SC 99 Access Grid Demo

[Margaret Lewis]

OOOOPS -- forgot to send  you the write up for the demo:

Behind the Scenes of the Access Grid

The Access Grid is an ensemble of resources that support human interaction
across the National Computational Science Alliance Grid, a prototype of the
national computational and information infrastructure for the 21st Century. The
Access Grid consists of multimedia displays, presentation and interaction
environments, and interfaces to visualization environments. Major access points,
called Grid Nodes, provide real-time, multi-point, group-to-group communication
and collaboration that support large-scale distributed meetings, collaborative
work sessions, lectures, and training sessions. Four live Access Grid nodes will
be featured at SC 99 in the Alliance, Argonne National Laboratory, Boston
University, and MHPCC/AHPCC booths, along with nine remote sites located from
the East Coast to Maui. During this demonstration developers will showcase the
technology behind the Access Grid, including Open Source software, off the shelf
computer and networking hardware, and IP multicast technology, and will
demonstrate the Access Grid in action, featuring a multi-site, nation-wide
collaborative session.
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Margaret Lewis wrote:
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> All,
> 
> It is offical -- the PACS is sponsoring "Behind the Scenes with the Access
> Grid," demo during SC 99. The scheduled times are:
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> Monday, Nov. 15, 7 pm
> Tuesday, Nov. 16, 12 pm (noon)
> Thursday, Nov. 18, 11 am
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> The intent of this demo is to get as many sites participating in a showcase of
> the technology behind the Grid. I've included a one paragraph abstract on the
> demo at the end of this message -- please let  me know if anyone has edits.
> 
> Here is my suggested agenda for the demo:
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> * Welcome Grid Intro - Role call of all participating sites. I suggest John
> Towns located in the NCSA booth. Maybe Larry could do this for Monday night demo
> -- I'll send him a note asking. I can also serve in this role from MHPCC/AHPCC
> booth. 5 minutes.
> * Grid Vision - Rick Stevens - will give a brief description of Grid and vision
> of how it will change the future  -- basically his presentation from the
> Chautauquas shortened to about 5 minutes
> * Applying the Grid - Frank Gilfeather - discuss how this technology was applied
> to support the Chautauquas and the results -- 5 minutes
> * Behind the Grid - Argonne tech staff to take the lead in describing the audio
> config, video config, and the back channel. I suggest that this be done by
> interacting with as many sites as possible. During this part of the presentation
> I would have the MUD up the entire time. 15 minutes
> * At this point I think we should get the four SC 99 sites to get their
> audiences to interact with remote locations. This could last as long as the
> audience wants to particiate -- up to 30 minutes.
> 
> Rick, Frank, and John T. -- can you verify you availability for these demos?
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> Remote and Show sites -- can you please confirm your availability for the
> dates/times?
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> Any suggestions are welcome.
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> Margaret
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> Margaret
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