Submission guidelines

Oral presentations

Oral presentations at the CSBPS 2018 will be held in the Wilfred Brown Building Room 207/208. Those who have submitted a paper will have the opportunity to present their research to an audience of like-minded colleagues. Each session will have two or three reviewers to score the presentation based on the novelty, content, clarity of explanation and QA. The winner of oral presentation will be announced at the CSBPS 2018 closing ceremony.

Poster presentations

Poster presentations will be held during the scheduled networking and lunch events at the CSBPS 2018 Orale Each participant should be present in front of his/her poster during these events. Poster sessions will comprise short presentations of up to 5 minutes, including 3 minutes presentation and 2 minutes QA with jurors. The winner of poster presentation will be announced at the CSBPS 2018 closing ceremony.

Abstract template

EasyChair Submission

Poster template

Poster Submission

Candidate Name + Poster Title only

Oral Presentation format

All presenters are required to submit their presentation file on the day of the Symposium, either by sending the organisers an email or bringing a USB stick. Computers will be provided for this purpose in front of the conference room.

Presentation notes:

  • Your presentation file should be in a format compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 (or earlier).
  • Each presenter will be allocated 15 minutes to deliver their presentation
  • including 10 minutes presentation and 5 minutes QA with reviewers and attendees
  • The presentation file should contain maximum 10 PowerPoint slides (excluding the presentation title and pages for acknowledgements).
  • We highly recommend that you keep a backup of your presentation file on a second USB stick or CD-ROM for presentation on the day of the event.

The following will be available for presenters to use during their presentation:

  • Laptop
  • Projector and screen
  • Single screen
  • Microphone
  • Laser pointer

Poster Presentation

Each poster will have two jurors to score the presentation based on the novelty, content, clarity of explanation and QA. Posters must be ready on the first day of the conference and registered at the poster registration desk. Committee will provide space and equipment to attach posters. All posters can be detached by the end of the conference.

Use the following format, or attached template:

  • Size of the poster should be A1; i.e. 46.8 inches by 33.1 inches (1189×841 mm).
  • Poster should be in portrait orienation.
  • Poster should be readable at a distance of 1–2 m, with a line spacing of 1.5 or 2.

Include the following in your poster:

  • Title of your poster
  • Your name, faculty advisor’s name, names of collaborators, and name of department
  • Introduction (or Objectives)
  • Methods
  • Results (of Findings)
  • Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments (if necessary)

Extended Abstract format

Please use the IEEE Computer Society Press Proceedings Author Guidelines to submit your Extended abstract. or attached template

The extended abstract should not exceed 1000 words (+/- 10%) and contain the following;

  • The problem to be solved in your thesis (justify why this problem is important and make clear that previous research has not yet solved that problem).
  • Your research hypothesis (or claim).
  • The expected contributions of your research
  • How you plan to evaluate your results.
  • A description of the results achieved so far (if possible) and a planned timeline for completion.