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Enhancing Collaborative Working through the Access Grid Support Centre

This talk by Michael Daw, delivered on November 28, 2006, provides an overview of the Access Grid Support Centre (AGSC) and its role in promoting quality and interoperability across multiple virtual environments in the UK. The AGSC, initiated in October 2002, aims to support existing and prospective users while fostering strategic leadership in e-Science and virtual research initiatives. Key activities include regular quality assurance tests, training workshops, and the rollout of new software developments to improve the user experience across various platforms.

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Enhancing Collaborative Working through the Access Grid Support Centre

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  1. The Access Grid Support Centre Aims, Activities, Leadership Michael Daw Collaborative Working Developments Manchester Computing 28 November 2006

  2. Aims of this Talk • Overview of AGSC • Provide context for UK AG • Show current trends • Future activities

  3. 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

  4. Aims of AGSC • Improve quality • Improve interoperability between AG2, inSORS, vic/rat, VRVS, etc. • Support existing & prospective users • Strategic leadership

  5. About 70 nodes • …and rising! • e-Science • Virtual Research Environments • e-Social Science • Teaching • Seminars, etc. • Art

  6. Support

  7. 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

  8. InSORS Virtual Venue Server & Bridge

  9. AG2 Virtual Venue Server & Bridge

  10. rcBridge

  11. IG Pix

  12. IG Recorder

  13. Arena & ScreenStreamer

  14. 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

  15. Coming Up… • VRVS • Includes AG Gateway • Booking System • New look web pages • Rollout of new inSORS software (“IG2”) • New developments…?

  16. 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

  17. Automated Video Placement

  18. Access Grid on the Beach • Chromakey-like technology • Provides sense of location

  19. Beyond Multicast Bridges • Aspen - http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/aspen-wiki/ Aspen – P2P Multicast bridge

  20. Research Support ServicesManchester Computing http://www.agsc.ja.net http://www.mc.manchester.ac.uk/services/accessgrid michael.daw@manchester.ac.uk

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