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Degree In Sight

The perfect poster

Experts reveal the art behind displaying your science.

By Michael Price

gradPSYCH Staff

Print version: page 38

Poster sessions offer a chance for many eyes to see your hard work — and some of those visitors may open doors to interesting research collaboration, postdoc or career opportunities. The trick is making your poster stand out among the hundreds of others.

"A good poster is not just tacking a standard research paper on poster board," says Kathryn Tosney, PhD, a neurobiologist and chair of the biology department at the University of Miami who created a poster-making guide to help her own students. "An effective poster helps you engage colleagues in conversation and gets your main points across to as many people as possible."

Here are a few hints to draw a crowd:

Focus on findings. The first thing people will look at is the poster's title, says Warren Street, PhD, a professor emeritus of psychology at Central Washington University who's judged poster sessions for years. The title should let people know what your poster is about in one brief sentence, he says. "You're marketing your ideas," he says. "Look for a simple, effective message that invites people into conversation." In the body of the poster, use short, declarative sentences to explain what you found and why it matters. Limit your methods section to a few sentences — if someone wants the nitty-gritty, they'll ask. "Providing endless details detracts from the point of your poster," Tosney says. "Simple messages are more memorable."

Emphasize graphics. At a convention, your poster will probably be one fish in a large sea. Charts, graphs and pictures will make your poster pop, says George Hess, PhD, a professor at North Carolina State University who collaborated with Tosney to create an online poster-making guide . "There's real power in turning your information into simple, clean graphical representations to communicate data relationships."

Avoid 'chart junk.' Unnecessary grid lines, labels, keys and other extraneous information undermine your main message, Tosney says. Let the data speak for itself as much as possible, Hess adds. Daniel Baughn, a clinical psychology and behavioral medicine grad student at Virginia Commonwealth University, recommends using poster design software , which automatically balances image sizes with the rest of the poster's materials.

Choose colors wisely. "Go for simplicity and stick to two or three colors that really stand out against your background," Hess says. More than that will overload and confuse your readers. In general, dark colors against a white background show up better than light colors against a dark background, especially in dimmer convention halls. Also, apply colors consistently, with section titles all the same hue. Finally, Hess says, keep in mind that 7 percent to 10 percent of men have red-green colorblindness, so don't put those colors adjacent to each other.

Leave white space. Don't jam every square inch of your poster with graphs and text, says Street. Leaving space between poster elements will make it easier to read.

Aim for symmetry. If you have a graphic element in the top left, try to include one in the bottom right, as well. A 1994 study in Nature found that humans have an aesthetic preference for symmetrical things, be they people or patterns (Vol. 372, No. 2). A poster that's image-heavy on either end throws off people's natural affinity for symmetry. Graphics in the middle of your poster are fine, but don't overload the poster edges, Tosney adds.

Design for your readers' eyes. Designer and communication researcher Colin Wheildon, author of "Type & Layout" (Worsley Press, 2005), explains that most people from Western reading backgrounds will read your poster from top to bottom, then left to right. So lay out your information in columns that follow this path. You can number your sections and include simple flowchart marks to further guide your reader's gaze. One thing you don't want to do is get too unusual with your layout, says Hess. It's more important for your poster to be readable than clever.

Mind the details. Include your full contact information. If you go off to look at other posters or get lunch, you might miss someone who's interested in talking to you. Also, have printouts of your poster that include a few explanatory sentences on either a separate page or along the bottom.

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Poster samples & sharing.

Search these sites to get ideas on how posters are presented within your discipline.

Also, if you upload your poster to one of these sites you can provide handouts or bookmarks with links to the electronic version of your poster at the conference, and keep your work accessible long after the conference.

• Faculty of 1000 Research Posters Open access repository for posters and slide presentations across biology and medicine.
• eposters Open-access journal that provides free access to over 1,800 scientific and medical posters presented at conferences from around the world.
• FigShare This link opens in a new window figshare allows users to upload any file format so that scholarly information can be disseminated electronically.

Designing a Research Poster

The following resources provide guidance on the poster creation process .

• ACP American College of Physicians - Preparing a Poster Presentation This article addresses poster planning, production, and presentation.

• Makesigns Scientific Poster Tutorial Step-by-step guide to poster design and creation.

These resources can be used to obtain copyright compliant images .  Image resolution will vary.

• USC Academic Unit Logotypes University approved logos.
• Open-i - Open Access Biomedical Image Search Engine This link opens in a new window Open-i searches for images in all Open Access articles indexed in PubMed Central. Search over 600,000 copyright compliant images by keyword, topic, or image to find relevant or visually similar images.
• Pixabay This link opens in a new window Repository of free, high quality, copyright compliant images. Begin typing "medical" into the search box. Click dropdown menu to filter by image type. Sign up for free account to download images.
• Wikimedia Commons This link opens in a new window A database of freely usable, high resolution image files.
• Google Images This link opens in a new window For copyright compliant images: type in keywords, click "Search tools", click on "Usage rights" dropdown menu, select from the "Labeled for reuse" options.
• Multimedia Resources (in the Health Sciences) Guide Find videos, audio clips, images, and cases to use in education.

Working with images

• Tips for working with images in Publisher Vendor tips for working with images in Publisher. Includes content about image size, resolution, file formats, and refining.
• Photoshop isn’t the only solution: 5 best programs for resizing images This article provides step-by-step instructions on how to upsample images using Photoshop, GIMP, Windows Live Photo Gallery, Preview, and Pixlr.

Image Manipulation Guidelines

Low resolution images may be manipulated to improve print quality, however you want to proceed with caution when it comes to images that represent research data.

• Rossner, M., & Yamada, K. (2004). What's in a picture? The temptation of image manipulation. The Journal of Cell Biology, 11-15. PMID: 15240566 This article provides specific guidelines on the do's and dont's of image manipulation in scientific publishing in order to ensure the integrity of your data.

Poster Sample / Tips

Diagram image citation:  Blausen.com staff. " Blausen gallery 2014". Wikiversity Journal of Medicine. DOI:10.15347/ wjm /2014.010. ISSN 20018762. (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

• Scientific Conference Posters - Webinar This video provides an overview of some tools, resources and key elements to creating a conference poster. Content covers software, general content, design tips, provides image resources, and tips for improved print quality. ~35 min.
• Conference Poster Click here to download a pdf copy of the poster above.
• Scientific Posters PPT slides Click here to download video PPT slides.

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• Psychology of Color This site provides information on the meaning of color and how it is perceived.
• The Art of Color Coordination How to combine colors in order to have a positive effect on your audience.

Upsampling images in Photoshop

Through a process called upsampling , you can add pixels to low resolution images , and thereby improve the print quality . The short video below demonstrates how to upsample images in Photoshop .

Final Checklist

https://www.acponline.org/system/files/documents/education_recertification/education/program_directors/abstracts/prepare/poster_checklist.pdf

Universal Design

Universal Design is the design and composition of an environment so that it can be accessed, understood and used to the greatest extent possible by all people, regardless of their age, size or disability. 

• Equal Access: Universal Design of Conference Exhibits and Presentations A checklist for making conference exhibits and presentations welcoming and accessible to everyone.

Microsoft Publisher Tutorials

The following resources provide guidance on how to use Microsoft Publisher . Resources at the top provide step-by-step guidance about poster creation. Links at the bottom provide general guidance on using Publisher.

• Microsoft Publisher: Conference Poster Sessions University of Liverpool's Microsoft Publisher software video tutorial. Step-by-step demonstration of the key features used to create a poster. Applicable to Publisher 2010, 2013, and 2016. Run time ~12 min.
• Publisher 2016 Essential Training Training videos via Lynda.com that offer in-depth instruction to Publisher 2016.
• Text wrapping in Publisher Guide on how to wrap text around images in Publisher.

PowerPoint Templates & Tutorials

Links to freely available PowerPoint conference poster templates , and guidance for specific software features relevant to poster creation . 

• PhD Posters - Power Point Template Files PPT templates in a variety of sizes. Packed with helpful tips and easy to customize.
• Mega Print Inc - Free Powerpoint Scientific Research Poster Templates PowerPoint® 2007-2013 templates in a variety of sizes.
• Colin Purrington's PPT Poster Templates Free PPT templates and poster making tips.
• Using grids in PowerPoint Guide on how to set up grids in PPT for better content alignment.
• Creating a Poster in PowerPoint 2010 Eastern Michigan University's detailed guide to creating a poster in PowerPoint.

Other Software

Graphics , such as charts and tables can easily be created in Excel .

• Creating Excel charts with the Recommended Charts feature Lynda.com video tutorial that demonstrates how to create charts in Excel 2013. Requires login.

Print Vendors

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• PhD Posters Fabric or paper options. Also offers free PPT templates and many poster creation tips.
• PosterSmith Fabric posters.

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Presenting Your Poster at a Conference: Tips and Tricks

Whether you think that poster presentations are an easy or daunting task, they are a great way to network with other researchers in your field and receive feedback on your work. Poster presentations also provide you with the opportunity to communicate the essence of your research with other scientists. Here are some best practices for communicating your research effectively through posters:

Know thy format

Each conference will have its own format and they will also upload specifications regarding the size of your poster, its orientation (portrait or landscape), and other guidelines about font size or layout. The conference website will also provide you with maps and information about timelines and schedules. It is important for you to check and download these instructions ahead of time before you begin working on your poster.

Organization is key

Your poster should have a logical flow with boxes and headings. The layout is generally prescribed by the conference, but it usually includes the following components:

• Poster Title: Your poster title should be short and informative. Because one of the purposes of poster presentations is to network with others in your field, you should include keywords that would spur people in the relevant field to come look at your poster and capture the attention of interested parties.
• Authors and Affiliations: Here, you should include all authors that have contributed to the research. The order in which the authors are included should be decided beforehand. Usually, the order of authors listed signifies their contributions to the project.
• Introduction and Theoretical Background: Here, you can provide some background to your research and the rationale for why you were interested in investigating your research question. You can also include your hypotheses in this section.
• Methods/Experimental Setup: Explain the “how” of your research. This can also be done as a figure highlighting different procedures that were followed in the research study.
• Results: Your results should preferably be displayed as a figure that is clearly labeled, has images that are clear and not distorted, and includes captions.
• Conclusions: In this section, you should interpret your results and their implications. Your poster should be self-sustaining, that is, even without you around, people should be able to understand your research and its take-home message.
• Acknowledgments: In your poster, it is common courtesy to thank people who helped you in your research (e.g., proofreading, providing feedback on drafts of the poster, assisting with data collection, etc.) and organizations that have funded your research.
• References: Some conferences might not require you to include references but adding a few can help other academics understand how your research is situated vis-à-vis past literature and theoretical frameworks. You can reduce the font size here to save space or present your references in an abbreviated format.

Figures over text

If your poster has too much information in text or is poorly organized, it’ll be hard to capture the attention of your audience. Many people might look at your poster from a distance or from an angle and attendees would rather not read so much text in such situations. Large blocks of continuous text can also make it hard for audiences to read and understand your take-home message. For the results section, it is especially important to display your results as a figure (with appropriate captions) because that is what most attendees will focus on during your presentation. Avoid using as many colors as you can. Rather, try to use colors to effectively communicate your research (for example, to emphasize something or differentiate between two groups). Adding some white space between different sections and reducing clutter can also help make your poster clear and easy to understand.

Practice your presentation and elevator pitch

A typical presentation lasts anywhere between 5-15 minutes. You can begin by introducing yourself - this is especially important if you’re on the job market. In your presentation, you should make sure to hit some key points about your research. Resist the temptation to read your poster and instead, use the oral presentation to supplement details that are in your poster or to draw attendees’ attention to specific sections. Be ready to be flexible during your presentation: some people might ask you questions after your presentation while others might ask you questions during your presentation. Some people might also stop by to learn more about you or informally talk to you about your research.

Dress to impress

One way to make a good first impression is to dress professionally. You should also consider wearing comfortable shoes because you might need to stand for several hours while presenting your poster.

Keep your contact information handy

Some people share business cards while others add QR codes to their posters to share their contact information with interested parties and potential collaborators. Sharing your contact information and following up with people after the conference can go a long way in developing positive professional relationships and collaborations with others.

Enjoy yourself!

It can be exciting to talk about your work and listen to other people’s research on topics that interest you. You will usually see or meet other academics you admire or peers who share your interest. Even with so much going on, don’t forget to have fun when you’re at the conference.

The links below are some excellent resources for designing your poster and effectively presenting your research at a conference. These resources also have sample poster presentations or might include templates that you can use for your own presentation.

• The University of Wisconsin-Madison -  Creating a poster
• Ohio State PRESSBOOKS -  Scientific poster guide
• Nature Education, Scitable -  Poster presentations
• University of Wisconsin-La Crosse -  Poster presentation guidelines
• The University of Tennessee, Knoxville -  Research posters
• Enago Academy -  Dos and Don’ts for making a poster presentation
• Monash University -  Designing your poster
• John Hopkins University Educational Resources -  Effective poster presentations

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Photo Credit: Wicks, J. & Snyder, H. (2020). Gender differences in depression risk: Stress, brooding, and co-brooding. Poster presented at the 32nd APS Annual Convention.

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How to Create a Research Poster

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What is a Research Poster?

Posters are widely used in the academic community, and most conferences include poster presentations in their program.  Research posters summarize information or research concisely and attractively to help publicize it and generate discussion. 

The poster is usually a mixture of a brief text mixed with tables, graphs, pictures, and other presentation formats. At a conference, the researcher stands by the poster display while other participants can come and view the presentation and interact with the author.

What Makes a Good Poster?

• Important information should be readable from about 10 feet away
• Title is short and draws interest
• Word count of about 300 to 800 words
• Text is clear and to the point
• Use of bullets, numbering, and headlines make it easy to read
• Effective use of graphics, color and fonts
• Consistent and clean layout
• Includes acknowledgments, your name and institutional affiliation

A Sample of a Well Designed Poster

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Image credit: Poster Session Tips by [email protected], via Penn State

Where do I begin?

Answer these three questions:.

• What is the most important/interesting/astounding finding from my research project?
• How can I visually share my research with conference attendees? Should I use charts, graphs, photos, images?
• What kind of information can I convey during my talk that will complement my poster?

What software can I use to make a poster?

A popular, easy-to-use option. It is part of Microsoft Office package and is available on the library computers in rooms LC337 and LC336. ( Advice for creating a poster with PowerPoint ).

Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign

Feature-rich professional software that is good for posters including lots of high-resolution images, but they are more complex and expensive.  NYU Faculty, Staff, and Students can access and download the Adobe Creative Suite .

Open Source Alternatives 

• OpenOffice is the free alternative to MS Office (Impress is its PowerPoint alternative).
• Inkscape and Gimp are alternatives to Adobe products.
• For charts and diagrams try Gliffy or Lovely Charts .
• A complete list of free graphics software .

A Sample of a Poorly Designed Poster

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Creating an Effective Poster Presentation

The poster: general comments.

The poster format has become an increasingly popular form of communication at AASP meetings. New and exciting research ideas can gain recognition and meaningful feedback through a well-organized and an eye-catching poster. Presenters must recognize that participants at the meeting probably have not had the opportunity to read all abstracts before they walk into the display area. The poster must have the strolling audience in mind. Attention will invariably be drawn to colorful posters with a crisp, clean design and a large easily read title.

The Poster Title

For a poster title to be easily read, it must be large. Keep in mind that the title is at the very top of the board, i.e., approximately 7 feet from the floor level. The centered title should stretch across most of the width of the poster board. The letters in the title should be at least 2 ½" high (preferably 3") and be as wide (i.e., thick) as possible. If the title is brief, consideration should be given to using all upper case letters. Centered below the title should be the author(s) name(s) and affiliation. First names should be used rather than only initials in order to encourage interaction (in verbal sessions, presenters are introduced by their first name). The letters in this second line should be at least 1 ½" high (preferably 2"). If there are several authors, you may wish to have the affiliation on a third line (1" high).

The Poster Content

To develop comprehensible posters, follow the vital instructions in the box:

It will be a missed opportunity if your poster is unintelligible because too much information is placed in too little space, or if there is insufficient detail.

In all seriousness, you can do something about the quality of your poster presentation. When one considers the amount of time, money and energy that goes into a research project, it is important to present it in a clear and concise manner. To have effective communication dashed by an incomprehensible poster presentation is indeed a missed opportunity for the author(s) and viewers alike.

Many of the rules for preparing a poster are "at odds" with those for writing a research article. The most obvious difference is that the poster can and should be in print form. In an article we might write, "The participants in this investigation were 70 Pee Wee ice hockey players from the most elite division in the city. Pee Wee players ranged in age from 12 to 13. Goal tenders were not examined in this study." However, in a poster, it is more effective to have a larger heading "PARTICIPANTS" below which is presented. "70 Elite Pee Wee (ages 12–13) Ice Hockey Players (no Goaltenders)." Less verbage in large type allows for quick and easy reading. For a research article, authors are encouraged to include results in the text. In a poster, presenters should portray as many of their results as possible in a pictorial fashion (i.e., bar graphs for comparisons of means and pie charts for indicating the percent of variance accounted for). Not only are these formats easily read, but they allow for the incorporation of color and are, therefore, much more pleasing to the eye.

Do not overwhelm the viewer with too much material. However, enough material should be there so that a straight–forward story can be told without your presence.

• ABSTRACT — Many would argue that an abstract is not necessary on a poster board given the fact that the viewers already have a book of abstracts. An abstract takes up valuable space on the poster board.
• INTRODUCTION — This section should summarize (point form) the PURPOSE(S) and RATIONALE for the study. Do not overwhelm your reader with a complete literature review. However, don\'t be modest. Make the significance and the originality of the work very clear. This is especially important for viewers from other sections.
• METHOD — In this section, the PARTICIPANTS should be identified. Often the DESIGN can be explained in a pictorial manner.
• RESULTS can be effectively presented by simple tables, figures, illustrations, and/or photographs. Make each stand on its own, so the viewer doesn\'t have to refer elsewhere to understand the message(s).
• SUMMARY and CONCLUSION — Briefly, state the "bottom lines" of your work.
• IMPLICATIONS and APPLICATIONS — Keep in mind that one of our "A"s stands for "Applied." Don\'t be afraid to take a leap and suggest what your findings say to the practitioner. This should stimulate discussion.
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENT — Identify funding source(s), institutional support, and individuals who have contributed significantly but are not listed as authors.

The Poster Design

The subject of design is complex, and any rule can be broken by one artistic flair. Some guidelines to make a poster more attractive and interesting are:

• The most important principle is  simplicity . At first glance, from 10–15 feet away, the viewer should see an easy–to–read title and an uncluttered, neat arrangement of graphic illustrations and text. It should be obvious where to start inspecting the poster and where to go from there. (While one reads a page in a book from left to right on one line and then goes back to the left side of the page to read the next line, this does not work for the poster viewer because she/he has other viewers in front of the poster board. Therefore, material should  flow top to bottom, then left to right .) The parts should either be numbered to facilitate this flow or there should be arrows which graphically led the viewer.
• Leave some  open space  in the design. The same rule applied as to packing a suitcase: when you\'re finished take out half. Tightly packed space tires the eye and the mind.
• Use elements of  different sizes and proportions . Same–size and same–proportioned components result in a boring design.
• Strong visual contrast is a must. Many people have difficulty distinguishing closely–related colors, like green from blue, or among subtle shades of a primary color, particularly against incompatible background colors.
• Include  photographs  to attract attention, break monotony, and exemplify your points.
• Make a  scale drawing  of your layout. Don\'t forget to account for open space and up to 7" of depth for the title. With this year\'s poster boards being 4\' high and 8\' wide, this would allow for a maximum of 21 poster elements (7 rows across and 3 rows down of standard 8½" x 11" sheets with a 3" of open space surrounding each sheet of information). We are not recommending that all sheets be equal size or that the material be displayed this symmetrically. Rather, we are emphasizing the need for  planning .
• A  "Handout"  is often an important addition to a poster. This can be used to provide additional information, detailed data, summary charts, and/or references. The sample two–sided handout attached, which is a miniature of an entire poster, provides viewers with a more permanent record of what they saw at the poster session.

Additional Poster Hints

1. Mounting Ideally, all poster elements should be mounted with an adhesive on poster board or on 1/8" foam–core board (no thicker, or pins will not go through it and hold it to the main board). A half–inch or so of the colored poster board extending beyond the edge of an illustration attractively frames it. Select the mounting color carefully so that is does not overpower the picture. Illustrations mounted on the white foam–core board can be edged with colored stick–on tape.

2. Transporting the Poster Posters often have to be taken to distant meetings. If you are flying, make the poster elements small enough to carry on the aircraft.

3. Setting up the Poster You may have only a short time to set up your display, so prepare in advance. Have these items in a poster emergency kit: tape measure, 9\' length of string, box of clear or same colored push–pins (get longer than the standard ones if mounted illustrations are thicker than 1/8"), roll of double–stick tape, scissors, glue, package of tissue paper.  Have a sketch of the poster layout with positions of a few key components measured off so you know where to place them. Set up a level line, if needed, by tying the string between two push–pins set a measured distance above the bottom of the display board.  Make certain you set up in your assigned space.

4. Having a Permanent Record of your Poster Don\'t forget to bring a camera so that you can take a picture of all your hard work. Also, have someone else take a picture of you and your co–authors beside the poster. (It would be impressive if poster viewers were in the picture as well!) 

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To obtain your Certificate of Attendance: Step One:  Please log in to the APS website using the email address and password you used to create your profile and purchase registration. Step Two:  Select “ My Profile ” and proceed to the “ Purchases” tab (it is the fourth tab to the right of Overview). Step Three : Under the “ Purchases ” tab, click on the “ Events ” label (it is the sixth one in the selection beginning with Recent Orders). There, you will see in the “ Registered Events ” section, the event you attended, featuring: “‘Event Name’, Your Name, The Date You Registered, Event Start/End Date, and a blue button named ‘Details’”. Step Four : Select “ Details ” (blue button), and on the next page under ‘Event Attendees’, you will see a blue button titled ‘ Download Certificate ’. Click that button, and in the following prompt, press okay and download the certificate.  

To obtain your Certificate of Participation for presenting your poster or symposium:

The chair of each symposium or the presenting author of each poster was granted access to the Speaker Center via the acceptance and scheduling emails about their submission. To obtain your certificate of participation, access the Speaker Center, select the appropriate presentation and select “Refresh Certificate” at the bottom of the window. Then, select “View Certificate” to download the certificate.

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Experienced mentors often find that Ph.D. students struggle with tailoring their research presentations to a diverse audience. Deeply immersed in their research, students frequently overestimate audience familiarity with the subject matter. Thomas Stewart , an associate professor of data science and the Ph.D. program director, shares his advice for enhancing clarity and impact for Ph.D. research presentations.

"In my experience, Ph.D. students can struggle with tailoring their presentation to the audience," Stewart says. "They spend so much time in the nitty-gritty details of their work. They struggle to reset their expectations for how much the audience will be familiar with the topic and relevant details." This discrepancy can lead to presentations that are either too detailed or too vague, making it difficult for the audience to grasp the key points. 

The guidance provided to Ph.D. students preparing for research presentations is crucial for ensuring their work is effectively communicated. A poster worksheet (available below), utilized during practice sessions, can serve as a key tool in this preparation. This worksheet, comprising questions related to audience, message, impact, and clarity, is instrumental in honing the students' presentation skills. 

To address this, the message and impact sections of the worksheet are designed to help students focus on what truly matters to the audience. Students may be inclined to present their findings chronologically, detailing each step of their research journey. 

"Because students arrive at their results taking steps A, B, C, D, there is a temptation to present the results as a travel log, saying we did A then B then C, etc.," Stewart explains. "The truth is that the audience doesn’t care about the journey." 

The audience is typically more interested in understanding the main message and the impact of the research. Therefore, students are encouraged to design their posters and presentations with these elements as the focal points. 

The worksheet also includes an exercise in focus. Stewart asks students to go through each section of the poster or paragraph of the talk and to identify how it communicates the main message or impact. "If there isn’t a direct link to the message or impact, I encourage them to delete it. A very common mistake is to cram too much material into too little time or space. It is hard for students to edit in this way, but it is a helpful exercise." 

A peer review session constitutes the second page of the worksheet. "After showing a poster for 15 to 20 seconds, I blank the screen and ask the students to answer the questions on the second page," Stewart says. This exercise simulates the audience's initial reaction, providing valuable feedback on the clarity and effectiveness of the presentation. 

Additionally, students practice delivering a concise two-sentence introduction, prompted by an audience member's inquiry: “Hey, tell me about your poster.” This practice is essential, as students often find themselves unprepared for such impromptu interactions. By rehearsing this introduction and focusing on how the research impacts the audience's life, students can significantly improve their communication skills. 

Stewart recalls a particularly effective introduction honed after many attempts. "My favorite intro after several iterations was from a student who said, 'Hi, my name is Joseph, and I use deep learning to make better bombs.'"

Students frequently inquire about presenting to mixed audiences of experts and the general public. To navigate this challenge, they are advised to use the “to-X-we-did-Y” strategy. 

Stewart shares an example: "To understand the nonlinear relationship between patient age and risk of mortality (X), age was added to the regression model as restricted cubic splines using 5 knots (Y)." This approach involves prefacing technical details with a high-level explanation of their purpose, ensuring that both technical and non-technical audience members remain engaged. 

These structured exercises and strategies help Ph.D. students craft presentations that are not only informative but also engaging and accessible to a diverse audience.

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• UPS Store at FSU To print a conference poster, schedule an appointment
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This page presents a collection of books and other resources offering a comprehensive guide to delivering successful academic conference presentations, covering every step from idea conception to impactful presentation delivery. Here you will find practical advice on writing abstracts, selecting conferences, handling group and poster presentations, and navigating virtual events, along with the various templates for poster presentations. 

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The Yale Conference for Alcohol Research and Education (YCARE) 2024 will take place on Saturday, October 19, 2024. The event is a dynamic day of learning, interaction, and collaboration focused on the theme of alcohol research. This year’s in-person event will feature podium talks, breakout sessions, a panel discussion, poster presentations, and more avenues to learn from and network with colleagues.

YCARE is now accepting abstracts in all disciplines related to alcohol. Accepted abstracts will be presented in person as posters at the conference. The poster session will be an excellent opportunity to interact with other clinicians and researchers and get acquainted with their work. Any trainee who submits an abstract will be considered for an abstract award.

Submit an abstract by September 15, 2024.

Researchers, educators, trainees, and anyone involved in alcohol-related research or patient care are encouraged to attend this free event. Continuing medical education (CME) credit will be available. The event is in-person, however a virtual option is available to out-of-state registrants.

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ETSI Artificial Intelligence (AI) Conference: Status, Implementation and Way Forward of AI Standardization

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The ETSI Artificial Intelligence (AI) Conference - Status, Implementation and Way Forward of AI Standardization, took place physically  on 5-7 February 2024 in ETSI , Sophia Antipolis, France.

Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AI/ML) technology has made major advancements in recent years and is becoming a key enabler for new disruptive features and applications in any digital product.

This face-to-face event offered attendees the unique opportunity to come together to exchange with experts, network with peers, visit the demos and posters around the subject of Machine Learning with a specific focus on Information and Communications Technology (ICT).

AI/ML will fundamentally shift the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry, as technologies such as Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, and others will enhance the performance of communications, applications, content, and digital commerce.

Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning are already part of the networks and services, and are present across multiple sectors such as finance, manufacturing, medical, telecommunications and transportation. AI Chatbots and AI voice assistants are widely deployed in society. Still this field is quickly evolving and the event will provide an opportunity for experts to have insights into the latest developments.

Europe and other regions are drafting policy and legislation which will impact the deployment of artificial intelligence. In the context of the draft AI Act, the EU puts forward objectives including:

• “ensure that AI systems placed on the Union market and used are safe and respect existing law on fundamental rights and Union values";
• "facilitate the development of a single market for lawful, safe and trustworthy AI applications and prevent market fragmentation”.

Attendees learned about the latest status and had the opportunity to meet and discuss with experts in this field. 

The event presented the regulations in the different regions of the world and provided the opportunity to get involved in standardization that will play an important role in the context of European and global regulation. The topics also addressed the corresponding new market access requirements, conformity assessment, etc. The event was also an opportunity for research organizations (academia and industrial research) to discuss new trends and features in the field of AI.

The conference presented available work in the domain of AI. In this context, ETSI’s experts presented published and ongoing work on cybersecurity, testing of AI, trustworthy AI, sustainable AI, applications of AI for verticals and many more.

Demonstrations and Posters on the latest advances in the field of AI/ML applied to ICT systems and applications complemented the conference programme.

Demos and posters complemented the conference agenda . Event attendees had the opportunity to visit the demos and posters during the conference coffee and lunch breaks.

• Day 1: Monday 5 February

11:00 - 12:50  SESSION 1: Opening Address, Setting the Scene Chaired by Markus Mueck, ETSI OCG-AI Chair, ETSI Board Chair, Programme Committee Chair

• Luis Jorge Romero, ETSI Director General
• Markus Mueck, Programme Committee Chair
• 11:20 Keynote: Generative AI – Is It Even Possible To Do That Responsibly? Hans Petter Dalen, IBM
• 11:50 Keynote : Generative AI, from Vision to Language Pietro Michiardi, Eurecom
• 12:20 Keynote : Standardization Work in Support of the AI Act Antoine-Alexandre Andre, DG CNECT, European Commission

12:50 - 14:15 Lunch & Networking Break - Demos and Posters Visits

14:15 - 15:55 SESSION 2: AI Regulation on a Global Level/Across regions Chaired by Gabrielle Owen, Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure

This session gives an overview of the approaches in different regions with regard to AI regulation.

• 14:15  China AI Policies and Standardization Betty Xu, SESEC
• 14:35  Artificial Intelligence: Status Update from India Dinesh Chand Sharma, EU Project SESEI
• 14:55  The UK Government’s approach to the cyber security of AI James Deacon, DSIT
• 15:15 T he NIST AI Risk Management Framework Jesse Dunietz, NIST
• 15:35 Overview of the Japanese position on AI François Ortolan, NEC Labs Europe 

15:55 - 16:25 Coffee & Networking Break - Demos and Posters Visits

16:25 - 17:40  SESSION 3: Standardization in Support of the Upcoming AI Act and the Legal Frameworks Outside EU Chaired by Francois Ortolan, ETSI OCG-AI, NEC Labs Europe Ltd

This session focuses on international and European standards supporting the locally applicable regulation of AI.

• 16:25  Status of JTC21 Activities in Response of the Standardization Request on AI  Kim Skov Hilding - Patrick Bezombes - Sebastian Hallensleben - CEN CENELEC JTC 21
• 16:40  Cooperation between ETSI and JTC21 Markus Mueck,  ETSI OCG-AI Chair, ETSI Board Chair
• 16:55  AI Overview of ISO/IEC SC42 Wael Diab, ISO/IEC SC42 Chair
• 17:10   Q&A and Panel Discussion with the session speakers

17:40 Presentation from StandICT.eu and HSBooster Projects Maria Giuffrida, StandICT.eu & HSBooster

17:45 Networking Cocktail and End of Day 1

• Day 2: Tuesday 6 February

09:00 - 10:30 SESSION 4: Cyber Security in the Context of AI Chaired by Ray Forbes, ETSI OCG AI, Programme Committee Member

With AI becoming an ubiquitous tool in software deployment, this session will discuss the related cyber security challenges.

• 09:00 Current and Future Activities of ETSI TC SAI (Securing Artificial Intelligence)  Scott Cadzow,  ETSI TC SAI Chair
• 09:20 How to Deal with Cyber AI. Overlaps of AI with the standardization work in ETSI TC CYBER Samim Ahmadi
• 09:40 European Approach to AI Cybersecurity Corina Pascu, ENISA
• 10:00 Q&A / Panel discussion with the session' speakers

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee & Networking Break - Demos and Posters Visits

11:00 – 12:45 SESSION 5: Applications of AI in Cellular and Communications Networks Chaired by Andreas Maeder, Nokia

This session discusses the applications of AI from the perspective of network manufacturers and operators.

• 11:00 Trustworthy AI in a Telecom Network Andreas Maeder, Nokia
• 11:20 Mobile Network Operator View on AI Ahmet Faruk Coskun, Turkcell
• 11:40 Overview of AI Specification in Experiential Networked Intelligence (ENI) Ray Forbes, ETSI ISG ENI Chair (Experiential Networked Intelligence)
• 12:00 The role of AI in Network Automation - The ZSM Case Diego Lopez, ETSI ISG ZSM Chair (Zero Touch Network and Service Management)
• 12:20 Q&A / Panel discussion with the session' speakers

12:45 - 14:15 Lunch & Networking Break - Demos and Posters Visits

14:15 – 16:00 SESSION 6: Applications of AI in Various Sectors Chaired by Suno Wood, ETSI TC eHealth Chair

This session discusses the applications of AI in the health, industrial automation, automotive and aerospace sectors.

• 14:15  eHEALTH and AI - New Horizons 2024 Suno Wood, ETSI TC eHealth Chair
• 14:35 Managing the European Airspace with AI Benjamin Cramet, EUROCONTROL
• 14:55  AI in Intelligent Transport Niels Skov Andersen, ETSI TC ITS Chair (Intelligent Transport Systems)
• 15:15 Potentials and Challenges of Industrial AI Marco Ulrich, ABB
• 15:35 Q&A / Panel discussion with the session' speakers

16:00 - 16:30 Coffee & Networking Break - Demos and Posters Visits

16:30 - 18:00 SESSION 7: Novel AI Features, and R elated Conformity Assessment Chaired by Dorian Knoblauch, ETSI MTS AI Working Group Chair

This session's objective is understanding how AI related requirements can be tested and validated in the context of conformity assessment.

• 16:30 MTS AI Group's Efforts in Testing, Auditing, and Documentation Schemes Dorian Knoblauch, ETSI MTS AI WG Chair, ETSI TS 104 008 Rapporteur
• 16:50 3GPP (WI on AI/ML in the Network) Puneet Jain, 3GPP SA Chair
• 17:10 Future Conformity Assessment for AI Safety and Security Xavier Valero, DEKRA
• 17:30 Q&A / Panel Discussion with the session' speakers

17:45 Networking Drinks and End of Day 2

• Day 3: Wednesday 7 February

09:00 – 10:45 SESSION 8: Deep Dive on Selected Topics Chaired by Jochen Friedrich, Programme Committee Member,  ETSI Board Member

In ETSI’s work to date several complex peculiarities of AI have been uncovered. The intent in this session is to look in some detail at these topics and address trustworthiness, eco impact, ethics and similar to open debate on the relevance of standardisation.

• 09:00 An Enterprise Software Framework to Manage AI Governance at Scale Martijn Wiertz, IBM EMEA Technical Sales Lead, AI governance
• 09:20  Sustainable AI: Adding a Conscience Greg Ainslie-Malik, SPLUNK
• 09:40 AI and Moral Decision-Making Bernard Sinclair-Desgagné, Skema Business School and Université Côte d’Azur (GREDEG)
• 10:00  New Technological Trends and Standardization Activities at ITU on AI Frederic Werner, ITU
• 10:20 Q&A / Panel Discussion with the session' speakers

10:45 - 11:15 Coffee & Networking Break - Demos and Posters Visits

11:15 – 12:45 SESSION 9 - PANEL DISCUSSION: New ETSI Initiatives in the Field of AI Moderated by Markus Mueck,  ETSI OCG-AI Chair, ETSI Board Chair, Programme Committee Chair

The session will give an overview of the currently ongoing and planned ETSI activities in the field of AI. It is an opportunity for new stakeholders to better understand the current ETSI Standardization landscape and get engaged.

Panelists include:

• Scott Cadzow, ETSI TC SAI Chair (Securing Artificial Intelligence), Generative AI
• Ray Forbes, ETSI ISG ENI Chair
• Dorian Knoblauch, ETSI MTS AI Working Group (Methods for Testing & Specification - AI)
• Franck Le Gall, ETSI ISG CIM Chair (cross-cutting Context Information Management(CIM) Layer), Knowledge enabled AI
• Diego Lopez, ETSI ISG ZSM Chair (Zero-touch network and Service Management)
• Alain Mourad, ETSI ISG ISAC Chair (Integrated Sensing And Communications)
• Arman Shojaeifard, ETSI ISG RIS Chair (Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces), Smart surfaces/smart elements

12:45 ETSI AI Conference Wrap-up and Closing Remarks Presented by Markus Mueck, Programme Committee Chair

13:00 End of ETSI AI Conference

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Tel: +33 4 92 94 42 00

Information on venue, travel, visa, local accommodation is available at  www.etsi.org/events/find-us

The  Conference attendees had the opportunity to visit the following demos and posters during the networking coffee and lunch breaks. 

• Querio AI is a Generative AI based enterprise knowledge hub. It is a centralized platform that serves as a repository of information and resources. This innovative solution is developed with Generative AI and LLM to introduce the capacity for data-driven decision-making through AI-driven analysis of substantial datasets.It's designed to facilitate knowledge sharing, collaboration, and access to information within a particular organization, community, or field. This solution can take information in the form of documents, Web URLs,..etc depending on their purpose and the context. Most of the time information generated within the organization is huge and accessibility of those is a challenge. This is the solution for any organization where their most of the knowledge is scattered and accessibility takes time. This Generative AI based enterprise knowledge hub is quickly joining the workplace and it boosts in productivity and innovation. Querio AI can be in many forms such as sales assistant, call center assistant, field assistant, financial assistant, .etc depending on the information fed and context that employed.
• The open radio access network (O-RAN) is an industrial standard for RANs that specifies the interconnections and interfaces among various components towards increasing network flexibility and enhancing interoperability between equipment. Additionally, O-RAN facilitates the integration of network intelligence and programmability, by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and network softwarization approaches, enabling autonomous RAN orchestration. O-RAN is a critical component of Beyond-5th and 6th generation (B5G/6G) mobile networks as it is the main interface between the user equipment (UE) and the mobile network. Consequently, it is a primary target for adversaries seeking to disrupt communications or compromise data integrity. The utilization of AI techniques is a promising asset in detecting and addressing the impacts of potential cyberattacks against critical infrastructure, such as a telecommunications network. As a result, the combination of AI and the network status data obtained through O-RAN can lead to the development of novel countermeasures against cyberattacks.
• Artificial Intelligence used in future networks is vulnerable to biases, misclassifications, and security threats, which seeds constant scrutiny in accountability. Explainable AI (XAI) methods bridge this gap in identifying unaccounted biases in black-box AI/ML models. However, scaffolding attacks would hide the internal biases of the model from XAI methods, jeopardizing any auditory or monitoring processes, service provisions, security systems, regulators, auditors, and end-users in future networking paradigms, including Intent-Based Networking (IBN). For the first time ever, we formalize and demonstrate a framework on how an attacker would adopt scaffoldings to deceive the security operators in Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS). Furthermore, we propose a detection method that auditors can use to detect the attack efficiently. We rigorously test the attack and detection methods using the NSL-KDD. We then simulate the attack on 5G network data. Our simulation illustrates that the attack adoption method is successful, and the detection method can identify an affected model with extremely high confidence.
• Next-generation networks like Beyond 5G (B5G)/6G are envisioned to be fully AI-driven. Therefore, it can be expected to rely highly on up-to-date ML models, continuously trained by a distributed and privacy-preserved architecture like Federated Learning (FL). However, a surge of new threats to FL's security and privacy has been observed over recent years. Data poisoning is a critical attack aiming to manipulate client model updates from their training objective. This results in the degradation of model utility and increased vulnerability to privacy attacks. This demo aims to introduce a novel approach to detecting and defending against poisoning attacks via Explainable AI (XAI) using SHAP to identify anomalous clients and eliminate them from an FL system. We demonstrate the potential of adopting post-hoc explanations as a part of a robust aggregation algorithm to filter poisoning clients and enhance the explainability of decisions effectively.
• Large Language Models (LLMs) are revolutionizing our world. They have impressive textual capabilities that will fundamentally change how human users can interact with intelligent systems. Nonetheless, they also still have a series of limitations that are important to keep in mind when working with LLMs. We explore how these limitations can be addressed from two different angles. First, we look at options that are currently already available, which includes (1) assessing the risk of a use case, (2) prompting a LLM to deliver explanations and (3) enacsing LLMs in a human-centered system design. Second, we look at technologies that we are currently developing, which will be able to (1) more accurately assess the quality of an LLM for a high-risk domain, (2) explain the generated LLM output by linking to the input and (3) fact check the generated LLM output against external trustworthy sources.
• Keysight Technologies present a 6G prototype which uses AI in the physical layer to handle the challenges of a complex channel in the untapped spectrum in the sub-THz frequency range. The setup includes an over-the-air link and an AI-powered receiver. The AI algorithms are able to cope with the complexity of the channel compensation problem by automatically learning about their surroundings and therefore is able to improve the link quality, which in turn boosts throughput and allows for power-aware optimisations. In the demo, we will illustrate how this method improves on the MMSE conventional algorithm baseline.
• Eurocontrol, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, plays a crucial role in predicting the Aviation Network and supporting the aviation industry in the development of AI models to enhance the efficiency of its operations. The organization provides valuable support to airlines, airports and air traffic controllers in the management of daily operations, using AI models to predict the impact of various factors such as weather conditions, delays, arrival times, taxi times, and passenger demand. These models are instrumental in ensuring smooh th and seamless operations, making Eurocontrol an indispensable partner for the aviation.  https://www.eurocontrol.int/artificial-intelligence
• The goal of this demo is to leverage Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) together with 6G capabilities, such as robotics and extended reality, to address the challenges of the rapidly growing landscape of warehouse inventory management and industrial manufacturing. The demo consists of collaborative robots (cobots), i.e., autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), as well as drones (UAVs) cooperating in conducting automated tasks in an industrial environment. The use case exhibited here, primarily concerns a Resource Allocation scenario, where the objective is to optimize the placement of a) the inventory management services, e.g., allocation of item scanning cobot role, and b) workloads requiring considerable computational resources (e.g., computer vision tasks), based on current workload, energy availability, hardware capabilities (e.g., ground/aerial node), as well as physical environment parameters, such as real-time proximity to the inventory locations.
• Cybersecurity for AI Applications - Cyber Governance Ltd (Rita Esen)
• Ethics-by-Design in AI-Driven Human-Robot Collaborative Manufacturing: Navigating Regulatory and Ethical Challenges - Eunomia Limited (Christina Nanou)
• Standardization: AI Act’s cornerstone - Eunomia Limited (Nikolaos Koulierakis) 
• Multi-modal Latent Diffusion - Eurecom / Renault Software Labs (Mustapha Bounoua)
• AI Standards in Aviation - EUROCAE (Tri Thuc Nguyen)
• Cybersecurity Requirements for High Risk AI Systems: The Roadmap for an Holistic Approach - INESC TEC (Vasco Rosa Dias)
• 6G-XR - An evolvable experimental infrastructure of key B5G/6G candidate technologies - Intel Deutschland GmbH (Markus Mueck)
• Transforming ICT with Cutting-Edge AI Enablers: A 6G Perspective - Nextworks (Giacomo Bernini)
• Generative AI for Network AIOps - Omdia (James Crawshaw)
• Enhancing remote patient monitoring through Integrated AI and Open-Source platforms: A Detailed Examination of Complex Cardiovascular and COVID-19 Symptomatology - OpenNovations (Hans de Raad)
• EU AI Act’s High-Risk AI Applications and Harmonised Standards - ADAPT Centre, Trinity College Dublin (David Lewis)
• 6G Revolution in Healthcare: Bridging the Healthcare Data Chasm - Turkcell İletişim A.Ş. (Buse Bilgin)
• Resilient Mobile Networks under Earthquake: Next-Generation Disaster Management - TURKCELL ( Buse Bilgin)
• End-to-end AI for Intelligent 6G Networks - University of Bristol (Juan Parra)
• AI-powered evolution towards open and secure edge architectures - UPC - Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Irene Vila Muñoz)
• Leveraging Machine Learning for Throughput Prediction in Cellular Networks - University College Cork (Cormac Sreenan)
• Preserving Privacy of Federated Learning Systems via Recommendation-based Defence - University College Dubli n  (Chamara Sandeepa)
• Deceiving LIME Explainable AI Method in Network Intrusion Detection - University College Dublin (Thulitha Millawa Gamage)
•  Artificial intelligence for optical wireless communication - University of Strathclyde (H. Safi)
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Greg Ainslie-Malik, Splunk AI can consume a large amount of resources, with estimates suggesting ChatGPT needs to use 500ml of water for every couple of dozen of questions it answers. At the same time AI can be used to identify resolutions to some of the most challenging sustainability questions, helping organisations and governments meet the UNs Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this talk we will look at the balance between AI for sustainability and sustainable AI offering some thoughts on how you can add a conscience into your artificial intelligence.

Antoine-Alexandre André is a Legal and Policy Officer working for the European Commission (DG CNECT) in the unit responsible for AI Policy Development and Coordination. He has been closely following the drafting of the Commission proposal on AI (the AI Act) and the 2021 review of the Coordinated Plan on AI. He is one of the lead members of the team working on the development of standards to support the requirements of the AI Act and conformity assessment procedure as well as relationship of AI Act proposal with the sectoral legislation. Antoine-Alexandre has a multidisciplinary background in political science, applied economics, law and international relations.

Ahmet Faruk Coskun, Turkcell Ahmet Faruk COSKUN received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electronics Engineering from Gebze Technical University, Gebze, Turkey, in 2008, 2010, and 2013, respectively. He has worked as a research assistant in Electronics Engineering Department in Gebze Technical University from 2008 to 2011, and as a researcher in The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye (TUBITAK) from 2011 to 2023. Since September 2023, he is working as 6G senior researcher in the 6GEN Frontier Lab. of Turkcell. His current research interests include 5G+ wireless communications, massive MIMO schemes, physical layer security, passive sensing and radar applications, and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces.

Wael Diab, ISO/IEC SC42 Chair Wael William Diab is a business and technology strategist with more than two and half decades of executive experience at Fortune 500 companies in Silicon Valley. He is a prolific inventor with more than 900 patents to his name in the ICT field and an industry recognized expert on digital transformation. Skilled in leadership for breakout technology, Diab has architected strategy, driven industry-wide initiatives, cultivated partnerships, identified M&A opportunities and orchestrated company roadmaps for transformational fields including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Industrial IoT and ICT sustainability. Wael has BS and MS degrees in EE and BA in Economics from Stanford, and an MBA with honors from Wharton. He is a published author, having authored the book Ethernet in the First Mile: Access for Everyone. In 2011, Wael was recognized by the David Packard Medal of Achievement and Innovator Award for his leadership in Green Technology. Wael has been active in standardization and related activities for over two decades. He chairs ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42, the international standardization committee on artificial Intelligence (AI) looking at the holistic AI, analytics and Big Data ecosystems. Wael led the development of and chairs the ISO/IEC AI workshop series. In September 2023, ISO recognized the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 (AI) committee and Wael, for his leadership, through the 2023 Lawrence D. Eicher Leadership Award. This prestigious award recognizes the significant contribution and superior performance of an ISO committee. Wael has led numerous global AI forums such as the AI track at the 22nd Global Standards Collaboration (GSC-22). At the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), Wael is the Secretary of the Steering Committee and chairs the Liaison Working Group, Technology Working Group, Industrial AI Task Group and Global Event Series Task Group. He is a lead author of the Industrial IoT AI Framework (IIAIF), Industrial Analytics: The Engine Driving the IIoT Revolution whitepaper and the Industrial IoT Analytics Framework (IIAF). He is a recipient of the IIC Individual Contributor Award. Wael is a member of the IoT Solutions World Congress Program Committee and chairs its AI forum.

Jesse Dunietz, NIST Dr. Jesse Dunietz is a computer scientist in the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where he leads international engagements on AI for NIST’s Trustworthy and Responsible AI program. He holds a bachelor's from MIT and a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), both in computer science. His technical background includes research in natural language processing at CMU, MIT, Google, and a small startup. He has also trained hundreds of researchers in science communication and written many articles and video scripts for mass media outlets. Prior to his current position, he was a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the U.S. Department of State, where he led the Department's international work on AI and human rights.

Francois Ortolan, ETSI AI Coordination Group (OCG AI) Vice-chair, ETSI Board Member, NEC Labs Europe Francois Ortolan is a Senior Standardisation Engineer at NEC Labs Europe. He has over 15 years’ experience working with advanced mobile telecommunication and its industrial applications. He is a specialist in the interplay between AI and Telecommunication. He is currently Vice-chair of the ETSI AI coordination group (OCG AI) and an ETSI Board member.

Betty Xu, Seconded European Standardization Expert in China (SESEC) Betty Xu, took the position as Seconded European Standardization Expert, SESEC, in China in Sept 2014. SESEC is a project co-funded by European Commission, EFTA, three official European SDOs (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI). The purpose of the project is to support EU-China co-operation in standardization. Betty Xu was born in China and got her Bachelor and master’s degree in Shandong University, majored in Electrical Engineering. She then got her Doctor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering in The University of Queensland of Australia in 2006. Dr. Betty Xu had more than 10 years’ experience in industry, first as the software/hardware developer, then as Standardization Director. She also used to work for Standards Australia from 2013-2014. Dr. Betty Xu was appointed as the “Seconded European Standardization Expert in China” in August 2014 and has been the Director of this project since then.

• Markus Mueck, Programme Commitee Chair, ETSI OCG-AI Chair, ETSI Board Chair, INTEL (Germany)
• Alexander Cadzow, ETSI TC SAI Secretary, Cadzow Communications Consulting Ltd (UK)
• Scott Cadzow, ETSI TC SAI Chair, Cadzow Communications Consulting Ltd (UK)
• Ray Forbes, ETSI OCG-AI Vice Chair, ETSI ISG ENI Chair, Huawei (UK)
• Jochen Friedrich, ETSI Board Member, IBM (Germany)
• Antoine Mouquet, ETSI OCG-AI and ETSI ISG SAI Technical Officer, ETSI (France)
• François Ortolan, ETSI OCG-AI Vice Chair, NEC (Germany)
• Helene Schmidt, ETSI OCG-AI Support Coordinator, ETSI (France)

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2024 Australian Space Domain Awareness and Space Traffic Management Conference

About the conference.

The Australian Space Domain Awareness and Space Traffic Management Conference brings together key researchers, users, and decision makers from the Australian space sector.

The conference will focus on developing a set of shared priorities and goals among the Australian SDA community to enable Australia to meet the evolving challenge of safely and responsibly operating within the space domain.

The conference will:

• Showcase new and emerging Australian SDA and STM techniques and technology
• Collectively identify and prioritize gaps in SDA capability and STM systems
• Collaboratively define a strategy to exploit Australia’s advantageous location to develop a world class SDA and STM niche
• Provide a means to benchmark and measure the collective Australian SDA capability each year
• Provide an inter-disciplinary forum to drive Australian SDA and STM policy and business initiatives

The conference will run over 3 full days, consisting of talks, workshops and poster sessions with key focus on:  sensors; analysis and data processing; space catalogue modernisation and STM concepts; satellite protection; regulation/policy/ethics (mitigation guidelines); economics/business models to sustain Australian SDA efforts.

Poster abstracts submitted by:  25 October 2024

Registrations close: 12 November 2024

Conference: 19 to 21 November 2024, inclusive

Networking evening: 20 November 2024

Conference (Gala) dinner : 19 November 2024

Register Attendance

General Admission: $395 Student Admission: $195 Conference Dinner: $135 Defence Personnel Admission: $355.50 Defence Student Admission: $155.50

These are early bird prices. Prices will increase on 11 October 2024.

Poster Abstract

Submit an Abstract for the Poster Session. Closing date for submissions: 25 October 2024.

Information for participants

Ssa/stm poster session 2024 outline, information for participants.

The conference will include a poster session, scheduled over two days (19, 20 November 2024). This session will provide an opportunity for conference participants to present their research in the fields space domain awareness and space traffic management. Posters may cover relevant basic research, technical developments, or improvements in practices. Submissions are encouraged (but not limited to) the following conference theme’s topics:

• Space Surveillance and Tracking
• Orbit Analysis and Prediction
• Decision Making, Manoeuvring, and Spacecraft Operations
• Ethics and Regulation
• Conjunction Analysis and Collision Avoidance
• Planetary Defence and Asteroid Detection
• Space weather/environment
• Cis-lunar Space Domain Awareness
• Cyber-threats and Resilience

The participants who would like to present a poster are encouraged to submit a short abstract describing their research work. The abstract should be no more than 250 words in length. 

The poster session will take place in the foyer of Building 32 at ADFA.

Poster Format

Posters should be no larger than A1 size. Display boards will be provided. Posters will be attached to these using Velcro tabs.

Presentation

All the poster presenters are required to be present in-person next to their poster during the poster session. A camera operator and interviewer will travel around the session asking some quick questions from each of the poster presenters. The recording will be screened at the venue. Poster presenters will have the option of not being filmed in this way.

Keynote Speakers

To be announced

Panel Members

Elizabeth Pearce, Program Manager – Space

Elizabeth “Liz” Pearce has a background in all things space and has worked across multiple Australian Government agencies including the Bureau of Meteorology, Defence Science and Technology Group and the Australian Space Agency.  Liz worked as a physicist for 14 years in areas of space weather, positioning, navigation and timing (PNT), robotics and autonomy, space domain awareness, launch and human spaceflight. Liz now manages the space program at KBR, with a focus on SDA products for Defence.

Description

09h00 - 09h20

Conference welcome and Day 1 instructions

09h20 - 10h00

10h00 - 10h40

10h40 - 11h00

Morning Tea

11h00 - 12h00

Panel Session 1

12h00 - 12h30

12h30 - 13h00

13h00 - 14h00

Poster Lunch 1

14h00 - 14h30

14h30 - 15h30

Panel Session 2

15h30 - 15h50

Afternoon Tea

15h50 - 16h20

16h20 -16h50

16h50 - 17h00

SIAA IAC brief on sustainability

Dinner – National Press Club

08h45 - 09h00

Day 2 instructions

09h00 - 10h30

Technical session 1: Congestion

10h30 - 11h00

Coffee/Tea break

1h00 - 12h30

Technical session 2: Contest

12h30 - 13h30

Poster Lunch 2

13h30 - 15h00

Technical session 3

15h00 - 15h30

15h30 - 17h

Technical session 4

17h - 17h30

Participant group photo

17h30 - 19h30

Networking Drinks, Officers' Mess

08h30 - 08h40

08h40 - 09h30

Panel Session: 2023 Conference Roundtable summary

09h30 - 11h

Technical session 5

11h - 11h30

11h30 - 13h

Technical session 6

Poster Lunch 3

14h - 15h45

The Great Space Debate

15h45 - 16h

The main conference venue is Building 32 on the campus of UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy Address: Northcott Dr, Campbell ACT 2600. Parking is available on Long Tan Road and Kapyong Road. ADFA is serviced by ACTION Bus lines 54, 55, 56, and 59.

The conference dinner will be held at the National Press Club. Address: 16 National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600.

About UNSW Canberra Space

UNSW Canberra Space is a leader in the field of advanced intelligent satellite systems, developing and providing space and artificial intelligence research, technology and education to help meet national and global needs.

General Enquiries

Please email:  [email protected]