1. Poster Title Poster Title Poster Title Poster Title Poster Title
Author1, Author2, Author1,2 1 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, UT Department Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, UT 84112
Layout
Organization
Displaying Figures
Layout
This is an example four-column layout (divided into three columns – two quarters and one half)
There are three groups of vertical guides (if you turn on guides) to illustrate the positions of each column
Each group of guides contains three guides
Each center guide in each group evenly divides the poster into four sections
Each left and right guide in each group are 0.25 in away from the center guide
Margins
All of the pre-placed text boxes have margins
Left: 0.5 in (to align with each heading)
Right: 0.5 in (so text does not get too close to the black line)
Top: 0.4 in (to create a gap with the heading)
Bottom: 0.25 (to create a gap with the bottom)
Margins are useful for improving readability and organization
Most posters have the typical paper organization: motivation / background, methods, results, conclusions, references, acknowledgements.
Motivation / Background
The big / medium / small picture motivation
Provide brief background on what others have done
State your contribution
Methodology
Describe what you did: your new algorithm, derivation, system, etc.
Provide figures
Results
Show your results (figures)
Provide one clear metric of performance
Conclusions
Keep short: summarize everything
References / Acknowledgements
Figure Resolution
Screen resolution is approximately 72 pixels / inch
Print resolution is approximately 300 pixels / inch
Pixilation
View your poster at 100% magnification
If you see any pixilation, it will look worse on the printed poster. Therefore, you need to find or make a higher resolution (i.e., larger) image
Do not forget to check logos
Avoid copying-and-pasting equations
Plots
All axes should be labeled (with units, if applicable)
Lines should contrast with the background
E.g., no yellow on white, please
Axes should be clearly readable
Font size of around pts.
Label each line in your plots
Legends are okay
Labelling lines directly is better (when doable)
Captions
Captions are not required, but useful if you are not presenting the poster the entire time it is shown
If your images are not high resolution enough, you will see significant pixelization in your print-out. This should be avoided.
Baseline signal
Signal with notch
Text and Font Styles
Keep the font size in your plots reasonable (around the body font size). Directly labeling lines helps a reader interpret your plot quicker than with a legend.
Common Poster Font Sizes
Title: pt.
Authors: 56 pt.
Headings: pt.
Body Text: pt.
Captions: pt.
To be legible from x feet away (source:
x = 6 feet, use 30 pt.
x = 10 feet, use 48 pt.
x = 12 feet, use 60 pt.
x = 14 feet, use 72 pt.
Text Justification
Left justification is probably the most common
I prefer left justification for simple bullet points
For large text blocks, l like full (left and right) justification because it looks neater. However, I understand from researching on the internet that this style has largely fallen out of style.
Real part
Imaginary part
Conclusions
References
Key points
Keep the poster organized and clean
Use reasonable font sizes
Avoid pixilation / keep Figure interpretable
Acknowledgements
This work was funding by Non-National Harley Foundation Grant #
Cornell Center for Materials Research, “Scientific Poster Design,” Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Colin Purrington, “Designing Conference Posters,” NYU Libraries, “How to Create a Research Poster,” New York University, New York, NY, Make Signs, “Poster Design and Layout: From Font Size to Color Contrast,”
Captions can be useful to describe figures when you will not be presenting the poster at all times. The caption should be able to clearly describe to readers what is happening in the figure. This caption has a 0.15 in top margin and a 0.25 in left and right margin.