The Consortium for Computing Science in Colleges is having their Midwest conference at Huntington University next weekend, up near Ft Wayne. During the conference there will be a few presentation sessions, several talks on various topics, and a programming competition. I've never attended, so I'm paraphrasing their website. Somewhere along the way I made it a goal of mine to participate in the programming competition. I've had a few friends who did it and it sounded like a blast.
I'm happy that the four of us leftover from the Morgan's Raid spring team were able to come together and get the paperwork in on-time to present on not one but two topics. We'll be presenting/demoing Morgan's Raid. We also will be submitting a competition poster about our experience with Scrum as undergrads. After writing the abstract, I'm not looking forward to making a scholarly poster. Another reason why I wouldn't want to be an educator: scholarly writing.
We'll see how the programming competition, the presentations, and the demo shake out, but it should be a great time. I haven't worked with two of the guys going with us, but the other five of us have a great working relationship, and it's always fun to get to meet other people from your field.
There's a particular site that I like for its advice on designing research posters, and now I cannot find it. The good news is that you can find a lot of good advice online: search for "research poster tips" or "scientific poster tips" for instance. As with all design, best to sketch the main concepts on paper first, perhaps sticky-notes. Feel free to send me an overview and sketches as they get created or send any questions.
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