Virtual Microscope Central IT Services, University of Malaga Ignacio Pérez, Manuel Baleriola, Victoriano Giralt

.: Definitions.: Current situation and necessity.: Objective.: Architecture.: Results.: Demo.: Future work Index

.: Definitions.: Current situation and necessity.: Objective.: Architecture.: Results.: Demo.: Future work Index

What’s a microscope? Definitions Revolving nosepiece Objectives Coarse focusing Fine focusing Stage Stage clips Arm Diaphragm Light source Base Eyepiece lens Observation tube

.: Definitions.: Current situation and necessity.: Objective.: Architecture.: Results.: Demo.: Future work Index

Current education system Current situation More dificult to teach and learn zzZ zZz

We need other ways to teach Current situation It is not always possible €

Virtuality is the solution Current situation Full accessibility Single administration

We can also share resources Current situation Federation

Why build another tool? Current situation Java Not open source The students need have java installed

Why build another tool? Current situation In others the interface is not like a real microscope ¿?

We need more features Current situation Students comments Teacher annotations Federated access

.: Definitions.: Current situation and necessity.: Objective.: Architecture.: Results.: Demo.: Future work Index

Virtuality into microscope Objectives Image gallery Image information: Author Description Magnification levels Select an image

40x 20x 5x Virtuality into microscope Objectives Nucleus Ribosome Annotations Vertical and horizontal displacement Diferent levels of magnification

Virtuality into microscope Objectives Comments of the image: Alice: What’s the orange zone? Teacher: It’s a ribosome. Dave: … Interaction, feed back

Federated access Objectives Need login University of Cambridge University of Salamanca University of Malaga User: Password: Bob ************ Must choose the id provider Choose this User and password input Access OK Bob

Centralized permission admin Objectives Administrators Superuser Teachers Students

.: Definitions.: Current situation and necessity.: Objective.: Architecture.: Results.: Demo.: Future work Index

Pyramidal TIFF images Architecture Equals size of picture elements Different images, different sizes

Client, server and directory Architecture

.: Definitions.: Current situation and necessity.: Objective.: Architecture.: Results.: Demo.: Future work Index

Results

.: Definitions.: Current situation and necessity.: Objective.: Architecture.: Results.: Demo.: Future work Index

.: Definitions.: Current situation and necessity.: Objective.: Architecture.: Results.: Demo.: Future work Index

Future work.: More realistic interface.: Total freedom in selection areas.: Allow the combination images.: Friendlier administration zone

Thanks Special thanks: Dra. Antonia Gutierrez

Any question? Questions Please, be gentle ¿ ?