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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Bob Pette, Vice President, Silicon Graphics Visualization Group, 1st December 2008, 4-5pm GMT Room 1:10, Kilburn Building The University of Manchester</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">"Bob Pette leads the Silicon Graphics Visualization Group, which is providing innovative solutions to help high-performance organizations work with rapidly growing volumes of visual information. In his 20-year career at Silicon Graphics, Bob worked directly with customers to design visualization solutions for industries ranging from aerospace design to energy exploration. Bob formed the Silicon Graphics Petroleum Technology Center to assist oil exploration, production and services companies with application benchmarking and development. As vice president of SGI Global Professional Services, Bob expanded the Silicon Graphics' visualization practice via the design, development and implementation of Reality Center environments, simulators, CAVE installations, and immersive auditoriums for the Louisiana Immersive Technology Enterprise, Air Force Research Laboratory, ADRIN (part of India's Department of Space), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd., Sikorsky Aircraft, and several energy companies and automakers. Throughout his career at Silicon Graphics, Bob has held positions in Systems Engineering, Application and Solutions Development, Customer Benchmarking, Customer Services and Services and Sales Operations. Bob received his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech and his B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Tampa."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Part of the Access Grid enabled ACM University of Manchester Professional SIGGRAPH Chapter Seminar Series: </FONT><A HREF="http://manchester.siggraph.org/"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://manchester.siggraph.org/</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT></P>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Access Grid Information: Most of these meeting are Access Grid enabled. Anyone wishing to view a seminar via Access Grid should note the following. Please check the Jabber room shortly before the start of the seminar to find if ScreenStreamer is to be used.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Virtual Venue: Access Grid Support Centre Virtual Venue: University of Manchester Room1:10</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Jabber Room: university-of-manchester-(1.10) (sam.ag.manchester.ac.uk)@conference.mcs.anl.gov</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ScreenStreamer</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> * Preferably use ScreenStreamer software - go to </FONT><A HREF="http://www.memetic-vre.net/software/ScreenStreamer/ScreenStreamer.php"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.memetic-vre.net/software/ScreenStreamer/ScreenStreamer.php</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> and select room "University of Manchester (1.10)" from the AGSC section. Grab the screen feed (by clicking on it) from the screenstreamer window and resize it - more info can be found on </FONT><A HREF="http://www.memetic-vre.net/software/ScreenStreamer"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.memetic-vre.net/software/ScreenStreamer</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> * Alternatively, the screenshot (not animated) can be accessed at </FONT><A HREF="http://192.150.184.66:7890"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://192.150.184.66:7890</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> (this IP might change for some sessions - please check Jabber). </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">For technical assistance regarding the Access Grid, please contact the Access Grid Support Centre. Non-UK Access Grid nodes are advised to contact the Access Grid Support Centre to check connectivity before the date of the seminar.</FONT></P>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Yours,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Martin J. Turner</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Visualization Team Leader</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Research Computing Services</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Devonshire House</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The University of Manchester</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Manchester, M13 9PL</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t : +44 (0) 161 275 0613</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">m : +44 (0) 7990 918 509</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">e : martin.turner@manchester.ac.uk</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">w : </FONT><A HREF="file://www.rcs.manchester.ac.uk"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">www.rcs.manchester.ac.uk</FONT></U></A>
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