Shaping Collaboration 2006

Name: Shaping Collaboration 2006
Start: 2006-12-11T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2006-12-13T18:15:00+01:00
Location: Centre International de Conférences Genève

11 Dec 2006, 09:00 → 13 Dec 2006, 18:15 Europe/Zurich

Salle 1 Bis (Centre International de Conférences Genève)

Salle 1 Bis

Centre International de Conférences Genève

17 rue de Varembé CP 13 CH - 1211 Geneva 20 http://www.cicg.ch

Homer Alfred Neal (High Energy Physics)

Description

Joint conference between WACE (Workshop on Advanced Collaborative Environment) and LHC (Large Hadron Collider) users, investigating solutions for globally dispersed scientific collaborations.

To be broadcast on ECS, EVO, Phone. Details posted soon.

Support

Steven.Goldfarb@cern.ch

Participants

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Monday 11 December ¶
- 09:00 → 09:15
  Welcome¶
  
  Syncomat
  - 09:00
    
    Welcome¶ 15m
    
    Speaker: Jos Engelen (CERN)
- 09:15 → 10:00
  Keynote Presentation¶
  - 09:15
    
    Keynote Presentation¶ 45m
    
    Speaker: Douglas van Houweling (Internet2)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
- 10:00 → 10:15
  Reflections on the Development of the Web: The Goal of Scientific Collaboration¶
  - 10:00
    
    Reflections on the Development of the Web: The Goal of Scientific Collaboration¶ 15m
    
    Speaker: Robert Cailliau (CERN)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
- 10:15 → 10:40
  
  Coffee Break 25m
- 10:40 → 11:35
  The Human Component of Collaboration¶
  - 10:40
    
    Intergroup Protocols and Human Collaboration¶ 20m
    
    Speaker: Deb Agarwal (Lawrence Berkeley Lab)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
  - 11:00
    
    Theory of Remote Scientific Collaboration¶ 15m
    
    Speaker: Mr Erik Hofer (University of Michigan)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
  - 11:15
    
    Collaboration in Context - capturing and utilizing context to support collaborative knowledge building¶ 20m
    
    Speaker: Martin Wessner (Fraunhofer Institute)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
- 11:35 → 12:30
  Deployment Experiences / Remote Control Room¶
  - 11:35
    
    Beyond HEP - Experiences from UK eScience¶ 20m
    
    Speaker: Andy Parker (Department of Physics)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
  - 11:55
    
    CMS Plans for Centres¶ 15m
    
    Speaker: Lucas Taylor (Department of Physics)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
  - 12:10
    
    Plans for the USCMS Remote Operations Center¶ 20m
    
    Speaker: Erik Gottschalk (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL))
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch Break 1h 30m
- 14:00 → 15:20
  Views from the LHC¶
  - 14:00
    
    An Overview of the ATLAS Experiment and the Role of Collaborative Tools in Scientific Discovery¶ 20m
    
    Speaker: Steinar Stapnes (Fysisk institutt)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
  - 14:20
    
    Collaborative Tools in a Grid Environment¶ 20m
    
    Speaker: Rick Cavanaugh (Inst. for High Energy Physics & Astrophysics, University of Florida)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
  - 14:40
    
    RTAG 12: An Assessment of the Collaborative Tool Needs of the LHC¶ 20m
    
    Speaker: Steven Goldfarb (High Energy Physics)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
  - 15:00
    
    Collaborative Tool Plans at CERN¶ 20m
    
    Speaker: Tim Smith (CERN)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
- 15:20 → 15:45
  
  Coffee Break 25m
- 15:45 → 16:45
  Geography Matters¶
  - 15:45
    
    The Impact of Distance and Time in Large Scientific Collaborations¶ 40m
    
    Speaker: Hiroshi Sakamoto (Department of Physics Particle Physics)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
  - 16:25
    
    The Importance of Collaborative Tools in Developing Countries¶ 20m
    
    Speaker: Airong Luo (University of Michigan)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
- 16:45 → 17:30
  Maximizing Returns on National Investments¶
  - 16:45
    
    Maximizing Returns on National Investments¶ 45m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Dan Atkins (U.S. NSF Office of CyberInfrastructure)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
Tuesday 12 December ¶
- 08:15 → 08:50
  Collaborative Tools, Education & Training¶
  - 08:15
    
    Collaborative Tools, Education and Training¶ 35m
    
    Speaker: Joseph Hardin (Sakai Project)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
- 08:50 → 10:30
  State of the Art¶
  - 08:50
    
    Enabling Virtual Organizations (EVO)¶ 20m
    
    Speaker: Mr Philippe Galvez (CALTECH)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
  - 09:10
    
    Web Lecture Archiving, Robotic Tracking Systems, and the Lecture Object¶ 20m
    
    Speaker: Jeremy Herr (University of Michigan)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
  - 09:30
    MVL, a Tool to Support Maintaining, Optimizing, and Trouble Shooting Accelerator Components from Off-Site¶ 15m
    
    Speaker: Roberto Pugliese (ELETTRA, Trieste)
    
    Slides
    
    ganmvl1206.pdf
    
    ganmvl1206.pdf
    
    ganmvl1206.ppt
    
    Syncomat
    
    Video
  - 09:45
    
    ConferenceXP: Shaping the Future of Collaboration¶ 45m
    
    Microsoft ConferenceXP
    
    Speaker: Todd Needham (Microsoft Research)
    
    Blah
    
    Slides
    
    Video
- 10:30 → 11:35
  A Vision for the Future¶
  - 10:30
    
    A Vision of Collaboration at the High Energy Frontier in the LHC Era¶ 15m
    
    Speaker: Harvey Newman (California Institute of Technology (CALTECH))
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
  - 10:45
    
    Using OpenGL and 3D to Manage Large Numbers of Video Conferencing Streams¶ 15m
    
    Speaker: Dr Pavel Farkas (Caltech)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
  - 11:00
    
    Collaborative Tools and the Management of Large Experiments¶ 15m
    
    Speaker: Markus Nordberg (CERN)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
  - 11:15
    
    Grid Enabled Collaborative Tools for Scientific Research¶ 20m
    
    Speaker: Charles Severance (University of Michigan)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
- 11:35 → 12:30
  Wrap-Up¶
  - 11:40
    
    Panel Discussion¶ 45m
    
    Syncomat
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch Break¶
- 14:00 → 14:30
  
  WACE 2006 Welcome and Conference Overview¶
- 14:30 → 16:00
  Putting Advanced Collaborative Environments to Work¶
  
  Richard Anderson and Fred Videon, University of Washington,
  Shared Lectures with Integrated Student Activities: An
  International Course Offering using Tutored Video Instruction
  
  Nora Barry, Druid Media, Networked Creative Collaboration
  
  Mark Hereld, University of Chicago and Argonne National
  Laboratory, SIDgrid
  - 14:30
    
    Integrated Student Activities: An International Course Offering using Tutored Video Instruction¶ 30m
    
    Speaker: Fred Videon (University of Washington)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
  - 15:00
    
    Networked Creative Collaboration¶ 30m
    
    Speaker: Nora Barry (Druid Media)
    
    Slides
  - 15:30
    
    SIDGrid -- The Social Informatics Data Grid¶ 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr Mark Hereld (University of Chicago)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
- 16:00 → 16:30
  
  Coffee Break¶
- 16:30 → 18:00
  Frontiers in Interactive High Definition Video¶
  - 16:30
    
    Multipoint Uncompressed HD Conferencing using Ultragrid¶ 30m
    
    Speaker: Petr Holub (Masaryk University)
    
    document
    
    Syncomat
  - 17:00
    
    The Research Channel iHDTV1500 System¶ 30m
    
    Speaker: Jim DeRoest (University of Washington)
    
    Syncomat
  - 17:30
    
    Experiences Using Uncompressed HD Conferencing to Support Distributed Work¶ 30m
    
    Speaker: Erik Hofer (University of Michigan)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
Wednesday 13 December ¶
- 09:00 → 10:30
  Welcome and Keynote¶
  - 09:00
    
    Keynote¶ 1h
    
    Speaker: Charles Severance (University of Michigan)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  Coffee Break¶
- 11:00 → 12:30
  Management Issues in Collaborative Technologies¶
  - 11:00
    
    Integrating Group Collaboration Tools¶ 30m
    
    Speaker: Erik Dobbelsteijn (SURFnet)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
  - 11:30
    
    Awareness in Collaboratories¶ 30m
    
    Speaker: Airong Luo (University of Michigan)
    
    Slides
    
    Syncomat
  - 12:00
    
    Controlling and Coordinating Large, Complex and Distributed Scientific Research Collaboration¶ 30m
    
    Laurie Kirsch, University of Pittsburgh, and Sandra Slaughter, Carnegie Mellon University,
    
    Speaker: Sandra Slaughter (Carnegie Mellon University)
    
    Syncomat
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch Break¶
- 14:00 → 15:30
  Collaboration Platform Updates¶
  - 14:00
    
    The ConferenceXP Research Platform¶ 30m
    
    Speaker: Todd Needham (Microsoft Research)
    
    Syncomat
  - 14:30
    
    From VRVS to EVO¶ 30m
    
    Speaker: Mr Philippe Galvez (CALTECH)
    
    Syncomat
  - 15:00
    
    Access Grid Update¶ 30m
    
    Speaker: Michael Papka (Argonne National Laboratory)
    
    Syncomat
- 15:30 → 16:00
  
  Coffee Break¶
- 16:00 → 17:30
  Where Visualization and Collaboration Meet¶
  - 16:00
    
    Using OpenGL and 3D to Manage Large Numbers of Video Conferencing Streams¶ 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr Pavel Farkas (Caltech)
    
    Syncomat
  - 16:30
    
    Using Motion Tracking to Provide Dynamic Shared Visual Spaces in Collaboration Environments¶ 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr Jeremy Birnholtz (University of Toronto)
    
    Syncomat
  - 17:00
    
    Petascale Visualization and Collaboration¶ 30m
    
    Speaker: Michael Papka (Argonne National Laboratory)
    
    Syncomat
- 17:30 → 18:15
  
  Town Hall Discussion¶