All papers in this year’s RSS will be presented as a short talk and poster. To find the time of your talk, please see the program. The format of presentations is the same as the previous years. For example, video recordings from RSS 2014 presented in this format are available here for your reference.
If you have questions after reading the instructions below, please contact Chris Amato or Amanda Prorok (Presentation Co-Chairs) for issues regarding short talks or posters.
Short talks run a maximum of 5 minutes, aided by a pre-prepared video.
Each session will consist of 4-5 paper presentations. First, the 5-minute presentations will be presented in sequence; no questions will be taken during this time. Next, there will be a common 5-10-minute question period for all papers presented in that session. Presenters should be seated on the right side of the auditorium when facing the stage in the front row at least 10 minutes before the session starts. Conference personnel will be there to help you get the lapel microphone on before your talk. All presenters will return to the stage for the common question and answer session after the last presentation in the session.
You will have a 5-minute slot to give an overview of your paper. You must provide, in advance, a 300 second MP4 video which will play on the conference laptop during your short talk. You cannot use your own laptop and you will have no control over the playback of this video. The session chair will hit “start”, and you will be coaxed off the stage 5 minutes later!
Please submit your video here. The submission website will open on June 1, 2018 and close on June 18th, 2018, (anywhere on Earth). This is a strict deadline, and there will be no extension or exception, as we need time to verify video compatibility, resolve any potential problems, and download to the conference laptop. If you have not uploaded the video by the deadline, you will still have your 5-minute slot, but you will not have access to slides or any other materials that require a projector.
You can prepare your 300 second MP4 file in any manner you want. For example, you can generate a conventional Powerpoint or Keynote talk and export (if your software supports it) directly to MP4. Or you can use video-editing software. Target 1920x1080 or 1440x1080 at 30fps. We do not recommend relying on audio, since there will be no opportunity to check volume levels. For convenience, we have developed a website that will convert a PDF file to an MP4 for you (available from June 1, 2018). This is intended to make it easy for users to generate a compliant MP4 file with little additional effort. The basic process is:
In addition to the 5 minute talks all accepted papers will be presenting posters at afternoon poster sessions.
You will have a total area of 48 in. by 48 in. to mount your poster. We recommend printing posters to be 36 in. wide by 48 in. tall or using A0 if metric is easier for you to print. We recommend not using fonts smaller than 24pt on the posters, and titles to be at least size 72pt up to 96pt.
Poster sessions will run from 4:30-6:00pm on Tuesday and Wednesday, and 3:00pm-4:15pm on Thursday. Posters will be presented on the same day as their corresponding spotlight talks.
Space constraints at the poster session restrict us from providing tables to sit laptops on to play videos associated with the work. If you feel videos are necessary to help your poster presentation we recommend bringing your own hand-held device to display them, such as a tablet or phone.
The RSS Foundation posted a letter to the RSS community in November of 2013. One part of this letter contained helpful tips for short talks:
Adding to the above, it is critical to remember that RSS is comprised of researchers from widely different fields. Your talk should make sense to the full audience, not only the subset in your specialized area.