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Next Steps for ConferenceXP

SC07. Next Steps for ConferenceXP. Center for Collaborative Technologies at the University of Washington Fred Videon University of Washington. Outline. Introducing The Center for Collaborative Technologies ConferenceXP Background, Scenarios and History Short Term Plans

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Next Steps for ConferenceXP

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  1. SC07 Next Steps for ConferenceXP Center for Collaborative Technologies at the University of Washington Fred Videon University of Washington

  2. Outline • Introducing The Center for Collaborative Technologies • ConferenceXP • Background, Scenarios and History • Short Term Plans • Medium and Longer Term Futures • Building the ConferenceXP Community • Q & A

  3. Introducing the Center for Collaborative Technologies • Established at the University of Washington by Microsoft Research External Research and Programs in July 2007 • Funded for a duration of 3 years • Collaboration between UW Computer Science & Engineering, Pacific NW Gigapop and ResearchChannel

  4. CCT Mission • Develop and extend the ConferenceXP platform • Apply the platform to a wide range of educational and collaborative scenarios • Strengthen the educational and research communities that use the platform

  5. ConferenceXP • Platform for Real-time collaboration • High-quality multipoint conferencing • Full-screen, real-time video at 30 fps • Built-in presentation capability, whiteboard & screen sharing

  6. ConferenceXP Services • Venue Service – Virtual meeting spaces • Archive Service – Conference archive & playback • Reflector Service – Unicast tunnel

  7. ConferenceXP is a Shared Source 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, archive post-processing and integrated archive playback

  8. Distributed Learning

  9. A Brief History of ConferenceXP • Project began at MSR in 2001 as DISC • Successful deployment for distance learning, Spring 2003 • First 4-way distance learning deployment Autumn 2004 • November 2006, CXP 4.0 released • Adds .Net Framework 2.0 support

  10. Coming Soon: ConferenceXP 4.1 • Support of localization • Extract strings to a resource file • Initial Languages • Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish • Vista Support • x64 Support • Target Release Date: Dec. 15th 2007

  11. ConferenceXP Beyond 4.1 • CCT projects • Security & Access Control • Reliability, Diagnostics & Management improvements • Developing World Scenarios • High Definition Video integration

  12. Planned CXP Work • Access Control & Security • Integration with emerging federated inter-realm identity management frameworks such as Shibboleth, OpenID, LiveID • Real-time stream encryption • Reliability • Bandwidth scaling to support heterogeneous network and system capabilities. • Automated failover

  13. Planned CXP Work (cont.) • Diagnostics • Real-time holistic conference status discovery and reporting • Conference Management & Scheduling • Integration with existing scheduling systems • Dynamic generation of virtual meeting spaces • Node Management • Asynchronous & Remote operation • Automated window placement

  14. Planned CXP Work (cont.) • New educational scenarios (including developing world) • Single-machine lecture archiver • Support for asynchronous use of video • High Definition Video • Low-latency VC-1 encoding

  15. Get Involved! • We are looking for feedback on CXP features • See: cct.cs.washington.edu/projects • Use ConferenceXP! • Let us know how you are using it • Participate in CXP forums • Collaborate with us on new deployments

  16. Get the ConferenceXP Source • ConferenceXP and related projects are available in source & binary distributions • http://www.codeplex.com/ConferenceXP Collaborate with us on new features, languages ... ??

  17. Resources & Contacts • CCT Website/Wiki • MS ConferenceXP Site • Email List • Contact us: cct.cs.washington.edu www.conferencexp.net cct-announce-request@cs.washington.edu cct@cs.washington.edu

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