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Center For Collaborative Center For Collaborative Technologies At The Technologies At The University Of WashingtonUniversity Of Washington
Richard Anderson, Fred VideonUniversity of Washington
Paul OkaMicrosoft Research External Research and Programs
Announcement Of The Announcement Of The CenterCenterThe Center for Collaborative Technologies at the University of Washington will develop the ConferenceXP platform, apply the technologies to a wide range of educational and collaborative scenarios, and strengthen the educational and research communities that use these collaboration tools.
The Center has been funded by Microsoft Research External Research and Programs for a period of three years.
The Center is a collaboration between members of the University of Washington’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering, the Pacific Northwest Gigapop, and the ResearchChannel.
A Brief History Of A Brief History Of ConferenceXPConferenceXP
Project began at MSR in 2001 as DISC
Initial deployment for distance learning Spring 2002
Successful deployment for distance learning, Spring 2003
2004-2005 MSR ConferenceXP RFPs funded
First 4-way distance learning deployment Autumn 2004
November 2006, CXP 4.0 released
2002
2003
ConferenceXP ScenariosConferenceXP Scenarios
High-quality, real-time collaboration
Highly interactivedistributed learning
Active learning inwireless-enabled classrooms
Real-Time CollaborationReal-Time CollaborationConferenceXP ClientConferenceXP Client
High-quality multipoint conferencing
Full-screen, real-time video at 30 fps
Built-in presentation capability, whiteboard & screen sharing
Distributed LearningDistributed Learning
4-way Distributed 4-way Distributed ClassroomClassroom Quarter-length
classes between UW, UCSD, UC Berkeley, and MSR
Met the originally stated goal for ConferenceXP
Courses
2004: Public Policy
2005: Cyber Security
2006: History of Computing
Cross-cultural Business School CourseCross-cultural Business School CourseUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst and University of Ireland, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and University of Ireland, GalwayGalway
Australian School Of The AirAustralian School Of The AirAustralian Northern Territories Education Australian Northern Territories Education DepartmentDepartment
Live, Distributed Musical PerformancesLive, Distributed Musical Performances Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology; Moscow State Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology; Moscow State UniversityUniversity
omniMusic Application
Engineering Design SketchingEngineering Design Sketching Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of Technology
InkBoard Application
Current Release Current Release
ConferenceXP 4.0Support for .NET 2.0VS 2005Improved support for a wide range of camerasVenue Service 4.0Archiver 4.0Reflector 4.0
ConferenceXP 4.1ConferenceXP 4.1
Support of localizationExtract strings to a resource fileInitial Languages
Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish
Vista Support
The Future of The Future of ConferenceXPConferenceXP
CCT projectsSecurity and Access ControlReliability, Diagnostics, and Management improvementsDeveloping World ScenariosHigh Definition Video integration
What Are The Benefits Of A What Are The Benefits Of A Community Based, Shared Source Community Based, Shared Source Platform?Platform?
Provides a great platform for research in collaborative environments
APIs designed for extensibility
.Net Framework shortens development cycle
Includes rich AV device support
Provides a proven platform for distance learning and distributed meetings
Existing tools support integrated TabletPC based presentation, archiving and integrated archive playback
Planned CXP WorkPlanned CXP Work
Access Control and SecurityIntegration with emerging federated inter-realm identity management frameworks such as Shibboleth and OpenIDReal-time stream encryption
ReliabilityBandwidth scaling to support heterogeneous network and system capabilitiesAutomated failover
Planned CXP Work (cont.)Planned CXP Work (cont.)
DiagnosticsReal-time holistic conference status discovery and reporting
Conference Management and Scheduling
Integration with existing scheduling systemsDynamic generation of virtual meeting spaces
Node ManagementAsynchronous andRemote operationAutomated window placement
Planned CXP Work (cont.)Planned CXP Work (cont.)
New educational scenarios (including developing world)
Single-machine lecture archiverSupport for asynchronous use of videoAdjustable bandwidth requirements
High Definition VideoLow-latency VC-1 encoding
Deployments With ImpactDeployments With Impact
UW Professional Masters ProgramConducted distance learning classes between up to 4 classrooms each term since Spring 2002Currently running at a high level of quality and reliability
New directionsSupport for WWAMI Distance educationInternational courses
Maintaining And Maintaining And Building CommunityBuilding Community
What are the next steps for the ConferenceXP Community?
CodeplexCodeplex
Microsoft’s open source project hosting website: http://www.codeplex.com
Supports web-based source control similar to cvs and svn
ConferenceXP and related projects are available in source & binary distributions
http://www.codeplex.com/ConferenceXP
Community ResourcesCommunity Resources
CCT Website/Wiki
MS ConferenceXP Site
Email List
Contact us:
cct.cs.washington.edu
www.conferencexp.net
cct-announce
Richard Anderson: [email protected] Video: [email protected]
ConferenceXP SeminarConferenceXP Seminar
Seminar style public ConferenceXP sessions to address a variety of topics of interest to the community
Schedule and topics TBD
If you are interested in participating, contact Richard Anderson ([email protected])
Call To ActionCall To Action
We are looking for feedback on CXP features
See the wiki
Participate in forums and CXP seminar
Use ConferenceXP!Let us know how you are using it
Source code available on CodePlexCommunity development of CXP
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