\documentclass[25pt, a0paper, portrait, margin=0mm, innermargin=20mm, blockverticalspace=2mm, colspace=20mm, subcolspace=0mm]{tikzposter} %Default values for poster format options. \input{packages} \input{style} \begin{document} \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1} \title{\parbox{1500pt}{Detection of transient communication signals in weakly electric fish}} \author{Sina Prause, Alexander Wendt, and Patrick Weygoldt} \institute{Supervised by Till Raab \& Jan Benda, Neuroethology Lab, University of Tuebingen} \usetitlestyle[]{sampletitle} \maketitle \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.4} \begin{columns} \column{0.4} \myblock[TranspBlock]{Introduction}{ The time-frequency tradeoff makes reliable signal detecion and simultaneous sender identification of freely interacting individuals impossible. This profoundly limits our current understanding of chirps to experiments with single - or physically separated - individuals. % \begin{tikzfigure}[] % \label{griddrawing} % \includegraphics[width=1\linewidth]{figs/introplot} % \end{tikzfigure} } \myblock[TranspBlock]{Chirp detection}{ \begin{tikzfigure}[] \label{fig:example_a} \includegraphics[width=1\linewidth]{figs/algorithm} \end{tikzfigure} \vspace{0cm} } \column{0.6} \myblock[TranspBlock]{Chirps during competition}{ \begin{tikzfigure}[] \label{fig:example_b} \includegraphics[width=0.5\linewidth]{example-image-b} \end{tikzfigure} \noindent } \myblock[TranspBlock]{Interactions at modulations}{ \vspace{-1.2cm} \begin{tikzfigure}[] \label{fig:example_c} \includegraphics[width=0.5\linewidth]{example-image-c} \end{tikzfigure} \begin{multicols}{2} \begin{itemize} \setlength\itemsep{0.5em} \item $\Delta$EOD$f$ does not appear to decrease during synchronous modulations (). \item Individuals that rise their EOD$f$ first appear to rise their frequency higher compared to reactors (\textbf{B}). \vfill \null \columnbreak \item Synchronized fish keep distances below 1 m (\textbf{C}) but distances over 3 m also occur (see \textbf{movie}). \item Spatial interactions increase \textbf{after} the start of a synchronous modulation (\textbf{D}). \end{itemize} \end{multicols} \vspace{-1cm} } \myblock[GrayBlock]{Conclusion}{ \begin{itemize} \setlength\itemsep{0.5em} \item Our analysis is the first to indicate that \textit{A. leptorhynchus} uses long, diffuse and synchronized EOD$f$ signals to communicate in addition to chirps and rises. \item The recorded fish do not exhibit jamming avoidance behavior while close during synchronous modulations. \item Synchronous signals \textbf{initiate} spatio-temporal interactions. \end{itemize} \vspace{0.2cm} } \end{columns} \node [above right, text=white, outer sep=45pt, minimum width=\paperwidth, align=center, draw, fill=boxes, color=boxes] at (-43.6,-61) { \textcolor{white}{ \normalsize Contact: \{name\}.\{surname\}@student.uni-tuebingen.de}}; \end{document}