1. Tsukuba Meeting 17 Feb 2000 1 Chair Tan Kim Cheng kimcheng@tp.edu.sg Temasek Engineering School Temasek Engineering School Temasek Polytechnic Manufacturing Working Group Meeting Report Tsukuba, Japan

2. Tsukuba Meeting 17 Feb 2000 2 Agenda Confirmation of the last minutes Presentation cum demonstration of CyberCAD Confirmation of participation in the Learning Metropolis, APEC Education Ministers’ Meeting, Singapore, 7 - 11 Apr 2000 –showcase Internet Manufacturing (IMan) –URL://aemm.moe.edu.sg Status of IMan and its use in the teaching of Rapid Prototyping Technology (National University of Singapore and Temasek Polytechnic, TP) Status of Tele-Manufacturing/IMan project using the satellite link between TP and Universiti Sains Malaysia Status of IMan project with Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Virtual Environments for Manufacturing and Training (VEMAT), http://www.apii.or.kr/telwg/20tel-dcsg.html Status of the collaboration with Television WG AOB –Participation in IGrid 2000 with Indiana University? –Collaboration with Asian Institute of Technology via the satellite link

3. Tsukuba Meeting 17 Feb 2000 3 CyberCAD Objectives To allow collaborative design among designers in different locations To integrate geographically dispersed operations

4. Tsukuba Meeting 17 Feb 2000 4 C YBER CAD - CAPABILITIES CYBERCAD IS PLATFORM INDEPENDENT INTERNET-READY 3D MODELS CREATED CAN BE INSERTED INTO WEBSITES TO CREATE A 3D INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENT DYNAMIC AND FLEXIBLE DUE TO ITS OBJECT ORIENTED NATURE - MODULES CAN BE EASILY DEVELOPED TO THE CYBERCAD KERNEL - ITS CAD ENGINE.

5. Screenshots of CyberCAD 5

6. Tsukuba Meeting 17 Feb 2000 6 Point-to-Point Demonstration Schedule of Demo 17 Feb Wed 16:30 to 17:00 18 Feb Thu 16:30 to 17:00 Room E304 Types of Collaboration … continued To view demo double click here

7. Tsukuba Meeting 17 Feb 2000 7 Activity Report/Milestone Presentation of IMan at the International Fair of Advanced Technologies, Kobe, 26- 29 Oct 99 MOU between Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Temasek Polytechnic on Project RESONATE (working with Education WG) signed on Nov 99; test via terrestrial link completed Jan 2000, awaiting satellite link for further test Unicast broadcasting test between Seoul National University and TP completed in Dec 99 (working with Television WG) Multicast broadcasting test target for May 99 CyberCAD test between Indiana University and TP target for Mar 99 CyberCAD test between SNU and TP target for Mar 99 Exploring the possibility of a joint CyberCAD demo with IU, SNU and TP in iGRID 2000 in Apr Demonstration of IMan in the Learning Metropolis as part of the Apec Education Ministers’ Meeting, Singapore, 7 to 11 Apr 2000 IMan test via satellite between Universiti Sains Malaysia and Temasek Polytechnic target for May 99 IMan test via satellite between Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand and TP target for Jun 99

8. Tsukuba Meeting 17 Feb 2000 8 Thank You for Your Attention Contact Persons: Dr. Francis Tay, MPE/NUS mpetayeh@nus.edu.sg Kwong Kwok Kuen, ENG/TP kwokkuen@tp.edu.sg Tan Kim Cheng, ENG/TP kimcheng@tp.edu.sg URL http://gdm.tp.edu.sg/