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Your poster is a means of drawing the attention of not only judges but also other participants to your research proposal.
Please explain your research proposal in a way that is the easiest for judges and other participants to understand, keeping in mind that not everyone will be specialists in your particular field of research.
Posters should be submitted at the same time as the "Research Proposal Submission Form," by clicking on the 'Attachments' button and attaching your poster file. Please refer to the following sample layout when creating your poster. |
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Technical subject
Please write concisely the title of your research proposal
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Primary Applicant / Position, Affiliation
Please write the primary applicant's name, position and organizational affiliation.
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Research Purpose & Contribution to Human Well-Being
Please write the purpose of your research and the objectives to be achieved, being sure to mention the items, below.
(In order to help make your research proposal clear and comprehensible, we recommend you include tables or figures.)
* Specific products and technologies expected to result and the time in which these are expected to be achieved.
* How the expected result will benefit or provide value to people.
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Method/Approach
Please describe your methodology for achieving the objectives outlined above. Please include the items below, if possible.
(In order to help make your methodology/approach clear and comprehensible, we recommend you include tables or figures.)
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What is original or novel about your proposal |
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How does it differs from competing approaches |
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Preliminary achievements
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Response to the Chairperson's Question
Please write an answer to the chairperson's question, which can be found in the "chairperson's message." (Please click here to see the "chairperson's message.")
The answer to this question is the first statement from all the participants that will be mutually considered during the Cyber Workshop.
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References
If applicable, please cite a maximum of 5 references in the same manner as a general article. (Using a generally accepted citation format of your choice).
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Co-researcher / Position, Affiliation (maximum 5 persons)
Please write the name, position and organizational affiliation of each co-researcher.
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Call for collaboration & your photo (optional)
You can use this section to call for technologies or partners that your group does not have at present in order to enhance your research proposal.
We also recommend attaching your photo here. This will help participants feel more familiar with each other.
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Poster size and acceptable language |
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Posters should be no more than 3 pages in length, and A4 portrait-size. |
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Since the Cyber Workshop is open to international participants, English will be the working language of the workshop and posters should be in English. If you wish to make a Japanese version additionally, please do so in a separate file. |
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If you include Japanese and English in the same file, many non-Japanese applicants will be unable to open your PDF poster. Please avoid doing this. |
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Acceptable fonts and size |
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Please use one of the fonts listed below in your poster.
Arial, Courier, Times, Symbol.
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Your poster will be displayed as a PDF file. Please use the standard fonts (listed above) in order to help all the participants open your poster with various language versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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Please use easy-to-read fonts that are 10pt or above.
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File format and size |
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Please submit your poster as both an original file and a PDF file, if possible. |
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Posters will be displayed on the Cyber Workshops site in a PDF format. However, in case of problems with the PDF files, (e.g. the letters are garbled), the Foundation requests that applicants submit an original file also.
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If you cannot convert your poster to a PDF file, we can accept files as MS Word, PowerPoint, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. If you would like to use other software, please check with the Foundation first. |
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Please keep the file size under 2MB. |
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Please make the best effort to minimize file size, in order to allow all of the participants to download the files during periods of heavy traffic.
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