General Paper Submission Guidelines

We are accepting short papers, which should be between 3-5 pages in two-column format with text to be no smaller than 10 point size.

The conference proceedings will be using the ACM Special Interest Group (SIG) formats. Templates of these document formats can be found here. Please use one of these templates when writing papers for submission. Any document submitted not following this style will be rejected.

When using the ACM templates, please alter the conference and copyright block to reflect the following:

Walter Lincoln Hawkins
Graduate Research Conference
Copyright 2010 Rensselaer

General Paper Presentation Guidelines

All paper presenters will have 20 minutes to present their paper. The general thought behind this is 15 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for questions (give or take a couple of minutes). Expect people to stop you and ask questions during your presentation. Nevertheless, your presentation is to take no more than 20 minutes!  
 
Keep in mind that this is a multidisciplinary conference! Most of the individuals attending and listening to your presentation are hearing most or ALL of the material for the FIRST TIME. Please design your presentation so that a general audience can understand your work. This will probably mean briefly explaining some of the concepts that are common knowledge in your area.  
 
The presentations will be held in a room with an internal laptop projector. If you need any other resources, please let us know immediately (rpi.wlh@gmail.com). The schedule of the conference will be released soon to let you know the time of your presentation; however, we would like you to attend all of the presentations.

Poster Session Submissions Guidelines

Those wishing to have a poster during the poster session at the conference should submit a 2 page extended abstract. Please indicate whether the main author is an undergraduate or graduate student.  It is expected that a faculty member help in the preparation of the abstract and be listed as a co-author. However, the student will be responsible for presenting the work at the poster sessions held during the conference.

Poster Session Presentation Guidelines

During the poster sessions you will be asked to be near your prepared poster to address any questions someone may have. Typically, those interested will come to your poster and ask you questions; however, you may want to be proactive and approach those who may look interested in your work.  
 
Keep in mind that this is a multidisciplinary conference! Most of the individuals attending are hearing most or ALL of this material for the FIRST TIME. Please design your poster so that a general audience can understand your work. This will probably mean briefly explaining some of the concepts that are common knowledge in your area.  

The paper's primary author should be listed first, followed by all other authors in alphabetical order. All submissions should be sent to Renee Sutherland at rpi.wlh@gmail.com in pdf, postscript, or Microsoft Word format by the appropriate dates (pdf is preferred).  
 
For any information you cannot find on this page, please contact Renee Sutherland at rpi.wlh@gmail.com.