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Topics of DiscussionResearchChannel BackgroundiHDTV OptIPortal integrationiHDTV Roadmap updateRecent and future demonstrationsAdvanced Systems

ResearchChannel ProgramsMore than 3,200 hours of programming in theVideo on Demand library1,100 new programs addedthis year, and this number ison the rise

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Advanced Network ForumAJA Video Systems Inc.Australia's Academic Research Network (AARNet)FujinonHoward Hughes Medical InstituteIBM CorporationIntel CorporationInternet2Johnson & JohnsonLibrary of CongressMicrosoft ResearchNational AcademiesNational Academy of EngineeringDuke UniversityGeorge Mason UniversityIndiana University, School of InformaticsJohns Hopkins UniversityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyNational University of SingaporeNew York UniversityPennsylvania State UniversityRice UniversityRutgers, The State University of New JerseyStanford University Medical CenterTexas A&M UniversityTulane University, A.B. Freeman School of BusinessResearchChannel :: ParticipantsUniversidad de Puerto RicoUniversidade de So PauloUniversity of Alaska - FairbanksUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of HawaiiUniversity of Maryland - College ParkUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of VirginiaUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonVirginia TechYale UniversityNational Academy of SciencesNational Institute of Nursing ResearchNational Institute of Standards and TechnologyNational Institutes of HealthNational Library of MedicineNational Science FoundationPacific Northwest GigapopPozna Supercomputing and Networking CenterR1edu.orgSURFnetVulcan Northwest, Inc.Wisconsin Public Television

3From our founding participants of 18, weve grown to nearly 60 this year.PNNL is the first DOE Lab to join ResearchChannel.

ResearchChannel :: ParticipantsAmerican Meteorological AssociationArizona State UniversityCalifornia State University,Monterey BayIndiana UniversityLoma Linda University Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryUniversity of KentuckyUniversity of Michigan

4U.S. Television DistributionDISH Network satellite system12 million homesCable systems12.9 million homes

5DISH Network satellite system ~ 12 million homesCable systems ~ 12.9 million homes

The total number of televisions households in the country is about 100 million. About 69 million of those have cable and about 25 million have satellite.

U.S. Television Distribution ::New Retransmission Markets744,000 new subscribers last year6744,000 new subscribers in past 12 monthsCarroll County, MDRuterford County, TNSwansea, MATolland County, CTDayton, OHSeveral Counties surrounding Treasure Valley, IDSurry County Southeast Region, NCTownship of Shelby and City of Utica, MIPodcasting and Other New Features

7Weve made a number of enormous improvements to the ResearchChannel website in the last year as part of our rebranding effort. The result is a much more vibrant, engaging site that showcases programming better than ever. We will be enhancing the website in a number of ways in the coming year.

Examples of upcoming enhanancements:

We have begun making iPod-compatible files for both video and audioWhats New, subject and series feed will be createdPodcasts will be submitted to iTunes and other media aggregatorsEarly 2007

We will make it easier for people to add links to our content by adding de.lic.ious and digg icons to each program. These are social bookmarking managers that also allow users to tag programs they like with keywords they select. These tools will increase visibility of ResearchChannel programs and add a democratically selected layer of metadata to our content.

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Notes from Jack: I've been leading the SMVTT Podcasting working group and wanted to give you both an update. For now, our focus is on UWTV content, not RC. However, almost everything we've discussed applies to RC as well.

Two weeks ago, we started making ipod compatible files in both mp4 (video) and mp3 (audio) versions of all *new* content - both UWTV and RC. Our plan is to offer podcasts of this new content via RSS feeds with aggregators such as iTunes and as individual program downloads and RSS feeds on uwtv.org.

Individual RSS feeds will cover "What's New" as well as the primary subject areas on the website: Arts & Humanities, Business & Economics, Engineering & Computer Science, Health & Medicine, K-12 & Education, Sciences and Social Sciences. People can subscribe to one or more of these feeds and will receive new downloads automatically when they are published.

Ideally, UWTV content would be branded or co-branded with RC, but for now the only brand will be RC.

Zach, Louis and Andre are working on the RSS tool that will automatically generate the xml pages. Andre is planning web page design for site implementation. Laurie and Louis are working on creating and moving the files to Digital Well. Other members of the team include Gary Bissiri, Paul Marcontell and Mark Essig.

Tentative launch date is end of the year for UWTV.

Google Video

8ResearchChannel programs are currently being added to Google VideoFurthers our goal of making research findings available to the publicPartner page will showcase many of our programs and link back to RC website from all programs will drive traffic to usAutomated process developed to add bumpers to each program, which allows us to brand each show as an RC program

Technology MilestonesAugust 1999First-Ever Streaming of High-Definition Television over the InternetNovember 1999Network Sets Record SpeedApril 2000First Live HDTV Over Internet NewscastJuly 2004First Transmission of Full Bandwidth HD Video Between ComputersSeptember 2005First-Ever Live HD Images from Seafloor to Land Available as IP-Based FeedNovember 2005Interactive Multipoint HD Videoconference DemonstratedNovember 2006Partner in World-wide testing of ConferenceXP

9In 1999, we offered 325 programs on the Internet. At that time, we were already streaming at 256k [VERIFY THIS NUMBER], which was very high at the time. Even MSNBC was only streaming at 56k at that time. Now, we are streaming uncompressed high-definition video at much higher rates, and up to 1.5 gigabits per second.

Microsoft Research GrantCenter for Collaborative Technologies

http://cct.cs.washington.edu/

HD ConferenceXP integration10There are several folks in the room to talk to about technology initiatives, and people will be hearing more about these initiatives throughout the meeting.

We have been awarded a Microsoft Research grant to test ConferenceXP worldwide. International partners include ~China - Chinese Academy of ScienceSingapore - National University of SingaporeThailand - ThaiGridChile REUNAIndia University of HyderabadWorldwide Universities Network (WUN)

Weve also submitted a proposal to be a Microsoft Research ConferenceXP Center of Excellence.

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Notes from Mike:Microsoft Research recently awarded a grant to ResearchChannel and Pacific Northwest Gigapop to test Microsofts Conferencing Experience Project (ConferenceXP). Pacific Northwest Gigapop, a not-for-profit that provides the latest in Internet and research technology to collaborating organizations throughout the Pacific Rim, will serve as the testing venue.

By partnering with universities and research organizations to evaluate the free, open-source ConferenceXP, Microsoft combines its technology expertise with the academic communitys experience in collaborative learning. The project makes it possible to interact in a virtual space, connecting distant participants in a rich environment for real-time conferencing, instruction and collaboration.

The newly released beta version of ConferenceXP 4.0 uses the latest advances in high-performance audio, video and network technologies, and also supports wireless devices, Tablet PCs and the advanced features of Microsoft Windows XP. The evaluation, led by ResearchChannel and Pacific Northwest Gigapop, focuses on mixed bandwidth environments among partner institutions in the Pacific Rim.

ResearchChannel is seeking additional institutions to take part in the evaluation, which begins this month. Current participants include the University of Washington, Red Universitaria Nacional, Chile; National Center for Supercomputing, Taiwan; University of Hyderabad, India; Institute for Information Technology, Vietnam; National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand; and National University of Singapore. Participating institutions receive funding to purchase and deploy a ConferenceXP client node. For more information on partnering in the project, contact Jim DeRoest at ResearchChannel (deroest@washington.edu).

Continuous Ocean Observing11The University of Washington has submitted a grant proposal to the Join Oceanographic Institutions to become the Implementing Organization for the ORION Regional Cabled Observatory Network.This ongoing, 10-year project would provide countless opportunities for ResearchChannel to partner with the organizations involved in this quarter of a billion dollar research project.Even without the grant, the UW is committed to working with ResearchChannel to developing broadcast programming to support its observatory network.

* * *Note from Christine:The University of Washington grant proposal to the Join Oceanographic Institutions to become the Implementing Organization for the ORION Regional Cabled Observatory Network has not received an official response yet from JOI-ORION. Discussions between NEPTUNE-UW and JOI-ORION are ongoing for this 10 year project.

The UW has already committed the R/V Thompson to 15 days each year to joint science research, education opportunities, and cable infrastructure surveys which will provide a rich source of material in which to chronicle the evolution of the RCO launch.

The UW will have a strong role in the public and academic/research outreach component of the ORION cabled observatories plan, which in turn will provide the ResearchChannel with countless opportunities to partner with the universities, agencies and countries involved in the NSF-supported JOI-ORION Ocean Observatories Initiative.

In all reality, RC will have the lead role as the NEPTUNE RCO-IO outreach tool, John is very committed to developing broadcast programming that will focus on faculty research, student education, and the upcoming monumental changes for ocean observatories and research labs.

Consortia HD PartnershipsCineGrid4k Storage and servingCaliT2 / EVLOptIPortal iHD integrationPRAGMA IsilonTesting of high speed disk nodesNTT Labs12Recent and Future DemonstrationsRecent and Future DemonstrationsResearchChannel Annual Meeting Oct 2007SC07 RenoInternet2 FMM 08SC08 AustinRecent and Future Demonstrations

Recent and Future Demonstrations

Advanced Delivery Methods and ServicesResearchChannel Advanced on-line ServicesResearchChannel-HD (1080i VC-1) http://www.washington.edu/ihdtv/

ResearchChannel satellite feed on the network233.0.73.29 MPEG2@ 3.2mbps

Live 1080i HD video of Mt RainierMPEG-2 @ 20mbps:233.0.73.26 VC-1 @ 6mbps:multicast is http://researchchannel.org/multicast/VC-Live.nscunicast is http://media-wm-hd.cac.washington.edu/VC-Live

ResearchChannel Advanced on-line ServicesHD VOD Visions05 http://www.researchchannel.org/visions05/hdpresentation.aspHD VOD 1080i MPEG2 ML@HLhttp://www.researchchannel.org/tech/desktophdsamples.aspKEXP-FM Audio-on-demand; uncompressed audio webcastinghttp://www.kexp.orgDeveloping VOD archive for oceanographic HD videoTesting high-speed disk arraysSUN ThumperIsilonResearch 1

iHDTV Open Source ProjectiHDTV Software Suite iHDTV Roadmap update

iHDTV iHD1500 iHD1500Uncompressed SMPTE 292M 4:2:2Data rate total approx 1.5 gbpsRequires:Uncompressed HD capture cardsPCI Express platformsWindows XP2 x gige or 1x10gige network connectionJumbo frame transport and routing

iHDTV iHD1500 3 PCI-Express 3.4GHz Dual Xeon platforms (minimum spec)2 AJA Xena-HS capture boards for RX1 Decklink HD Plus capture board for TXNew board alternatives being evaluatedViewcast Osprey 700 HDNTT Labs i-VISTO

Technology

24We are creating the research environment of the future with our technology innovations and experimentation. We just demonstrated leading-edge visualization and conferencing technologies that make interactive environments possible.These tools will revolutionize research, and we will continue to refine these technologies and explore new methods for delivering the highest quality visualization and collaboration tools to researchers. Our experimentation shows how people can share lots of data in an e-science environment.

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Notes on SC06:

At this years SuperComputing 2006 conference in Tampa, Fla., ResearchChannel will demonstrate the look and feel of the research environment of the future. Leading-edge visualization and conferencing technologies actually make this interactive environment possible today and will one day revolutionize how research is carried out.ResearchChannel will host a two-way, low-latency videoconference using uncompressed high-definition video that features oceanographer Deborah Kelley. Last fall, ResearchChannel filmed Kelley and co-chief scientist John Delaney as they led an expedition to the seafloor to study the Juan de Fuca Ridge. Kelley will speak to conference attendees from the University of Washingtons Seattle campus about the exciting research being done on this underwater Yellowstone of the deep sea. Attendees will also see high-definition footage from this incredible expedition.

High-definition video makes it possible to study the ocean in new ways because we can see with such amazing clarity the volcanoes, novel life forms and submarine hot springs that this incredible world contains. This video can be used in laboratories and classrooms in meaningful ways that further our understanding of the oceans and open up new areas of study for scientists, said Kelley.

In another demonstration, The University of Michigan School of Information, an affiliate partner in the OptIPuter project, will use an OptIPortal to demonstrate several visualizations in the social and information sciences.The OptIPortal provides unique views into these data by providing a huge canvas for visually exploring connections between data points that are nearly impossible to see on a single computer screen. A variety of visualizations will demonstrate the utility of these ultra-resolution environments for analyzing large and visually complex data sets, such as co-authorship, citation and time-series social networks. The technologies we are demonstrating this year, such as interactive high-definition video conferencing and the OptIPortal, represent an exciting new class of applications that leverage advanced computing resources and high-performance networks to build a research environment that is highly interactive, visual and collaborative, said Erik Hofer, research computer specialist, School of Information, University of Michigan.These technologies demonstrate how the research environment of the future will use advanced cyberinfrastructure to transform the way we interact with our data, our instrumentation and each other, reshaping scientific practice.iHDTV iHD1500 iHD1500 Optiportal Integration:Goal to place live HD video in OptIPortal Window from iHDTV applicationNon-typical OptIPortal hardware requiredSome modification of iHD and SAGE requiredSAGE = Scalable Adaptive Graphics Environment Successfully demonstrated at SC07

iHDTV iHD1500 iHD1500 Optiportal Integration:iHDTV+SAGE optionCause iHDTV to output to the composite display using SAGE as an off-the-shelf library to handle image splittingOverlay OptionRun an instance of iHDTV on each SAGE display nodeSend a pre-split picture to each node along with display information

iHDTV iHD1500 iHD1500 Optiportal Integration:iHDTV+SAGE option contstraintsImages had to be kept small to aviod distributing the load across the entire display systemSupport for 2gige NICs had to be built into SAGE10gige or Infiniband not possible at the momentEnable jumbo frames on all SAGE interfacesModify iHDTV to use the SAGE library

iHDTV iHD1500 iHD1500 Optiportal Integration:Hardware requirementsIntel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHzEVGA 122-CK-NF63-TR motherboard2 GB of PC3 10600 1333MHz memoryIntel PRO 1000PT Dual Port PCI Express NICPNY GeForce 8600GT 256MB PCI Express x16 video cardSpecs similar to iHDTV node

iHDTV iHD1500 iHD1500 Optiportal Integration:Overlay Option resulted in a nice render-to-screen function for iHDTV which will be incorporated in the code baseSupport for multiple network interfaces required running two instances of SAGE for each logical half of each display

iHDTV iHD1500 Suggested changes to SAGE:Modify the SAGE display manager to accept a parameter specifying an IP address for binding socketsModify the SAGE display manager to accept a parameter specifying the position of its window relative to the overall displayModify the code for the SAGE window manager to accept per-node configuration for the above parametersModify the SAGE code for determining the size of the part of the image blanked out due to the physical frames of each display.Use XVideo rather than OpenGL which would allow our application to run 4 times faster in the Overlay Option

iHDTV iHD1500

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For more informationwww.researchchannel.orgwellings@researchchannel.orgParticipants001018213541455558

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