1. Visualization and Collaboration and Network Evolution

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1. Visualization and Collaboration and Network
Evolution

• Increasing importance a continuing and big
  impact
• For example CarletonUs Eucalyptus project for
  architectural collaborative design that uses UCLP
  to reconfigure the network based on resources
  required. 4x1Gbps. Tools include
• shared high resolution models,
• uncompressed SD or HD conferencing,
• HD document camera
• McGills Shared Spaces -- Multi-screen
  uncompressed HD real sized VC 5Gbps
• New apps need reconfigurable networks or at least
  lots of available capacity to make this work
• Dedicated lightpaths

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2. Role for CineGrid to Improve Content Quality
Interactivity

• Biggest challenge is last mile/kilometer
• Many campuses and other sites dont have capable
  infrastructure
• CineGrid provide a key role if it helps
  stimulate this through funding or even through
  peer pressure
• CineGrid should use its connection to
  well-established science research groups to
  identify and implement key cross-over
  applications
• Must be clearly superior to existing services for
  acceptance

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3. Artists and Technologists Working Together

• Weve seen such collaborations happen many times
  (Moveable Feast (next gen Cinema?), SAT in
  Montreal, Eucalyptus)
• Fun! Interesting! Exciting! Can show well or be
  obscure.
• Results in new approaches but unless theres a
  concerted effort to get the results in use they
  often result only in demos and only peripheral
  long term effects critical mass issue?
• But some things outside the (traditional)
  research community can have some significant
  effects Azureus (HD YouTube) perhaps only
  when community gets large enough
• New models/languages for storytelling may emerge
  a new immersive cinema
• New highly distributed workflow models (modulo
  latency)

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4. New RE Net Developments

• Discipline specific IP networks on optical
  substrate such as CANARIE with UCLP essential
• Huge increase in the numbers of places that can
  be reached with gigabit or multi-gigabit
  connections will really push new visualization
  and cinema, dance, performance, teaching and
  mentoring apps
• Not so much new technical developments but a
  wider deployment of existing high-end
  infrastructure such that it reaches a critical
  size
• How much is enough?

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5. Network Researchers Learn

• Special/defining characteristics of
  high-bandwidth time critical streams handle
  well (but hard too see that this would be too
  significant)
• Justifies the existence of our networks

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6. 5 Year plan _at_ CANARIE

• Coverage/Access With renewed funding will
  extend direct lightpath connections and
  capabilities directly to many new and existing
  facilities that could be CineGrid users
• Security/Support In our model, support and
  security is a local or consortium responsibility

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7. GLIF lessons for CineGrid

• Get real world applications happening ASAP
• Include the right players ASAP
• Get visibility first, then work on regularizing
  and developing the key processes services
• Use initial experiences to inform that development