Appendix E — Make a poster

E.1 Questions to address

In the poster, clearly and concisely explain what you have done in terms of the 4 questions:

1. What is the problem? why is it important/significant? | Background/Overview

2. What are the current approaches to address this problem & what are their limitations? aka Gaps in knowledge | Background/Overview

3. What is your approach, what are the results, and what are the take-homes? | Workflow, Results sections, Summary/Conclusions (>60% of your poster)

4. What are the next steps and, in general, who cares? tying it back to the big picture | Future Directions/Significance

E.2 Main elements of the poster

  1. Title, authors, affiliations, group, university logo
  2. Background/Overview (w/ fig)
  3. Approach/Methods w/ your flowchart/cartoon workflow | methods/tools can be spelled out for each logical step of the pipeline
  4. Results, Results, Results | in various shapes and forms, but mostly said with clear readable figures, screenshots, tables (if plots can’t be made)
  5. Summary/Conclusions & Future Directions | separately or together based on how much you have to say for each
  6. Acknowledgments & References (could be together/separate)
  7. Contact info – group’s, yours, … how/whom to reach if they have questions.

E.2.1 Other Tips

  • Font sizes readable at 100% zoom from a 2-3ft distance
  • Clear BIG section headings
  • Use colors, but ‘wisely!’
  • Figures > flowcharts > bullet points >>> blocks of text (avoid)
  • Where to make? Google Slides (when collaborative + preferred), Keynote/PowerPoint

E.3 References

E.3.1 Example posters

To be added.