1. Next Steps for ConferenceXP Center for Collaborative Technologies at the University of Washington Fred Videon University of Washington SC07

2. Outline Introducing The Center for Collaborative Technologies ConferenceXP Background, Scenarios and History Short Term Plans Medium and Longer Term Futures Building the ConferenceXP Community Q & A

3. Introducing the Center for Collaborative Technologies Established at the University of Washington by Microsoft Research External Research and Programs in July 2007 Funded for a duration of 3 years Collaboration between UW Computer Science & Engineering, Pacific NW Gigapop and ResearchChannel

4. CCT Mission Develop and extend the ConferenceXP platform Apply the platform to a wide range of educational and collaborative scenarios Strengthen the educational and research communities that use the platform

5. ConferenceXP Platform for Real-time collaboration High-quality multipoint conferencing Full-screen, real-time video at 30 fps Built-in presentation capability, whiteboard & screen sharing

6. ConferenceXP Services Venue Service – Virtual meeting spaces Archive Service – Conference archive & playback Reflector Service – Unicast tunnel

7. ConferenceXP is a Shared Source Platform Provides a great platform for research in collaborative environments APIs designed for extensibility.Net Framework shortens development cycle Includes rich AV device support Provides a proven platform for distance learning and distributed meetings Existing tools support integrated TabletPC based presentation, archive post-processing and integrated archive playback

8. Distributed Learning

9. 4-way Distributed Classroom Courses 2004: Public Policy 2005: Cyber Security 2006: History of Computing Quarter-length classes between UW, UCSD, UC Berkeley, and MSR Met the originally stated goal for ConferenceXP

10. A Brief History of ConferenceXP Project began at MSR in 2001 as DISC Successful deployment for distance learning, Spring 2003 First 4-way distance learning deployment Autumn 2004 November 2006, CXP 4.0 released Adds.Net Framework 2.0 support

11. Current Release ConferenceXP 4.0 Support for.NET 2.0 VS 2005 Improved support for a wide range of cameras Venue Service 4.0 Archive Service 4.0 Reflector Service 4.0

12. Coming Soon: ConferenceXP 4.1 Support of localization Extract strings to a resource file Initial Languages Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish Vista Support x64 Support Target Release Date: Dec. 15 th 2007

13. ConferenceXP Beyond 4.1 CCT projects Security & Access Control Reliability, Diagnostics & Management improvements Developing World Scenarios High Definition Video integration

14. Planned CXP Work Access Control & Security Integration with emerging federated inter- realm identity management frameworks such as Shibboleth, OpenID, LiveID Real-time stream encryption Reliability Bandwidth scaling to support heterogeneous network and system capabilities. Automated failover

15. Planned CXP Work (cont.) Diagnostics Real-time holistic conference status discovery and reporting Conference Management & Scheduling Integration with existing scheduling systems Dynamic generation of virtual meeting spaces Node Management Asynchronous & Remote operation Automated window placement

16. Planned CXP Work (cont.) New educational scenarios (including developing world) Single-machine lecture archiver Support for asynchronous use of video High Definition Video Low-latency VC-1 encoding

17. Get Involved! We are looking for feedback on CXP features See: cct.cs.washington.edu/projects Use ConferenceXP! Let us know how you are using it Participate in CXP forums Collaborate with us on new deployments

18. Get the ConferenceXP Source ConferenceXP and related projects are available in source & binary distributions http://www.codeplex.com/ConferenceXP Collaborate with us on new features, languages... ??

19. Resources & Contacts CCT Website/Wiki MS ConferenceXP Site Email List Contact us: cct.cs.washington.edu www.conferencexp.net cct-announce-request@cs.washington.edu cct@cs.washington.edu