Call for Speakers for AG technical retreat

[Rick Stevens]

Excellent!! you are on.

On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Daniel Sandin wrote:

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> >In aditiion th the AGAVE presentation EVL would like to do a short 
> >presentation on Inproving the video on the AG.
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> We have been working on a card that can do  multiple streams of mpeg 1 and 
> mpeg 2, and would like to get feedback on the idea.
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> >Hi all,
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> >I'm now starting in earnest to plan the program for the AG technical 
> >retreat.. it now
> >looks like we will have a AG tutorial prior to the retreat and a small AG 
> >human factors
> >workshop after the retreat.   At this point I'm looking for people 
> >interested in
> >presenting short topical papers at the retreat on technical topics related 
> >to the AG.
> >On the agenda we can provide 5-10 minute idea spots to 20-30 minute slots 
> >for making detailed technical
> >proposes or reporting on technical results using the AG.  Please propose 
> >speakers and topics.  The
> >retreat format will include both presentations and time for informal 
> >discussions.
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> >A Partial List of Topics include:
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> >1. Improving AG Usability and User Interfaces
> >2. Integrating 3D Graphics Capabilities to the AG
> >3. Distributed AG Servers and Peer-to-Peer Services
> >4. AG Security Models and Integration with Globus GSI Services
> >5. Lower Cost Implementation Technologies for AG (Game Platforms, etc.)
> >6. Performance Evaluation and Networking Utilization
> >7. Bandwidth Management for the AG
> >8. Multicast Engineering for supporting the AG
> >9. Group-Oriented Collaboration Models
> >10. New AG enabled Tools
> >11. Improved AG Audio, including spatialization and private audio 
> >channels, etc.
> >12. Network Quality of Service Needs for AG
> >13. AG Software Architecture
> >14. Interoperability with H.323 systems
> >15. Applications specific requirements for AG (e.g. medical, paleontology)
> >16. Portable AG nodes and infrastructure
> >17. Integrating Wearable with AG and Field Operations
> >18. AG Recording and Playback Strategies
> >19. Middleware Requirements
> >20. Support for Asynchronous Collaboration
> >21. Integration of AG with ActiveSpaces and Tiled Displays
> >22. many more topics
> >
> >We will be producing a proceedings document for the meeting and are 
> >encouraging
> >groups to prepare short 3-5 page position papers and PPT presentations for 
> >inclusion
> >in the proceedings.
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> >If you are interested in talking about a topic please send me your 
> >suggestion..
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> >Cheers,
> >
> >--Rick
> >
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> Daniel J. Sandin
> Director, Electronic Visualization Laboratory (M/C 154)
> The University of Illinois at Chicago
> 851 S. Morgan St. Rm 1120 SEO
> Chicago IL 60607-7053
> ph) 312-996-3002
> fax) 312-413-7585
> URL) http://www.evl.uic.edu
> URL)http://www.evl.uic.edu/dan
> dan at uic.edu
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