Next Steps for Next Steps for ConferenceXPConferenceXP

Center for Collaborative Technologies at the

University of Washington

Fred VideonUniversity of Washington

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OutlineOutline

Introducing The Center for Collaborative Technologies

ConferenceXPBackground, Scenarios and HistoryShort Term PlansMedium and Longer Term Futures

Building the ConferenceXP Community

Q & A

Introducing the Center for Introducing the Center for Collaborative Collaborative Technologies Technologies Established at the University of

Washington by Microsoft Research External Research and Programs in July 2007Funded for a duration of 3 yearsCollaboration between UW Computer Science & Engineering, Pacific NW Gigapop and ResearchChannel

CCT MissionCCT 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

ConferenceXPConferenceXPPlatform for Real-time collaboration

High-quality multipoint conferencing

Full-screen, real-time video at 30 fps

Built-in presentation capability, whiteboard & screen sharing

ConferenceXP ServicesConferenceXP Services

Venue Service – Virtual meeting spaces

Archive Service – Conference archive & playback

Reflector Service – Unicast tunnel

ConferenceXP is a Shared ConferenceXP is a Shared Source PlatformSource 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

Distributed LearningDistributed Learning

A Brief History of A Brief History of ConferenceXPConferenceXP

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 releasedAdds .Net Framework 2.0 support

Coming Soon: ConferenceXP Coming Soon: ConferenceXP 4.14.1

Support of localizationExtract strings to a resource fileInitial Languages

Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish

Vista Support

x64 Support

Target Release Date: Dec. 15th 2007

ConferenceXP Beyond 4.1ConferenceXP Beyond 4.1

CCT projectsSecurity & Access ControlReliability, Diagnostics & Management improvementsDeveloping World ScenariosHigh Definition Video integration

Planned CXP WorkPlanned CXP Work

Access Control & SecurityIntegration with emerging federated inter-realm identity management frameworks such as Shibboleth, OpenID, LiveIDReal-time stream encryption

ReliabilityBandwidth scaling to support heterogeneous network and system capabilities.Automated failover

Planned CXP Work (cont.)Planned CXP Work (cont.)

DiagnosticsReal-time holistic conference status discovery and reporting

Conference Management & Scheduling

Integration with existing scheduling systemsDynamic generation of virtual meeting spaces

Node ManagementAsynchronous & Remote 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 video

High Definition VideoLow-latency VC-1 encoding

Get Involved!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 itParticipate in CXP forums

Collaborate with us on new deployments

Get the ConferenceXP Get the ConferenceXP SourceSource

ConferenceXP and related projects are available in source & binary distributions

http://www.codeplex.com/ConferenceXP

Collaborate with us on new features, languages ... ??

Resources & ContactsResources & 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