All female students currently studying for a taught degree (undergraduate or postgraduate) in a computer-related discipline are invited to submit an abstract to the Poster Competition. To enter simply submit a 250 word plain text abstract describing what your poster will be about.

Posters may cover any topic within the field of computer science and/or interdisciplinary studies connected to computing or IT.

Posters may be based on a project you’re currently undertaking at university, something related to your place of work, or something else you are interested in and think others would like to know more about too! If you would like to submit an abstract but are having difficulty in coming up with a poster topic look at your Departmental webpage and see what computing research is being done in your University: your local researchers will almost certainly be happy to talk about their work with you (and get extra publicity in the process). If you're still stuck for ideas, drop us an email on bcswomen@cs.cardiff.ac.uk (but not the day before the deadline) and we'll see what we can do.

Application process
To apply for the poster contest, send an abstract by email to bcswomen@cs.cardiff.ac.uk by Friday 12th February 2010. The abstract should be no more than 250 words describing the work you will present in your poster (no images, just plain text).

You also need to include the following information in your email:

• Full name
• School/Department and University
• Your degree and current year of study
• Contact address
• Type of poster: 'Original Project' or 'General Interest'

Submissions will be reviewed by the programme committee. If your poster is accepted, you will be notified by the end of February 2010, and a display area will be available to you on the day of the conference. The accepted abstracts will also be combined into a proceedings to be distributed to all attendees on the day.

Guidance on making scientific posters is available at a number of places on the web. As a starting point you may wish to look at:

North Carolina State University guide to creating an effective poster

The American Psychological Society's guide to creating an undergraduate research poster

Prizes and Travel Cost Assistance

Prizes (financial) will be awarded to the best posters. Further details of prizes and travel bursaries, including the 'Google Travel Grants' will be posted here nearer the time, so check back regularly to keep up-to-date. In previous years we have been able to fund travel (and where necessary, overnight accommodation) for all poster presenters, and we hope to do the same in 2010.

Key Dates

• Poster abstract submission deadline: Friday 12th February 2010 **extended deadline**
• Poster acceptance notification: Friday 5th March 2010
• Colloquium: Thursday 8th April 2010