thu_poster_template.tex

\documentclass[20pt,margin=0.25in,blockverticalspace=-0.1in,parskip=2em]{tikzposter}

\geometry{paperwidth=42in,paperheight=30in}
% Update tikzposter calculations for all margins
\makeatletter
\setlength{\TP@visibletextwidth}{\textwidth-2\TP@innermargin}
\setlength{\TP@visibletextheight}{\textheight-2\TP@innermargin}
\makeatother

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[backend=biber,style=numeric]{biblatex}
\usepackage{thu-theme}

\usepackage{mwe} % for placeholder images

\addbibresource{refs.bib}

% set theme parameters
\tikzposterlatexaffectionproofoff%
\usetheme{THUTheme}
\usecolorstyle{THUStyle}

\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}

\title{Tsinghua University Scientific Computing Poster Template}
\author{Kedi~Zheng\textsuperscript{$\dagger$} and Someone~Else\textsuperscript{$\ddagger$}}
\institute{\textsuperscript{$\dagger$}Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University\\\vspace{6pt}
           \textsuperscript{$\ddagger$}Department of Something, Tsinghua University}

% begin document
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\centering
\begin{columns}
    \column{0.32}
    \block{An Important Problem}{%
      \lipsum[1]
    }
    \block[titlewidthscale=0.3]{Model}{%
        \lipsum[2]
    }
    \block[titlewidthscale=0.4]{Inverse Problem}{%
        \lipsum[4-6]
    }

    \column{0.36}
    \block[titlewidthscale=0.3]{Results}{%
        \lipsum[6]

        \vspace{1em}
        \begin{tikzfigure}[Big fancy graphic.]
            \includegraphics[width=0.9\linewidth]{example-image}
        \end{tikzfigure}
        \vspace{1em}

        \lipsum[7-8]
    }

    \column{0.32}
    \block[titlewidthscale=0.3]{Comparison}{%
        \lipsum[9]

        \begin{tikzfigure}[Look, my method is better.]
            \includegraphics[width=0.5\linewidth]{example-image}
        \end{tikzfigure}

        \lipsum[10]
    }

    \block[titlewidthscale=0.3]{Remarks}{%
      \lipsum[11]
    }

    \block[titlewidthscale=0.5]{Acknowledgements}{%
      I would like to thank ... ~\cite{cite:0,cite:1}.
    }

    \block[titlewidthscale=0.3]{References}{%
        \vspace{-1em}
        \begin{footnotesize}
            \printbibliography[heading=none]
        \end{footnotesize}
    }
\end{columns}
\end{document}