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[ Access previous versions of this page (14<\/a>, 15<\/a>, 16<\/a>, 17<\/a>), kept for posterity. ]<\/em><\/p>\n

Orbital\u2019s Splashdown<\/strong> workshop is the closing event for Orbital. \u00a0It\u2019s a mandatory event for all teams.\u00a0 Come find out what our newly-minted 2nd year SoCians have been doing over the summer!<\/p>\n

Teams, as well as their\u00a0friends, guests and the general public can participate in the event.\u00a0 Prizes will be awarded to the top team in each level of achievement, as determined by the course staff and by public voting.<\/p>\n

Splashdown 2018 is scheduled on\u00a05 September 2018 from 18:00-21:30!<\/p>\n

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Help get the word out and tell your friends that you\u2019re going to the event thru Facebook:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/516301892150221\/<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Splashdown is structured as two back-to-back poster sessions followed by an awards ceremony;\u00a0 Orbital teams will be\u00a0assigned to one of two sessions to present their work.\u00a0 During each of the two poster sessions, each team will be presenting their work via a A1 sized poster that they\u00a0will have to prepare and print (pre-paid for you at SoC Technical Services).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
SPLASHDOWN SCHEDULE (Draft)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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18:00-18:55<\/td>\nPoster Session 1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18:55-19:05<\/td>\nChangeover<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19:05-20:00<\/td>\nPoster Session 2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20:00-21:25<\/td>\nInvited Talks and Award Ceremony<\/strong><\/p>\n
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  • NUS Overseas College (NOC)<\/li>\n
  • Centre for Future-ready Graduates (CFG)<\/li>\n
  • SGInnovate<\/li>\n
  • Google<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21:25-21:30<\/td>\nGroup Photo-taking<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Splashdown will also feature peer voting for best projects.\u00a0 During the poster sessions, take note of which other teams you think did the best projects and vote for their project electronically using your smart phone or tablet.\u00a0 We\u2019ll tally your votes and announce the winner at the end of Splashdown at the awards ceremony. \u00a0Guests (first years, and seniors) are also welcomed to attend and will need to register for the event to be given voting privileges; see the Splashdown page soon, when that information is updated. \u00a0Google SG has kindly sponsored some prizes for the very best projects, as voted by all of you and our observers.<\/p>\n

Below you can find the current mapping from team names to poster sessions \/ locations.\u00a0 These are subject to change, but basically the projects of the same level of achievements are co-located to be near each other.<\/p>\n

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Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n

Q: How do I figure out my project ID?<\/strong>
\nA: It\u2019s your poster session (1 or 2), followed by your poster board\u2019s location.\u00a0For example, NUShare\u2019s\u00a0project ID is 1005 (Session 1, Location 003); Solo is 2022 (Session 2, Location 022). Project IDs are three digits, with your poster board location\u2019s number padded to three digits.<\/p>\n

Q: What should the contents of the poster be about?<\/strong>
\nA: Great question! It\u2019s up to you. Probably you want to differentiate your project from others, so if you are doing a Python\/GAE project for example, most of the cohort will already be familiar with (some of) the technical aspects. You could discuss the motivation, testing, the documentation and libraries used.\u00a0 If you have the application on a smartphone, laptop or tablet, you may also want to demo your working application (hiding the bugs, of course).<\/p>\n

Remember that Google SG is giving away prizes to best project, where you (and us) have voting privileges to help determine the winners, so whatever you want to do to curry favor with your peers is a-ok (within NUS policy, of course). You\u2019ll find that marketing is a very big key for technology acceptance in the real world, anyways.<\/p>\n

Q: How large should our posters be?<\/strong>
\nA: Your poster should be A1 sized (841 x 594 mm).<\/p>\n

Q: Should I mount my poster in portrait or landscape format?<\/strong>
\nA: Both are possible. The poster board mounts are 1x1m.<\/p>\n

Q: What will the presentation stations for each project consist of?<\/strong>
\nA: We will be able to guarantee each project a side of a posterboard, large enough to mount an A1 sized poster on. Most projects will have to share a grey 1 m console table with another project, as space and the availability of console tables makes them limited resources. \u00a0The facilities team may also instead provision a blue student examination table to each project, at their discretion. \u00a0Power outlets will generally not be available, so as such, please come with any electronic devices (phone, laptop) charged if possible and be courteous and relinquish your power supply to other teams who need to recharge their depleted power.<\/p>\n

Q: When do we have to be there to set up?<\/strong>
\nA: Presenters in the first session can set up their posters as soon as\u00a0the space is open. \u00a0\u00a0 Presenters for the second session set up when the first session takes down at the in-between session break.\u00a0 Please take down your posters and clear your station after your poster session.\u00a0 Note that you may have provide your own mounting tape and pins for the posterboard.\u00a0 Please do dispose\/recycle posters properly.<\/p>\n

Q: Do we have to do on-site registration? If so, when should I do it?<\/strong>
\nA: Registration starts at 17:45. Only external guests\u00a0should come to the registration desk (near the entrance of SR1) to pick up your Voter ID for the evening. You\u2019ll need to keep track of what 3 projects you think are the best to vote on, so that\u2019s why you need your Voter ID. \u00a0Project team members should receive a voter ID by email from Jin. \u00a0Members of your project team can take turns going to the other projects to grade and see what else is out there that\u2019s cool and worth knowing about.<\/p>\n

Q: How and when can we print our posters?<\/strong>
\nA: You should put the file for your poster\u00a0(preferably in PDF or Powerpoint format) on a thumbdrive and take it to\u00a0Technical Services in COM 1 Level 1. The staff there will help you print the poster. Don\u2019t forget to have your matric card ready for identification purposes.<\/p>\n

You may print anytime between now (22 Aug) and 5 Sep.\u00a0 Be aware it takes time for the posters to print and that each team is only sponsored 1 A1 sized poster, if you need to re-print, you\u2019ll have to pay on your own.<\/p>\n

We strongly encourage<\/strong> you to print early, no later than the 3 Sep, due to potential queues during the 4 Sep.<\/p>\n

Q: What is the difference between the voter IDs and the project IDs? Should we include our project ID in the poster?<\/strong>
\nA: The voter IDs are what you use for voting for best projects. The project ID<\/strong> is the number that uniquely identifies your project number. They will be posted on the poster board itself so that everyone can identify projects uniformly, in the same manner.<\/p>\n

However, if you wish to still repeat the project ID on your poster you\u2019re welcomed to. Basically it corresponds to the position of the poster board where you\u2019ll be presenting, prefixed by a \u20181\u2019 or \u20182\u2019 for which poster session you\u2019ll be in (see earlier question and answer in FAQ).<\/p>\n

Q: Must the contents on A1 poster be printed or can we draw\/paste stuff on it?\u00a0 Can we just take a blank piece of A1 paper from the technical services without printing?<\/strong>
\nA: Anything goes!\u00a0 You can do whatever you want with your one piece of A1 quota (sponsored by Google!). Be creative! It\u2019ll be attached to a poster board so it shouldn\u2019t be too heavy or break the center of gravity with the poster on the other side (there\u2019s another team presenting on the back).
\nIf you want to just take a single sheet without printing, our advice is to buy your own sheet of A1 paper, so that if you want to print color things to paste to the sheet, you can still print a A1 sized paper to cut out\/collage\/etc. for later.<\/p>\n

The A1 sized paper offer is for Splashdown only and will not be available to you (even if you don\u2019t use it) after 5 Sep, Wednesday.\u00a0 Theoretically you can use the A1 for anything you want if you don\u2019t use it for Orbital (e.g., printing K-pop boy\/girl band poster for your dorm room), but we\u2019ll have to close the accounts after 5 Sep, so print soon. Though tech services might be wondering how it\u2019s related\u2026<\/p>\n

Q: Will our posters be vetted first before printing?<\/strong>
\nA: Thanks for your question! No, we do not intend to vet your posters. We trust that you will exercise prudence in printing content on your posters. They will be viewable by the general public \u2014 so please do not put anything controversial on the posters (profanity, personal information, etc.).\u00a0 If in doubt, feel free to ask us directly via email.<\/p>\n

Q: What prizes will be awarded during Splashdown?<\/strong>
\nA: Actually, you\u2019ve already won the best prize of all \u2014 self-confidence and the ability to find and use technical information on the web to accomplish tasks.\u00a0 But since you asked: Google has sponsored prizes for the top three teams and they are ** n i c e **<\/strong>.\u00a0 Up your game and work on your soft skills to best promote your project to your peers and to the invitees that will attend the Splashdown event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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