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June 9, 2009 --
Ten RIT researchers listen intently to the National Science Foundation's
Program Officer for the Office of Cyberinfrastructure, Jennifer Schopf, explaining the
roadmap for future funding opportunities. Several ask in-depth questions
about current and upcoming grants. The researchers are sitting comfortably
in the IT Collaboratory's purple rolling chairs. The NSF Program Officer
is sitting in the studios of the ACCESS Center in Arlington, VA, right
across the street from her office.
Each side has taken an hour out of
their day to have this face to face discussion with each other instead
of traveling between Rochester, NY to Washington, DC or making a faceless
phone call or using web-based powerpoint and web-based video conferencing.
Using the research network's (Internet2 and NYSERNET) high bandwidth, low
latency and high quality of service, this live conference utilized six
high quality video streams using DV camcorders and an audio and desktop
sharing tool provided by the Access Grid toolkit (a DoE funded project
run the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL).
The total bandwidth
consumed during this event was up to 180 Megabits per second, about twenty
times more than the typical broadband connection provided by cable modems.
The video was DV quality (720x480 pixels) at 30 frames per second. And
there were six simultaneous video streams going. In addition, powerpoint
slides were being shared by means of VNC desktop sharing software. Each
video stream focused in on two researchers, so it could be as life like
and life sized as possible.
These technologies are all part of the
RIT Global Collaboration Grid,
a project to connected all of RIT's local, regional, and global partners
in one virtual space.
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RIT News&Events article
Slides from Internet2
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