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MSI ApplicationsMSI Applications

E. Houstis (CS)E. Houstis (CS)A. Elmagarmid (CS)A. Elmagarmid (CS)

A. Nour (VET)A. Nour (VET)L. Tsoukalas (NE)L. Tsoukalas (NE)

M. Ishii (NE)M. Ishii (NE)

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OverviewOverview

Purdue-On-Line: CS activitiesPurdue-On-Line: CS activities Purdue-On-Line: Vet activitiesPurdue-On-Line: Vet activities PUMA: Purdue University Multi-PUMA: Purdue University Multi-

Dimensional Integral Test AssemblyDimensional Integral Test Assembly

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Purdue-On-Line: A Facility for On-Line Purdue-On-Line: A Facility for On-Line Instruction and Course DeliveryInstruction and Course Delivery

E. Houstis (CS), A. Elmagarmid (CS), A. Nour (VET), E. Houstis (CS), A. Elmagarmid (CS), A. Nour (VET), N. Dhanjani (CS), L. Tsoukalas (NE)N. Dhanjani (CS), L. Tsoukalas (NE)

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What is Purdue-On-Line (POL) What is Purdue-On-Line (POL) today?today?

Research project trying to address the Research project trying to address the following issues:following issues:• Design and prototype an environment for on-line instruction on Design and prototype an environment for on-line instruction on

stationary and mobile platformsstationary and mobile platforms• Research teaching methodologies for on-line instructionResearch teaching methodologies for on-line instruction• Experiment with a set of traditional courses Experiment with a set of traditional courses • Evaluate courseware delivery models/software and on-line Evaluate courseware delivery models/software and on-line

coursescourses• Evaluate video servers (hardware/software), videoconferencing, Evaluate video servers (hardware/software), videoconferencing,

and communication technologies and communication technologies • Assess the overall cost and impact of on-line educationAssess the overall cost and impact of on-line education• Educate faculty Educate faculty

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Who supports this effort?Who supports this effort?

Primarily Intel Corporation and Purdue Primarily Intel Corporation and Purdue UniversityUniversity

AT&T and IBM provided equipment AT&T and IBM provided equipment supportsupport

International collaboration (Univ. of International collaboration (Univ. of Crete, Greece)Crete, Greece)

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Video sources:Tape, Camera,Satellite, ...

Video Server(CISCO Video Server)

DiskBank

CD-ROM Burner

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Purdue-On-line Course Multimedia Purdue-On-line Course Multimedia Client/Server SystemsClient/Server Systems

Course Management ToolsCourse Management Tools• Learning Space (Learning Space (http://medusahttp://medusa) ) • WebCT (WebCT (http://http://webct.cs.purdue.edu)webct.cs.purdue.edu)• LearningLink (xyz) (considered)LearningLink (xyz) (considered)

VideoconferencingVideoconferencing• CuSeeMe (videoconfering)CuSeeMe (videoconfering)

Multimedia documentsMultimedia documents• VxtremeVxtreme

VideoserversVideoservers• CISCOCISCO• LucentLucent• OracleOracle

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Hardware FacilityHardware Facility

Optibase movie maker mpeg encoder Optibase movie maker mpeg encoder cardcard

VCR/TV/Sony digital cameraVCR/TV/Sony digital camera PC based Servers (Medusa: Quad PC, PC based Servers (Medusa: Quad PC,

60Gbytes disk, 512 Mbytes RAM)60Gbytes disk, 512 Mbytes RAM)

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Mobile Virtual Laboratories and Mobile Virtual Laboratories and PSEs forPSEs forInstruction and ResearchInstruction and Research

SoftLab (virtual lab framework)SoftLab (virtual lab framework) WebPELLPACK (Problem Solving WebPELLPACK (Problem Solving

Environment)Environment)

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Programming in C/C++Programming in C/C++

Freshman and Continuing Education Freshman and Continuing Education Students Students

High School BackgroundHigh School Background Offered two timesOffered two times

Functionality Product Cost(client)Browsing, E-mail, andaudioconferencing

Netscape, Explorer $0

Videoconferencing

CuSeeMe $49

Asynchronouscontent delivery

Lotus Learning Space, WebCT $35, $29

Video ondemand

CISCO, Lucent Donation

Compilers GNU + DFE95 (GUI interface toGNU compiler

$0

Talking headlectures withslides

Vxtreme n/a

Help System forContent

Local implementation 0

Tutorials Web tutorials on tools 0

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CS190E Tour CS190E Tour

http://medusahttp://medusa

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CS541: Data BasesCS541: Data Bases

Videolecture delivered by CISCO Videolecture delivered by CISCO videoservervideoserver

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Veterinary SchoolVeterinary School

On-line coursesOn-line courses Multimedia materialMultimedia material

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Chemistry CourseChemistry Course

Lecture 4 (“The World of Matter”)Lecture 4 (“The World of Matter”)(Delivered by CISCO videoserver)(Delivered by CISCO videoserver)

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ConclusionsConclusions

On-line distance learning technology requirementsOn-line distance learning technology requirements• Easy of use technologies for developing, accessing, and storing Easy of use technologies for developing, accessing, and storing

multimedia documentsmultimedia documents• Indexed full screen, high resolution video material on demandIndexed full screen, high resolution video material on demand• Tools for safeguarding digital library materialTools for safeguarding digital library material• VideoconferencingVideoconferencing• Secure course recordsSecure course records• Efficient course management toolsEfficient course management tools• Efficient network facilitiesEfficient network facilities• Multimedia content production facilitiesMultimedia content production facilities

POL will benefit from MSI infrastructure and researchPOL will benefit from MSI infrastructure and research POL environment, courses, material can be served as POL environment, courses, material can be served as

benchmark to MSI researchbenchmark to MSI research