1. ViDe Video Development Initiative Presentation to Common Solutions Group May 9, 2001 Jill Gemmill, ViDe Chair University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) jgemmill@uab.edu http://www.vide.net/

2. Why ViDe? Focus on Research and Education use of video Develop functional, standards-based, scalable video systems Address demand for H.323, video on demand, and other video technologies Leverage expertise, experiences and resources Develop Research Partnerships

3. Who is ViDe? Jill Gemmill (Chair) Univ. of Alabama @ B’ham Grace Agnew Ed Price (past Chair) Mary Trauner Georgia Institute of Technology Chris Hodge Mairead Martin Pat Watson University of Tennessee Markus Buchhorn Australian National Univ. Bob Dixon Ohio State University Tyler Miller Johnson Univ. NC Chapel Hill David Lassner University of Hawaii Peter Marshall CANARIE Doug Pearson Indiana University Egon Verharen SURFNET Mary Fran Yafchak SURA

4. How is ViDe organized? Working Groups Regular meetings of working group chairs Membership in ViDe is by invitation Participation in working groups is by invitation of working group chair

5. What does ViDe do? ViDeNet : video and voice over IP “backbone” Outreach and Education – Video Conferencing Cookbook – ViDe Workshops – ViDe web site (http://www.vide.net) Participate in Megaconference : pushing the limits

6. What does ViDe do? Internet2 “Commons” – Partnership for best effort H.323 service and Education/Outreach Video On Demand – MPEG4 – Video Asset Management Data Collaboration Video Middleware

7. Today’s Panelists ViDeNet (Tim Poe, UNC) Video Conferencing Cookbook (Mary Trauner, GaTech) Video Protocols (Tyler Miller Johnson, UNC) Video Middleware (Mary Fran Yafchak, SURA)

8. SURA/ViDe Digital Video Workshop This workshop has become a recognized learning venue for those interested in digital video, including streaming, storing/serving, and collaborative conferencing. (March 20-21, 2001) Supported by the NCSA Alliance PACS (Partner for Advanced Computational Services) program to promote exchange of information on the latest technology advances in networking http://www.sura.org/events/2001/vide_workshop.html

9. Megaconference (Bob Dixon, OSU) World’s first totally online conference (October 31, 2000) – 114 Universities & organizations – Every continent except Africa (Anarctica, yes!) Megaconference III at Fall 2001 Internet2 meeting http://www.mega-net.net/megaconference/ Bob_Dixon@osu.edu

10. Internet2: “the Commons” March 2001 A Large-Scale, Distributed Collaborative Environment for the Research and Education Community Supporting interactive communications including meetings, conferences, and activities related to teaching and learning (see Ted Hanss for further information)

11. MPEG-4 Chair: Mairead Martin, UT maireadm@utk.edu Hunt for the “Killer App” - RFI issued to industry January 2001 Directory of MPEG-4 players, technologies and developments and overview of the state-of- the-art of MPEG-4 development. (May 2001)

12. Digital Asset Management Workshop August 15-16, 2001 Who should attend? – Librarians charged with managing digital video assets – Creators of digital video who keep and store these assets Co-Sponsors: Coalition for Network Information, Internet2, SURA, ViDe Program Chair: Grace Agnew, GaTech grace.agnew@ibid.library.gatech.edu

13. Digital Asset Management Workshop August 15-16, 2001 Keynote Speakers: – Clifford Lynch, CNI – Jane Hunter, University of Queensland (MPEG7 developer) Presenting: – Standards for digital video asset management – State of the technology – Use of ViDe VOD Dublin Core for asset management; hands-on training Watch ViDe web site for more info

14. Data Collaboration Lead: Mary Trauner, Georgia Tech mary.trauner@oit.gatech.edu Why? – Interactive use of everything on your computer: powerpoint, editing documents, drawings, help desk, interactive visualization Recent Activities – Presentation to Telecon West & SURA/ViDE workshop http://www.vide.gatech.edu/datacollab/slides/ http://www.vide.gatech.edu/datacollab/slides/

15. If you want to contribute… Help develop the ViDe web site Work on a video-on-demand Cookbook Understand Data Collaboration Tools Join ViDeNet Attend the Digital Video Asset Management Workshop Add your name to the ViDe interest LISTSERV Join VidMid Participate in a Megaconference Send email to: jgemmill@uab.edu