalable and prompt delivery for Web feeds,” Rice
University, 2007.
Performance
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2.679 2.642
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Runtime Relative to Unmodified
Classes
Empty Loop Loop FieldOperation
Loop MethodInvocation
Microbenchmark
Microbenchmark Performan ce
Original Classes
Modified Classes
Modified Optimized
Eliminate chartjunk
Microbenchmark Performance
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1.5
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Empty Loop Loop FieldOperation
Loop MethodInvocation
Runtime Relative to Unmodified Classes
Original Classes
Modified Classes
Modified Optimized
Details Matter
• Check for consistent formatting
• Check grammar & spelling
• Use a correct bibliography
• Give credit to others
• Identify funding agents
• Include contact info
SHOW What You Know!
• Prepare 1, 2, and 5 minute talks• Begin by summarizing “News”• Reinforce key findings• Catch up newcomers quickly• Ask audience questions