PosterTeX

A clean, customizable LaTeX/Beamer template for academic poster presentations—PosterTeX makes it easy to turn your latest paper into a polished research poster. Inspired by the Gemini–UQ theme, PosterTeX adds new layout options, section styles, and a lightweight framework for organizing scientific posters.

📖 Table of Contents

1. Why PosterTeX?
2. Features
3. Installation
4. Quick Start
5. Folder Structure
6. Section Guide
7. Existing Posters
8. Figures & Graphics
9. Customization
10. Contributing
11. License
12. Contact

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Why PosterTeX

Researchers often struggle to translate dense academic papers into clear, visually appealing posters. PosterTeX:

• Provides a logical layout tailored to common research-paper elements.
• Enforces a consistent, easy-to-read design across sections.
• Is based on a battle-tested Beamer theme and fully compatible with Overleaf or local TeX installations.

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Features

• Seven built-in sections covering everything from your research gap to future work.
• Two figure slots with captions ready to showcase key diagrams.
• University logo support and title blocks you can easily swap out.
• Custom color palette and font choices consistent with academic posters.
• Minimal dependencies—nothing beyond standard LaTeX/Beamer packages.

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Installation

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/PosterTeX.git

Install any missing LaTeX packages (e.g., beamer, tikz, graphicx). Open poster.tex in your editor or Overleaf.

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Quick Start

1. Copy poster.tex (or poster-example.tex) to your working folder.
2. Replace the title, authors, and institution:

\title{Your Poster Title}
\author{Alice Smith \and Bob Jones}
\institute{University of Example}

3. Swap out Logo-Right.png for your own logo.
4. Edit each section in the template (see “Section Guide” below).
5. Compile with:

lualatex poster.tex

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Folder Structure

Base Template/
├── main.tex              % Main beamer poster source
├── logos/
│   ├── Logo-Left.png
│   └── Logo-Right.png
├── README.md
└── LICENSE

Posters/
├── Paper1/
│   └── main.pdf
├── Paper2/
│   └── main.pdf
└── ...

• Base Template/: All source files needed to create a new poster.
• main.tex: Your entry point. Edit title, authors, and section bodies.
• logos/: Placeholder folder for logos.
• Posters/: Contains subfolders for each paper, each with its own poster PDF.

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Section Guide

PosterTeX divides your poster into seven core panels—each panel maps to a familiar part of your research paper:

Research Gap

Introduces the problem space and identifies what’s missing in the literature. Sets the stage by highlighting why your work matters.

Main Contributions

A concise bullet list of your paper’s key innovations or discoveries. Quickly communicates your “so what.”

Method Overview

Sketch out your proposed approach, experimental setup, or theoretical model. Often includes a simple diagram or flowchart.

Key Findings

Summarize the most important results or data points. Focus on high-impact takeaways.

Strengths & Weaknesses

An honest self-assessment. Shows reviewers you understand your method’s limitations and advantages.

Future Directions

Propose extensions, open questions, or applications for follow-up work. Invites discussion and collaboration.

Core Equation

Display your central mathematical expression or model derivation. Helps technically minded viewers grasp the formal underpinnings at a glance.

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Existing Posters

Browse and download existing posters directly:

• LLMLingua-2: Faithful and Efficient Prompt Compression via Data Distillation
• LongLLMLingua: Accelerating and Enhancing LLMs in Long Context Scenarios via Prompt Compression
• Evaluation of Attribution Bias in Retrieval-Augmented Large Language Models

Simply click the link to view or download the poster PDF.

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Figures & Graphics

PosterTeX reserves two figure slots—just drop your images into graphics/ and reference them in poster.tex:

\begin{figure}
  \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{your-figure1.png}
  \caption{An overview of our three RAG modes.}
\end{figure}

• Figure 1: Illustrate your workflow or architecture.
• Figure 2: Show sample results, data visualizations, or example layouts.

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Customization

PosterTeX is designed for easy branding:

• Logo: Replace logos/Logo-Right.png with your institution’s emblem.
• Colors: Tweak beamerthemePoster.sty to adjust primary and accent colors.
• Fonts: Change \setmainfont{…} or standard LaTeX font commands in poster.tex.

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Contributing

1. Fork the repo.
2. Create a feature branch:

git checkout -b feature/my-improvement

3. Commit your changes and push:

git push origin feature/my-improvement

4. Open a pull request.

We welcome bug reports, feature requests, and pull requests! 🚀

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License

This project is MIT-licensed. Feel free to use and modify PosterTeX for your own research.

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Contact

Pourya Aliannejadi
✉️ alian.pourya@gmail.com
📂 GitHub – AliannejadiPourya/PosterTeX