Media Light Paths Network

• AGLP - Light path enabled AccessGrid

• SFU Team– Brian Corrie– Todd Zimmerman– Dominic Lepaine

SFU

• User needs – computational science– Visualization

• Large, complex data sets– Collaboration

• Distributed research projects• Technology - where are things going?

– Ubiquitous inexpensive displays– Computers and graphics cards– Advanced networking

• Incredible capability!

SFU

• AccessGrid (AG)– Advanced collaboration environment

• WestGrid– Advanced collaboration and visualization– Advanced networking

• AGLP– Extend lightpath to the user

• Provide API to UCLP• Integrate lightpath control into AG• Provide advanced AG visualization

and collaboration services

SFU

Media LightPath(UCLP)

GLVF LightPath(San Diego)

SC 2005 LightPath(Seattle) SFU

• Collaborative Parametric Design

• Robert Woodbury, Mark Cichy

• Distributed, real-time design exploration

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SFU

• A•VI•RE -- A VIsual REte – an interpretive multimedia repository

• R. Woodbury, V. Chen, C. Qian• Remote collaboration with large media objects

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SFU

• Collaborative Computational Steering• University of Alberta and SFU• The goal of this project is to explore how

advanced computing technologies (WestGrid) and networking (UCLP) could allow scientists and engineers to solve complex Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) problems creating in effect an advanced Collaborative Virtual Wind Tunnel (CVWT).

University of Alberta

University of Alberta

• Advanced Visualization and Simulation• University of Calgary • The goal of this project is to explore how networking and

advanced visualization can assist in the design and distribution of virtual environments for research, teaching and public education.

• Researchers:– Prof. Richard M. Levy, Faculty of Environmental Design– Prof. Peter Dawson, Department of Archaeology– Prof. Larry Katz, Faculty of Kinesiology– Prof. Mary O’Brien, Department of Germanic Studies– Prof. James Parker, Department of Computer Science– Prof. Gail Kopp, Faculty of Education

University of Calgary

University of Calgary

PALOMAA Learning Object Metadata Repository

Dr. Gilbert Paquette, Team LeaderSuzanne Lapointe, Project ManagerGabriel Ioan Ivascu, Technical lead

Contributors:Louis Guérette François Magnan Anis MasmoudiTang Hiep Nguyen Jacques Rivard Said Serik

For more information contact: gabriel-ioan.ivascu@polymtl.ca

• A LOM repository that…

– Can manage and query multiple Learning Object Repositories (LOR)

• tree-like directory management system

• simple and advanced metadata searches

• searches in ECL compliant networks

– Supports multi-profiles metatagger

• IEEE LOM, Cancore, SCORM, Normetic

– Provides several ways to populate the LOR

• manual entry, web resources, upload of local resources, import of XML files

– Offers full system security

• secure access, rights management

– French, English and Spanish support

Media Light Paths Network

• Networked Haptic Interfaces• Dr. Sageev Oore, Blake Martin (Saint Mary’s U)

• Dr. Jon Borwein, Nicholas Oram (Dalhousie U)

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• “haptic” interface: force-feedback

• use force-based interaction to control a force-based simulation

Imagemotors

• task: apply forces to push a swing simulation

lightpaths

dynamic simulation

Media Light Paths Network