DPF Grad Slam

DPF Grad Slam is an APS DPF sponsored competition designed to showcase graduate student research in three-minute talks.

Eligibility: All graduate students who are DPF members and have submitted abstracts for the 2019 APS April meeting.

Visuals: PowerPoint slides with maximum of a few slides. In cases of collaborative research, the presenter’s contribution to the project must be salient and clearly specified.

Timing: Timing will commence from the moment the student starts talking. Speakers will be cut off at 3 minutes.

Judging: Judging in the preliminary rounds will be conducted by a panel of DPF members (faculty members / lab scientists, postdocs and students) via video in March. Sixteen finalists will compete live before a second panel and April meeting participants during lunch time on Saturday and Sunday, April 13-14.

Presenters are judged on the basis of having a clear and effective presentation that has demonstrable intellectual significance. A score between 1 point (poor) and 5 points (excellent) will be used for each of the following criteria. The total maximum score will be 30 points.

• Clarity: Did the speaker provide adequate background knowledge to make the talk and the importance of the project understandable?
• Organization: Did the presentation follow a clear and logical sequence?
• Delivery: Pace, enthusiasm, confidence, body language, eye contact, vocal range, etc.
• Visuals: Did the slides enhance the presentation and help to emphasize the primary points of the talk? Were the slides well-designed, clear, legible, and concise?
• Intellectual Significance: Did the speaker explain why her/his project matters (for example, its significance to the field of particle physics)?
• Engagement: To what extent did the talk speak to your intellectual curiosity? Did it make you want to learn more about the topic?

Winners: Three winners will receive certificates and 2020 APS memberships.

Registration is now open!

Sign up for the Grad Slam here

Registration deadline: January 31, 2019

Contact: Young-Kee Kim, ykkim@hep.uchicago.edu