Grid node at eXCHANGE?

Jon Dugan jdugan at ncsa.uiuc.edu
Thu Sep 21 22:10:53 CDT 2000 

  About 18 months ago Larry Smarr gave a talk at the Internet 2 members
  meeting in Portland, Oregon from an office here in Champaign.  

  We used a very nice audio/video codec from Litton for this.  It was a PC
  that you hook a microphone and video camera up to on one side and an
  ethernet on the other.  The catch is that it used quite a bit of a bit of
  bandwidth (3-10Mb/sec).  The video quality was quite good.  I don't have
  much experience with the ISDN based systems, but I was fairly impressed with
  the Litton box.  More information about the Litton box can be obtained from:

    http://www.netaccsys.com/video/index.htm

  I think for this kind of presentation we definitely want higher quality
  video than the Access Grid currently provides.

  Bob, when you refer to a high bandwidth internet connection in San
  Fransisco, what kind of connection are you talking about?  Ideally you would
  connect to Abilene (Internet 2) or vBNS.  In fact Internet 2 has some Litton
  boxes that they loan out:

    http://apps.internet2.edu/roadshows/litton.htm    

  Bill Nickless/Bob Olson/Lisa Childers -- comments?

On Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 07:58:07AM -0700, Fogel, Robert wrote:
> You can also reach me at the number below.  During the week of 10/9, Intel
> is hosting the first official rollout of IA-64 and Itanium.  The event
> (called the "eXCHANGE") will host over 5000 OEMs, ISVs, EBSPs and End-Users
> aligned to deliver IA-64 based solutions and products.  Key Notes will be
> delivered by Intel's Andy Grove, Craig Barrett, Paul S. Otellini, HP's Carly
> Fiorina, IBM's John M. Thompson and Microsoft's Bill Gates.
> 
> The eXCHANGE is also setting up seven 15 minute live interviews with key
> technology leaders/innovators, and they would like Dan Reed to participate.
> Since Dan is unable to make the engagement in person, the idea came up to
> use the access grid and a live video feed from Champaign for the interview.
> This would be a great PR angle: delivering a message for the future of
> computing using the next generation communications infrastructure...
> 
> We don't necessarily expect to setup a grid node at the eXCHANGE itself,
> which is in San Francisco, but perhaps this could be done with a high
> bandwidth internet connection on our end.  Please let us know  what we would
> need on our end.  Thank you.
> 
> Robert Fogel
> 253.371.7075
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karen Green [mailto:kareng at ncsa.uiuc.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 6:00 AM
> To: Rick Stevens; Karen Green; ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> Cc: robert.fogel at intel.com
> Subject: RE: Grid node at eXCHANGE?
> 
> 
> Rick:
> 
> I'm sure Bob or somebody else at Intel can tell you the tech specs for the
> booth. If someone wants to contact him direct, email is
> robert.fogel at intel.com. Please keep me in the loop on this. Thanks for the
> help.
> 
> Karen
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 05:57 PM 9/20/00 -0500, Rick Stevens wrote:
> >Karen, the ANL team is happy to talk to Robert about technical options..
> >Do we know what gear they will have in the booth ?
> >
> >At 04:58 PM 9/20/2000 -0500, Karen Green wrote:
> >>Hi all:
> >>
> >>Intel would like to know if they can get a live remote of Dan Reed from an
> >>NCSA Grid node to the conference floor of their IA-64 rollout in San
> >>Fransico on either 10.11 or 10.12. What are the possibilities here? How
> >>much work and how much equipment would it take? Please read the note below
> >>and let me know what you think.
> >>
> >>--If we can't run a grid node, what are other options? Dan says an ISDN
> >>conference is one.
> >>
> >>thanks much,
> >>
> >>Karen Green
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> >From: "Fogel, Robert" <robert.fogel at intel.com>
> >> >To: "'Karen Green'" <kareng at ncsa.uiuc.edu>
> >> >Subject: RE: Dan's interview at the eXCHANGE
> >> >Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:25:38 -0700
> >> >X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Perhaps we don't need to setup an actual grid node at the eXCHANGE;
> instead,
> >> >we might be able to use an internet link to the grid.  I would imagine
> that
> >> >the internet link would have to be relatively high speed, so we would
> need
> >> >to know what we would have to install as soon as possible so we can get
> that
> >> >lined up.  Thanks again Karen.
> >> >
> >> >Robert Fogel
> >> >253.371.7075
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >From: Karen Green [mailto:kareng at ncsa.uiuc.edu]
> >> >Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 1:01 PM
> >> >To: Fogel, Robert
> >> >Subject: Re: Dan's interview at the eXCHANGE
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >The way jury duty works in Champaign County is this: you go in in the
> >> >morning, you wait around all morning, if you don't get selected for a
> jury,
> >> >you leave around noon. Then you come back the next day and do the same
> >> >thing. In other words, you really don't know in advance when or if you
> will
> >> >be available. I don't know about the call-in thing. But I will check
> with
> >> >Dan.
> >> >
> >> >As for a live Access Grid node to bring Dan into the booth, it means we
> >> >would have to set up a Grid node in the booth. I'm not sure what that
> >> >involves in terms of staff time, cost, etc. but I am trying to find out.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Karen
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >At 12:11 PM 9/20/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >> >>Hey Karen, As we've been discussing, Dan maybe able to be present in
> >> >eSpirit
> >> >>via live video feed.  The folks at Intel are very excited at the
> prospect
> >> >of
> >> >>Dan's being able to participate.  Understanding that Dan has jury duty
> >> >>during the eXCHANGE days (10/11 and 10/12), is either one of those days
> >> >>preferable to Dan?  My understanding is that that Dan calls in the
> night
> >> >>before to find out if he has to report on a given day.  Thanks.
> >> >>
> >> >>Robert Fogel
> >> >>253.371.7075
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >---------------------------------------------------
> >> >Karen Green
> >> >Assistant Director for Communications
> >> >National Center for Supercomputing Applications
> >> >605 E. Springfield Ave.
> >> >Champaign, IL 61820
> >> >kareng at ncsa.uiuc.edu
> >> >ph: 217-265-0748, fax: 217-244-7396
> >> >http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/
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> >> >
> >> >
> >>---------------------------------------------------
> >>Karen Green
> >>Assistant Director for Communications
> >>National Center for Supercomputing Applications
> >>605 E. Springfield Ave.
> >>Champaign, IL 61820
> >>kareng at ncsa.uiuc.edu
> >>ph: 217-265-0748, fax: 217-244-7396
> >>http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/
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> >
> >
> ---------------------------------------------------		
> Karen Green
> Assistant Director for Communications
> National Center for Supercomputing Applications
> 605 E. Springfield Ave.
> Champaign, IL 61820
> kareng at ncsa.uiuc.edu
> ph: 217-265-0748, fax: 217-244-7396 
> http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/
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