Notes on Meeting May 1 --------------------------------------- A) ARL Implementation team is: Derek Moses John Vines Stephen Wilkerson B) 2 Access Grids (AG) One application is Director at Adelphi talking to staff at Aberdeen (and Adelphi) Desktop tools are important. H323 or SIP compliance of AG therefore interesting. Possible Third AG at Aberdeen C) Need a Virtual Tour of facilities at Aberdeen which can be viewed at Adelphi D) Security Issues for wireless are interesting (to people at ARL and in general) DoE told Fox that security issues essentially vetoes use of hand-held devices at DoE labs in classified areas Is AES (used by Access Grid) interesting E) Networking Issues need to be addressed including Adelphi <--> Aberdeen link Multicast/DREN at Adelphi F) In near term we will focus on Overall Architectue and a few low hanging fruit such as AG G) Video Distribution Strategy is very interesting to ARL Lessons from Access Center (Tom Coffin) RealNetworks servers versus Microsoft? Store MPEG2 Use of MPEG4 ? Cold Fusion Model for web pages H) Interest in Shared display for web displays of Machines which will ensure different places have same uptodate version Using PC Anywhere Could use Collaboration technology I) Does it make sense to have a tutorial on buildind a "Technology Center" ARL, NCSA, Higher Learning Institute in Mississippi .... Technology Center Suggestions --------------------------------------- Sent by Fox to Dr. Radhakrishnan April 27 2001 Build system that supports your technology wonderland so that: a) Collaborative with ability to modify what sent to each screen So different screens can be controlled by a single program with screen dependent filters. This is implemented using collaboration technology with a set of "users" -- each screen is a user b) Controlled by hand-held interface Each screen (or more precisely set of screens as in a) ) can be controlled by hand-held device or by desktop. This is enabled by using collaboration systems (such as mine) which allow either desktop or hand-held devices c) Incorporate some sort of virtual reality (VR) Allow screens in "collaboration" to be VR enabled as in Immersadesk d) Include audio-video conferencing Allow conferencing to be used within system either from large rooms or desktop environments. Make these interoperate Make secure so can support conferencing and shared displays within different security domains. (classified, your Adelphi arena, ARL, the world) e) In community areas support wirelss PDA and laptop clients. Incorporate into collaborative sessions so you can keep audience alert with quizzes and related interactivity (secure Instant Messenger etc.) f) Support seminars i.e. collaboration across ARL Automatic from above g) Cameras in technology corridor picking up individuals as they walk The conferencing and shared displays should include technology corridor h) Cameras in fixed observation points The conferencing and shared displays should include public areas such as ones near front entrance In modern parlance, a) through h) build a "peer to peer collaboratory network" i) More powerful job status displays We should deploy computer portal technology to allow scientists to use technology area for science -- get better job sub mission, status and visualization