1. 2007 AICML Poster Session (First Annual?) 2007 AICML Poster Session April 30, 2007 David R! Woloschuk

2. 2007 AICML Poster Session The Event: The Time and the Place May 10, 2007 3pm–6pm 2 nd Floor common area of CSC (and maybe some surrounding rooms)

3. 2007 AICML Poster Session The AICML Supporting ML Research Michael Bowling, Randy Goebel, Russ Greiner, Rob Holte Jonathan Schaeffer, Dale Schuurmans, Rich Sutton, Csaba Szpesvari Monetary  Student support  Conference travel and attendance Hardware  Notebooks, desktops, clusters Assistance  Programming, Printing and more

4. 2007 AICML Poster Session Why a Poster Session? To present your best (not most recent) work Practice for future sessions Meet industry and academic professionals Preparation for AICML Centre Review  June 2007

5. 2007 AICML Poster Session The Event: Logistics You provide us with title/topic Location for poster provided to you You will be presenting poster  Part time presenting  Part time viewing  Part time snacking Food will be served during the event

6. 2007 AICML Poster Session Poster Details ONE POSTER PER PERSON Group posters are OK, but each individual must present a poster  If no topic is set, a general Machine Learning Topic poster can be created  A partial list of topics will be provided Feel free to choose your own topics too! New format posters preferred  HOWEVER… Older posters are acceptable (for this event)

7. 2007 AICML Poster Session The Carrot Your poster can win a prize! Several posters will be chosen Details being finalized

8. 2007 AICML Poster Session Printing – Part 1 Best bet : AICT in GSB URL: http://helpdesk.ualberta.ca/printing/http://helpdesk.ualberta.ca/printing/ AICML will cover printing costs  Payment Options: Out of Pocket Print poster, pay for poster, obtain PROPER receipt and turn in expense claim to Leslie Acker (AICML Offices)  Payment Options: U of A Indent Print poster, obtain indent from Leslie Acker, pick up poster AICML may do “pick-up-runs”…after printing, send email to davidrw@cs and we can pick it up once it is ready (we will need to know your CCID)

9. 2007 AICML Poster Session Printing – Part 2 Step-by-Step Tutorials are available for Windows  MS Powerpoint 2003  Adobe Reader/Acrobat/Illustrator/Photoshop MAC OS X  MS Powerpoint 2004  Adobe Reader/Acrobat/Illustrator/Photoshop  READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!!!!!!

10. 2007 AICML Poster Session Printing – Part 3 Printing tips Ask for a full receipt if you are paying out-of- pocket Always specify a 2” margin as it advises in printing instructions  Maximum plotter width (wide plotter) is 54 inches. Therefore, max poster width/height is  52 inches! Always preview before printing If possible, save text “as curves”

11. 2007 AICML Poster Session For further details and announcements http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~davidrw/AICMLSymposium Check back often for the Latest developments.