the BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium 2013: Announcement and call for posters

[hannah dee]

The 2013 BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium will be held on April 4th in Nottingham.

This is the UK's main event for women undergraduate students of computing. Now

in its 6th year, the day features talks from industry and academia, a

panel-based careers session, stalls from employers, and lots of networking

opportunitites. The centrepiece of the day is a poster contest for women

students allowing you show off your own work and have the chance to win real

prizes. Many poster contest entrants will get their travel refunded by sponsors

(most years we are able to sponsor travel - and accommodation if needed - for

around 40 out of 100+ attendees).

There is also a free lunch, so what are you waiting for!  Read on for

more poster contest details...

...The contest in brief...

Poster categories: 1st, 2nd, 3rd year, Masters.

Abstract length: 250 words

Topic: Any computing-related topic you like

Abstract deadline: 15th February

Abstract submission URL:http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/cs/support/forms/?lovelace=posters.

Poster size: A1

Poster contest date: 4th April

Poster contest location: Nottingham Uni

Poster prizes: Real money - around £300 per category 

...The contest in more detail...

All women students of computing and related subjects [1] are invited

to enter one of the poster contests at the BCSWomen Lovelace

Colloquium. The poster contests are as follows:

 * Best first year poster for students who are in their first year of

study at a UK university.

 * Best second year poster for students in their second year of study

at a UK university.

 * Best third year undergraduate poster for students in their third

year of study for a BA, BSc, BEng or MEng (this may practically be the

fourth or fifth year, if the student has taken a year abroad or in

industry).

 * Best Masters student poster for students doing a taught masters

degree, or who are in the final year of an MEng or similar integrated

4-5 year course resulting in a masters.

We hope to be able to offer people's choice prizes as well as first

and second place in each category.

To enter the poster contest, write a 250 word abstract on the topic of

your poster. The best abstracts received will get travel Bursaries,

meaning that we'll refund your transport costs.

Once you have written your abstract, please copy and paste it into the

form here: http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/cs/support/forms/?lovelace=posters.

Note that the event will be in Nottingham on 4th April 2013, and if

you are selected, you will need to be able to get to the event with

your poster in order to compete.

[1] We interpret "Related subjects" very broadly - in the past, we

have had students following courses in computer arts, cognitive

science, information systems, and a large number of different

joint/major/minor programmes of study. If you're not sure, drop the

organisers an email on bcswomen...@gmail.com, we'll probably say

"yes".