Conference XP
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ConferenceXP is a shared source videoconferencing platform designed to address the needs of academic distance learning / multi-institutional instruction and advanced collaboration scenarios. It is intended to be both a tool for end users and a platform for developing solutions for specific vertical applications as well as distributed applications. It supports advanced capabilities including: handwriting and 'ink' input through Tablet PCs; high definition video sharing up to 1080p; and remote lab instrumentation video via USB and IEEE 1394 cameras. [1]. It was originally conceived in the Microsoft Research Learning Science and Technology team.
In July 2007 Microsoft Research External Research and Programs announced the funding of the Center for Collaborative Technologies at the University of Washington for a duration of 3 years. The primary mission of the Center is to continue development and deployment support for ConferenceXP.
[edit] Higher Education Involvement
The following Universities in the United States and Ireland are actively researching, developing or participating in this research project:
- Brown University
- Cornell University
- University of California at Berkeley
- University of Washington
- University of California at Santa Cruz
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln [2]
- National University of Ireland, Galway
- University of Massachusetts
There are other institutions which are investing resources in development on this platform:
- University of Michigan (School of Public Health)
- MERIT [3]
- University of Rochester [4][5](Eastman School of Music)
[edit] The Platform
ConferenceXP is a platform supporting applications and services for low-latency, high fidelity conferencing applications. A complete description of the architecture and services available is available through the ConferenceXP website.
Given the n-way nature of multi-party conferencing, the platform is optimised for use on multicast networks, generally supported by academic, government and research networks like Internet2 rather than the commodity Internet. However, Reflector Services accommodate unicast clients in ConferenceXP multicast sessions.
One of the most notable applications are the ConferenceXP Presenter developed by a team of researchers at University of Washington, led by Richard Anderson.
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