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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
for oral and poster presentations
Students are encouraged to submit abstracts for review for oral presentations and poster presentations at the LSAMP Indiana and Midwest Crossroads AGEP Second Joint Annual Conference.
If you have questions about this process, please contact Dr. Larry Henschen at henschen@eecs.northwestern.edu.
DEADLINE
To receive full consideration, abstracts must be submitted by Friday, October 19, 2007. Abstracts will be reviewed by a committee, and submitters will be notified by 5:00 p.m. Friday, October 26, 2007.
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- Microsoft Word Format: Times New Roman 12–point font.
- List all co-authors with the name of the presenter underlined.
- List on separate lines:
- name of institution
- year in school and major of the student presenter
- faculty mentor
- The title should be centered with upper and lower case lettering in Bold print.
- Text should be a singled spaced paragraph with a maximum of 200 words.
- Students must include in the abstract the research objectives, the methods used to answer the question, a brief summary of the data found, and a conclusion.
- The information in the abstract must be presented in a clear and logical manner and free of jargon so that it can be understood by general scientists who may not be in the same discipline as the submitter.
- Sample Abstract
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
- Poster Session Set-Up is on Friday, November 9, 2007, from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Posters must be capable of being mounted on the provided 3’ x 4’ board with the provided clips or pushpins only. We will not have tables to accomodate tri-fold standing posters.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
- Your PowerPoint will be pre-loaded onto the computer with a projector in your presentation room.
- Each oral session will include multiple presentations allotting a maximum of 15 minutes per presenter.
JUDGING CRITERIA
Abstracts will be judged along two major criteria – content and presentation.
Content should address:
- What is the research about (major hypothesis to be tested, major experimental results to be performed)?
- Why is it important?
- What are the major results (data collected, proofs completed, experiments performed or set up)?
- What are the current status and next steps?
Writing criteria include:
- Is the writing clear? Can a reader with general scientific background understand the main point of the abstract and the importance?
- Is the writing concise and to the point, summarizing rather than describing. Does it avoid phrases like “This abstract discusses …” and “Several solutions are considered …”?
- Does the writing avoid jargon and acronyms that only others in the field would know?
The following Web Sites, although more about abstracts as part of complete papers, provide useful suggestions for writing abstracts.