CEDAR Student Poster Competition

2000 CEDAR Student Poster Competition

The over arching objective of the CEDAR Poster Competition is to recognize STUDENT contributions to excellent posters that demonstrate clear relevance to the CEDAR program. Effective June 2000 undergraduate and graduate students who are the first authors of poster presentations may elect to participate in the CEDAR Workshop Poster Competition. Competing students must:

register to participate when submitting their abstracts;
hang their posters during the morning break on the day of their designated session;
be at their posters for a 1-hour period that they specify on or next to the poster as soon as it is mounted during the morning break.

Failure to abide by any of these rules constitutes automatic disqualification from the competition.

A series of OUTSTANDING POSTER PRIZES will be awarded to those students who best meet the Poster Guidelines along with the following criteria. Students should prepare to be judged in two categories; 1) scientific content, organization, and effective use of space, and 2) logic, timing, and clarity of expression.

Category 1: Scientific Content, Organization, and Effective Use of Space

Judging in this category takes place prior to the start of the official poster sessions and constitutes the preliminary round of competition. In preparing their posters students should follow the Poster Guidelines carefully, strive to evidence familiarity with relevant literature and/or work of others, and avoid diverging into unnecessary detail. Only posters that effectively communicate CEDAR research results in accordance with the Poster Guidelines and without benefit of a verbal presentation will advance to the second round of competition. Click here to see a sample of the judges' 1st round evaluation form.

Category 2: Logic, Timing, and Clarity of Expression

Judging in this category takes place during the official poster sessions and constitutes the second round of competition. Students with competitive posters are evaluated on the effectiveness of their complementary verbal presentations. Students should convey a clear grasp of the poster subject and a good understanding of the importance of the results. Students should also strive to:

make an uninterrupted presentation in ~10 minutes (i.e., summarize)
explain the poster logically (e.g., background, results, conclusions)
speak clearly; avoid "um", "er", "you know"
make an independent presentation; avoid soliciting input from advisors

Click here to see a sample of the judges' 2nd round evaluation form.

Go to.....

CEDAR 2000 Poster Session Overview

CEDAR 2000 Workshop Page

--Approved by the CEDAR Science Steering Committee
--Last update 8 June 2000; M. Hagan