Visualise Your Thesis International Competition Winners

The winners of the 2019 International Visualise Your Thesis competition have been announced!

On Tuesday evening at the eResearch Australasia conference in Brisbane, Professor Ginny Barbour shared the news of the $8000 prize pool with conference attendees – research professionals from the industry and higher education.

16 Universities from 4 countries competed in the first international competition. Graduate Research students were given the task of creating a 60 second digital presentation that explained the central ideas of their research with a general audience.  All finalists’ works were added to the Visualise Your Thesis figshare repository  (link https://visualiseyourthesis.figshare.com ) where the public can watch and download the creative commons licenced videos, and the creators can gain insights into their impact through altmetrics tracking.

• 1st Annaclaire McDonald. University of Technology Sydney. Fantastic Metals & Where to Phyt Them  https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9992663  Annaclaire wins $ 5,000 AUD.

The judges said: “This is an instantly appealing song & video whose ideas stick in your brain long after watching it. It’s charming and silly, and communicates a serious topic really effectively. The video is nicely edited to fit the music, and combines photos, text, animation, music & video into a cohesive whole”

• 2nd Donovan Garcia-Ceron. La Trobe University.  Exploring Extracellular Vesicles From Plant Fungal Pathogens. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9992735  Donovan wins $2,000 AUD.

The judges said: “The beautiful, playful use of visual and audio texture really wrapped me up in the story, and reminded me that this was about a living system, not just data. The video uses the flexibility of physical stop-motion animation to make different scales tangible, and put microscopy and other scientific techniques in context, in an effective and creative way. A lot of time, effort and love has gone into this one :)”

• 3rd prize. Carmen Glanville. University of Melbourne. Protecting Pets by Changing People. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9992726  Carmen wins $1,000 AUD

The judges said: “This a powerful and compact piece of storytelling. The opening is almost cinematic and immediately draws you in. Then you manage to explain the details of your project clearly using some well thought out animations and a minimum of text.”

The 2019 Visualise Your Thesis showcase is now available via the Visualise Your Thesis figshare site.

If you’re at #eResAU2019 go see @VisualiseThesis in poster area incl for announcement of winners tonight. I was one of the judges but no clues from me on who won 🤐! All the entries are amazing but hope you’ll agree the winners are particularly special. #VYT2019 #VisualiseThesis pic.twitter.com/Rt86cf49TF

— Ginny Barbour (@GinnyBarbour) October 22, 2019

Thanks fo the opportunity – it was great fun to judge and I’m in complete awe of all the entrants!

— Ginny Barbour (@GinnyBarbour) October 22, 2019

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