Call for Posters

STOC 2011

June 6, 2011
San Jose, CA

This year, STOC 2011 (part of FCRC) is experimenting with a new Poster Session. The poster session will be held from 8:30pm to 10:30pm on Monday June 6, and should be thought of as an extended hallway-discussion with a visual aid. The poster session will be accompanied by refreshments. We welcome posters from registered FCRC attendees on research in any aspect of theoretical computer sciences, and believe presenting posters should be especially appealing for:

Researchers with new results since the STOC submission deadline.
Researchers with papers in other FCRC conferences that would be of interest to the STOC community.
Researchers with TCS papers not appearing at FCRC that would be of interest to the STOC community.
Students who want to let senior researchers know of their work.
STOC authors who want to have a visual aid for extended discussions of their work.

A fun prize will be given to a poster selected by lottery among ballots cast by attendees for their favorite poster (taking into account both the result and design).

Registration

In order to present a poster, authors must email the following information to stoc11posters@seas.harvard.edu by May 2, 2011, 3pm EDT:

Title
A 1-2 paragraph abstract
Name of person presenting the poster
The FCRC conference to which the presenter is (or will be) registered

Note that poster submissions are not refereed. However, the committee reserves the right to turn down submissions deemed out of scope. If the number of poster submissions exceeds capacity, priority will be given to registered STOC attendees and secondarily according to the date of submission. Poster slots will be confirmed by May 6, 2011. If any slots remain, submissions received after the deadline may be considered at the discretion of the committee.

Poster Preparation

Posters should be designed to fit within a space that is 42in wide and 48in high, and may consist of a single printed poster or separate pieces. Mounted posterboards, as well as pushpins and tape for attaching your poster to the posterboard, will be provided at the conference. Some (humorous but helpful) suggestions for poster preparation can be found at http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/posteradvice.htm.

Poster Committee

Avrim Blum (CMU)
Lisa Fleischer (Dartmouth)
Ravi Sundaram (Northeastern)
Salil Vadhan (Harvard)