Poster, Dissertation and Oral Presentation

Poster, Dissertation &
Oral Presentation
IED3098 (MEng) & IED3099 (BEng and BSc)
Dr Yanhua Hong
y.hong@bangor.ac.uk
School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering
Bangor University
2020 - 2021
Summary of the Assessments
IED3099 (BEng and BSc) IED3098 (MEng)

Progress Reports 10% ,  Progress Reports 10%, 
Interim Report 10%,  Interim Report 10%, 
Poster Presentation 10% IEEE Paper 10%, 
Dissertation 60% Poster Presentation 10%
Oral Presentation 10% Dissertation 50%
Oral Presentation 10%
Poster
Virtual poster presentations will be held on 17th March 2021, 1pm-4pm
Aim Of A Poster
• Present the key points and describe the main

conclusions of your work
• To engage people in conversation about your
work
• Promote the University and the work of the
Schools of Electronic Engineering to your peers,
representatives from industry, colleagues and
friends.
Audience
▪ Supervisors and second marker
▪ Other students
▪ General public/employers
What is an effective poster?
▪ Enable interested observers to question and
explore deeper.
▪ A casual reader would be able to quickly

understand what you are presenting.
How to achieve an effective poster?
• Keep your poster focussed
• Clear and well organized
• Language: not jargon
• Graphical
• Font size
• Not too much text
Content of the poster
• Title
• Introduction/Background/Theory
• Summary of Aims/Objectives
• Methodology & Approach
• Results
• Conclusions
Sample of Bad Poster
Copy from https://colinpurrington.com/2012/02/example-of-bad-scientific-poster/

Checklist
1. The main message must be easily identifiable
2. Introductions must be brief and directly related to the main
message
3. Text should be clearly legible from 2-3 metres away. 30-36 pt for
headings and 18-24 pt for regular text
4. Don’t overload the poster-50/50 balance between text and
graphics
5. Use bullet points, lists and tables to increase clarity and
accessibility
More resources
http://www.tcnj.edu/~asper/posterrules.html
http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters
http://www.kumc.edu/sah/oted/jradel/poster_presentations/pstrsta
rt.html
http://www.colinpurrington.com/tips/poster-design
Dissertation
• The dissertation must be submitted by Friday 07/05/2021
pdf version
You should submit a pdf version of the final version of the
dissertation on Blackboard.
• Your supervisor will advise you on the writing schedule and
on the forms of feedback you will get. For example, they
may ask you to submit a draft of the whole thesis or a
chapter for detailed feedback by an agreed deadline.
• The assessment criteria are in part based on: Abstract,
Project Achievements, Understanding, Technical Content,
Conclusion and Future Work and Presentation.
• Your supervisor should check the first draft and you should
make any necessary amendments.
Formatting your dissertation
✓The body of the dissertation should be in the region of 10,000

words in length (not including the Appendix).
✓A figure or a table can be counted as (about)150 words.
✓Typed in 1.5 spacing, this will amount to approximately 40
pages including figures, tables and references (not the
Appendix).
✓Times New Roman 12pt or 11pt is ok (ask your supervisor)
Detailed instructions about the length, structure and formatting

are provided in “Student Briefing Document For the conduct of
the Individual Project” on Blackboard.
Dissertation Structure
OPTIONAL: (or any other structure you agree with your supervisor)
Title page
(Acknowledgements)
Statement of Originality & Release.
Abstract
Table of contents ( List of Figures/Tables) (optional)
Main Body of the Dissertation (depending on content), an indicative list is:
1. Introduction/Background
2. Experimental setup/theoretical model
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
5. Future Work
6. References
7. Appendices – Poster and Presentation
8. (CD or DVD with support material)
Figures and Tables
• All tables and figures must be numbered
• All tables and figures must be referred to in the text by

their number. Do not refer to them as “figure below” or
“table above”.
• The figures and tables don’t have to be positioned exactly

below the statement that mentions them.
• Each figure and each table must have a caption briefly

explaining its content.
Figures and Tables
Figures and Tables
Figure
caption
always
below the
figure
Figures and Tables
(a) (b) (c)

Figure 5.6 Images of (a) a cat, (b) flowers and (c) sky
Figures and Tables
Tables captions always

above the table
Table 4.2 properties of CNT devices

Charge
C ∆VFB Q retention
[F] [V] [e·cm-2] %
CNTs (SWNTc-PAA)2 3.07E-10 0.25 6.11x1010 88.5
(SWNTc-SWNTa)2 3.75E-10 1.6 4.77x1011 46.9
(SWNTa-PEI)2 4.38E-10 3.75 1.31x1012 32.7
(SWNTa-PEI)5 4.45E-10 4.4 1.56 x1012 76.1
(SWNTa-PEI)10 4.62E-10 1.7 6.25x1011 51.1
References
Reference all literature sources and web links you

have used to help you learn, and develop your
project in a non-numbered chapter named
References.
You should not list references which are not

mentioned in the text in the Reference chapter.
And vice versa, all references which you mention in

the text must be at the list in the Reference chapter.
Optical chaos has many potential applications, such as secure optical
communications, time domain reflectometry, physical random number
generation and lidar [1-2], therefore, the generation of optical chaos has
attracted significant research interests [3]. Optical chaos generated in
semiconductor lasers can be divided into two types [3]. The first type of chaos is
obtained without external perturbations, for example, chaos in a free-running
quantum dot vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) due to the nonlinear
coupling between two elliptical polarization modes [4]. …
References
1. C. Masoller, “Anticipation in the synchronization of chaotic semiconductor lasers with

optical feedback,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 86(13), 2782–2785 (2001).
2. T. Heil, J. Mulet, I. Fischer, C. R. Mirasso, M. Peil, P. Colet, and W. Elsäßer, “ON/OFF phase
shift keying for chaos-encrypted communication using external-cavity semiconductor
lasers,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 38(9), 1162–1170 (2002).
3. M. Sciamanna and K. A. Shore, “Physics and applications of laser diode chaos,” Nature
Photon. 9(3), 151–162 (2015).
4. M. Virte, K. Panajotov, H. Thienpont, and M. Sciamanna, “Deterministic polarization chaos
from a laser diode,” Nature Photon. 7(1), 60–65 (2013).
References
IEEE Style of referencing
The Harvard Style of referencing
For journal articles record:

• The author’s name or names
• The year in which the journal was published
• The title of the article
• The title of the journal
• The volume number
• The page number/s of the article in the journal
Read the GUIDE for details!

Oral Presentation (10 %)
PowerPoint presentation
A 15 minute presentation, with an extra 5 minute for questions,

KEET TO THE TIME
The date will be announced before the Final Exams
Last week of May 2021 OR First week of June 2021
Structure of a Oral Presentation
• Title
• Background
• Methods
• Results
• Conclusion and future work
• Acknowledgments
Title Slide
Title should include
• Project title
• Your Name
• Your Supervisor’s name
• Your affiliation
• Appropriate logos
Background
• Provide rationale for planned study
• Essential information about project
• Objectives
Methods
• Describe study design(s)
• Say what laboratory tests were used
• Which model was adopted
Results
• Emphasize most important findings
• Use mixture of text, tables, figures, photos as
appropriate to your data
• Discuss the findings
Conclusions and future work

• Use bullet points to summarise your findings
• Prioritise findings from most to least important
• Link findings to study objectives
• Directions for future studies
Acknowledgments
• Recognise co-authors and contributors
Tips
• Be confident
• Make text and lines as big or thick as practical
• Use high-contrast colour scheme
• Key words only, not complete sentences
• Pause before advancing to next slide
• Explain charts / graphs before giving point
The assessment is based on:
✓ introduction and identification of project objectives,
✓ project achievements,
✓ technical content of the presentation,
✓ summary/conclusion,
✓ handling questions,
✓ and presentation skills.

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Poster, Dissertation &

IED3099 (BEng and BSc) IED3098 (MEng)

• Present the key points and describe the main

▪ A casual reader would be able to quickly

Copy from https://colinpurrington.com/2012/02/example-of-bad-scientific-poster/

✓The body of the dissertation should be in the region of 10,000

Detailed instructions about the length, structure and formatting

• All tables and figures must be numbered

• All tables and figures must be referred to in the text by

• The figures and tables don’t have to be positioned exactly

• Each figure and each table must have a caption briefly

(a) (b) (c)

Tables captions always

Table 4.2 properties of CNT devices

Reference all literature sources and web links you

You should not list references which are not

And vice versa, all references which you mention in

1. C. Masoller, “Anticipation in the synchronization of chaotic semiconductor lasers with

For journal articles record:

Read the GUIDE for details!

A 15 minute presentation, with an extra 5 minute for questions,

Conclusions and future work

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