FYP Posters for COMP398

FYP Posters

Each FYP group is required to produce a poster for their project. Although posters are not graded, they help the panel members to grade the FYP final report.

The posters must follow the specified format.

The COMP Department provides the materials needed to make a poster (Ask Brenda Tam in the COMP Admin Office).

Motivation

The posters are intended to provide an overview of your project to nonspecialists of various kinds on various occasions. They will be used in Open-House presentations, for example on Congregation Day. They may also be displayed in one of several display cases in the Laboratory hallways.

Poster Format

There are three types of sheets in the posters:

  1. The title sheet [t] requires two joined pieces of printed paper and it includes the project title, the names of the projectees, and the names of the supervisors. The title sheet has three parts:
    1. The title in 24pt (or slightly larger) upper-case and lower-case letters.
    2. The students' names, on at most two lines below the title, are in 18pt upper-case and lower-case letters.
    3. The supervisors' names, on one line below the students' names, are in 18pt upper-case and lower-case letters.
  2. The logos(s) [l] which represent the University and the COMP Department are placed in the upper-left and upper-right corners of the board. The logos have a standard format and size (they are provided).
  3. The information sheets [a1, a2, a3] contain the content of the poster. You should design your information layout according to the following guidelines:
    1. The introductory paragraphs should be in a larger typeface than you use in a detailed descriptive section. The typeface should be readable at a distance of two to three meters (while the smallest type you use may be readable at distance of only one meter). Generally speaking, keep in mind that the larger and bolder your presentation, the more enticing it will be to the people seeing it at a distance. The real challenge then, after you have attracted attention to your poster, is to provide enough interesting and readable detail for someone who wants to learn more. One compromise might be to have some parts that are packed with useful information and are typeset in a smaller font. Don't forget, however, that important results should be big enough for reading at a reasonable distance!
    2. You should try to use paragraphs with centered titles, such as "Overview", and "Results" in 18pt upper-case and lower-case boldface letters.
    3. Make effective use of titles for paragraphs, figures and other material. Use a typeface that is readable at two to three meters (boldface helps) for the major part of the titles (for visibility) and regular type for details.
    4. A multicolumn format usually improves readability by reducing line length and allowing for more text structuring.
    5. Figures (including diagrams, charts, graphs and schematics) are a good way to communicate interesting ideas.

Poster Construction

  1. Use a poster board (20"x30") obtained from the COMP office.
  2. A poster consists of three A4 sheets of white paper laid out as shown on the poster schematic.
  3. Text, figures, charts, graphs and tables should be computer generated on white paper. Their number, size and placement are your choice.
  4. All sheets are to be mounted on colored paper (obtained from the COMP office) that extends 1cm or so beyond the edges of the sheets to act as a "shadow frame". The width of the frame is your choice.