1. D-Drive World Leaders in Distance Collaborative Technology Core staff: D. Langstroth and S. Wilson

2. Global Connections Dalhousie is Ideally Situated

3. Cost Effective Solutions based on integrating Multiple and Changing Technologies

4. International Leaders and Consultants to… Canadian Universities and Networks Canadian Research Outreach (VROC)VROC Canadian Armed Forces in Kandahar Pearson Peacekeeping Centres US Universities US Dept of Commerce (NIST)NIST Private Industry International Mathematical Union (CEIC)CEIC National AG program in AustraliaAG program National AG programmes in UK E-science in Chile and Portugal Caribbean initiative (reliant on ASCI) Dal Industrial Liaison has not been very helpful Glooscap (240cpu HPC backend)

5. Increasing Demand Environment appears useful at all levels and in all areas Usage has increased substantially this academic year Frequently double booked now Will improve when AARMS/ACEnet room opens - Math Word of mouth better than open houses and fliers Very few unhappy first-time users Technology refresh may be sought in Fall Google Trends shows ramping up of internet searches for “Smart” technologies

6. A Sample of Activities from February 2007 Coast-to-Coast Seminars: 12 Canadian UniversitiesCoast-to-Coast Seminars Presentation of Paper to EU-conference in LisbonPresentation Interview with University of Missouri Selection Committee Acadia Professor attends Dal Analysis Seminars Mathematics 4800 Course given in D-Drive AARMS Combinatorics Seminar starts (NS, NB, NL) Oceanography Research Group working sessions Dalhousie FCS Open House presentationspresentations ACEnet Scientific Directorate Meetings (NS, NB, NL)ACEnet AARMS Regional Executive Meeting (NS, NB, NL)AARMS Meetings of Dalhousie Student Chapter of the ACM Planning Meetings for Distance Course in Economics (NS and NB) National Meeting and Presentations of the SAGESAGE Network, funded by SSHRC (BC, ON, QU, NS)

7. Upcoming Projects that are Premised Upon or Expect the Continued Existence of this Facility Canadian Cyberpsychology and Anxiety Virtual Lab Stephane Bouchard CRC (U. de Q.) funded by CFI (06)U. de Q. Participation in Aware Home projectproject Atlantic Computational Excellence Network (ACEnet)ACEnet Compute Canada (NPF) – CFI anticipates national AG (06)NPF Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences (AARMS)AARMS NSERC USRA summer seminar seriesUSRA NS, NB and NL Atlantic Shared Curriculum Initiative (ASCI) Many Summer Camps and Open HousesOpen Houses AIF, SSHRC, NSERC, MITACS, NSF, SMART, MAPLE as current/potential project funding sources

8. A fully Interactive Environment Valuable for many different groups