CHI*ATLANTA : EVENTS : 2005: Student Poster Contest on World Usability Day, November 3

CHI*A Student Poster Contest and Scholarship in Honor of World Usability Day

The Winners

Clint Cope and Walter Hargrove for "Healthcare Assistant: Tablink"

Thanks

Thank you to all who participated in the 2005 CHI*Atlanta Student Scholarship Poster Contest on November 3. The program showcased some of the outstanding research that is being conducted at local academic institutions, including the Art Institute of Atlanta, Clemson University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Southern Polytechnic State University. Finalists in the contest were Edward Clarkson, Jason Day, Lan Guo, Jahmeilah Richardson, William Rodes, Brandon Brown, Marshini Chetty, Andrea Grimes, Ellie Harmon, Jennifer Wiley, Ja-young Sung, Susan Wyche, Lonnie Harvel, Gillian Hayes, Luci Vespoli, Stella Murat, Christopher Skeels, John Douglass, and Jeannine Dyke.

What?

CHI*Atlanta offered a $500 scholarship this year to the winner of a student poster contest held on November 3, 2005 (World Usability Day).

Who?

A student or group of students in any degree program at any school who will attend the ACM SIG-CHI Conference in 2006 can participate.

When? Deadlines…

• Monday, October 3, 2005 - Final deadline to submit poster title, author name(s) and contact info, and 250-word abstract to outreach@chia.org. Qualifying posters notified by Friday, October 14, 2005.
• Thursday, November 3, 2005 - Qualifying posters will be judged in a Poster Contest held from 6:30pm to 9:00pm at MacQuarium in Atlanta, Georgia. Winner notified Friday, November 10, 2005.

• Poster Contest and Scholarship, contact outreach@chia.org or visit www.chia.org.
• World Usability Day, visit www.worldusabilityday.org.

Why a Poster?

Posters provide an interactive forum in which authors can present work to conference attendees during special poster sessions. Posters provide an opportunity to describe new work or work that is still in progress.

*See below for helpful links on creating and presenting posters.

Who May Apply

A student or group of students in any degree program at any school who will attend the ACM SIG-CHI Conference in 2006.

Presentation

When creating your poster, please keep in mind the following...

• Posters will be only digital/electronic. No physical, printed-out, paper posters will be used. Please bring your poster as a powerpoint file, a pdf file, or an image file (gif, jpeg, bitmap).
• There is a windows laptop and a macintosh laptop in the auditorium. You may use either to present your poster.
• The poster will be displayed on a large projection screen.
• Screen resolution will be 1024x768.

Please bring your poster on a CD ROM or USB drive on November 3, or email them to outreach@chia.org before Nov 1. Please come at 6:30pm on November 3rd so we can load all poster files onto the computers and test that they open correctly.

Content

All posters should follow the CHI 2006 Conference theme: Interact, Inform, Inspire.

Your poster should clearly illustrate:

• the name of the authors
• the topic you've chosen
• applications of this topic, i.e., why is it useful research?
• the topic's relation to similar topics e.g., if it is a type of search, how is it related to other search methods
• how is your topic or approach to a topic unique?
• the research you've completed (on this topic)
• the research you intend to do
• open issues

*See below for helpful links on creating and presenting posters.

Review Criteria

Each submission will be reviewed based on the originality of the work, the quality of the written presentation, and its contribution to the field of HCI.

• Contribution and Benefit. The poster submission should make a contribution to either research or practice in the field of HCI. Due to the brevity of the format, posters making one significant contribution are more likely to be accepted than those making several lesser contributions.
• Originality and Innovation. The submission should make an original contribution to the field of HCI. It should show both how it builds on previous contributions, and how, where, and why it goes beyond current knowledge or practices.
• Clarity. The submission must be clearly and concisely written in international English, with appropriate use of tables and figures.

Review Process

Poster abstract submissions will be reviewed by the CHI*Atlanta Executive Council (EC) board. If your poster meets the criteria, then you will be invited to participate in the CHI*Atlanta Student Poster Contest from 6:30pm to 9:00pm on November 3, 2005 at MacQuarium, Atlanta, Georgia. The poster contest will be judged by the CHI*Atlanta Executive Council (EC) board and professors from participating schools.

Upon Acceptance

Authors will be notified by email of acceptance or rejection by October 14, 2005. Authors of accepted posters must also produce a poster in preparation for the conference and attend the CHI*Atlanta Student Poster Contest from 6:30pm to 9:00pm on November 3, 2005 at MacQuarium, Atlanta, Georgia.

Confidentiality of Submissions

Confidentiality of submissions is maintained during the review process. All rejected submissions will be kept confidential in perpetuity. All submitted materials for accepted submissions will be kept confidential until the evening of the CHI*Atlanta Poster contest, November 3, 2005. Submissions should contain no information or materials that are proprietary at publication time.

At the CHI*Atlanta Poster Contest

At least one author of the poster must be present from 6:30pm to 9:00pm at the CHI*Atlanta Student Poster Contest on the evening of November 3, 2005 at MacQuarium, Atlanta, Georgia. A winner will be chosen based on anonymous voting by attendees to the poster contest day. Attendees will include local students and professionals in the field of HCI.

After the CHI*Atlanta Poster Contest

The winner or winning team of the CHI*Atlanta Poster will be notified and awarded a $500 scholarship. The scholarship is $500 total, whether the winner is an individual or a team. If a team wins, they will be each awarded an equivalent part of the $500 scholarship. The winner or at least one member of the winning team must attend the ACM SIG-CHI conference in 2006.

Helpful Links

Poster Examples

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