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The Access Grid Support Centre. Aims, Activities, Leadership. Michael Daw Collaborative Working Developments Manchester Computing 28 November 2006. Aims of this Talk. Overview of AGSC Provide context for UK AG Show current trends Future activities. Origins. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Combining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester
The Access Grid Support Centre
Aims, Activities, Leadership
Michael DawCollaborative Working DevelopmentsManchester Computing
28 November 2006
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Combining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester
Aims of this Talk
• Overview of AGSC
• Provide context for UK AG
• Show current trends
• Future activities
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Combining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester
Origins
• October 2002 – report: “Multi-Site Videoconferencing for the e-Science Programme”
• http://www.nesc.ac.uk/technical_papers/UKeS-2002-04.html
• Support Centre to: “…assure quality across sites…”
• April 2004 – AGSC @ Manchester
• Funded by JISC, managed by UKERNA
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Combining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester
Aims of AGSC
• Improve quality
• Improve interoperability between AG2, inSORS, vic/rat, VRVS, etc.
• Support existing & prospective users
• Strategic leadership
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• About 70 nodes
• …and rising!
• e-Science
• Virtual Research Environments
• e-Social Science
• Teaching
• Seminars, etc.
• Art
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Support
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Quality Assurance Tests
• Audio
• Video
• Networking
• Other software
• Every 6 months
• Access to services
• “QA Assured Nodes”
– http://www.agsc.ja.net/QAtesting/QApasses.php
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InSORS Virtual Venue Server & Bridge
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AG2 Virtual Venue Server & Bridge
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rcBridge
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IG Pix
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IG Recorder
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Combining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester
Arena & ScreenStreamer
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Training Workshops
• Next Workshop – 19 January 2006• Access Grid Support Centre
• New to the AG
• Node Management
• Arena and Memetic
• Node Operation
• Meeting Tools
• Troubleshooting Meetings
• Multicast
• Echo Cancellation
• Successful Meetings – Human Factors
• Teaching Over the Access Grid
• Tom Uram - Argonne National Laboratory
• http://www.agsc.ja.net/training/courses.php
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Coming Up…
• VRVS
– Includes AG Gateway
• Booking System
• New look web pages
• Rollout of new inSORS software (“IG2”)
• New developments…?
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Visual Cues & Audio Localisation
• WIP, but may solve the problem of “who’s speaking?!”
• Highlight the vic window
• Adjust audio to location of displayed window
– Determined by position on screen
– Changes when the window moves
• http://scv.bu.edu/~putnam/ag-audio/misc/poster.pdf
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Automated Video Placement
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Access Grid on the Beach
• Chromakey-like technology
• Provides sense of location
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Beyond Multicast Bridges
• Aspen - http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/aspen-wiki/
Multicast bridge
Aspen – P2P
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http://www.agsc.ja.net
http://www.mc.manchester.ac.uk/services/accessgrid
Research Support ServicesManchester Computing