SUNDAY DECEMBER 7, 2008

• Introduction to Networking Concepts for CineGrid: Cees de Laat, University of Amsterdam (UvA)
• Introduction to Picture Concepts for CineGrid: Paul Hearty, Ryerson University, Rogers Communications Centre
• Introduction to File Systems and Distributed Storage Resource Management for CineGrid Exchange: Jereon Roodhart, University of Amsterdam and Arcot Rajasekar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

3:00 pm

• Introduction to Networking Concepts for CineGrid: Brian Dunne, UCSD/Calit2
• Introduction to Sound Concepts for CineGrid: Peter Otto, UCSD and Brian Long, Meyer Sound Labs
  Introduction to Picture Concepts for CineGrid: Naohisa Ohta, Keio University, Research Institute for Digital Media & Content (Keio/DMC)
• Introduction to File Systems and Distributed Storage Resource Management for CineGrid Exchange: Jereon Roodhart, University of Amsterdam and Arcot Rajasekar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

MONDAY DECEMBER 8, 2008

CineGrid Member Projects 2008 – Part 1– Moderated by Larry Smarr, Calit2

(50 minutes = 5 min. intro + 4 presentations x 10 min. + 5 min. Q&A)

• VizCasting using SAGE with 4K displays: Sharp Labs & UIC EVL – Luc Renambot, UIC/EVL
• Photonic Multicasting: CESNET – Michal Krsek, CESNET
• HPDMnet: NWU and CANARIE – Hervé Guy, CANARIE
• Extending NDL (Network Description Language) to CineGrid: UvA – Cees de Laat, UvA

CineGrid Member Projects 2008 – Part 2 – Moderated by Richard Weinberg, USC/SCA

(50 minutes = 5 min. intro + 4 presentations x 10 min. + 5 min. Q&A)

• Preparing for Eclipse 2009: Keio/DMC – Kunitake Kaneko, Keio/DMC
• Magic Lanterns – 4K Digital Cinema Workflow: Academy ofMotion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) – Andy Maltz, AMPAS
• CineGrid Exchange: UCSD/Calit2 and Keio/DMC & UvA – Shaofeng Liu, UCSD/Calit2
• Interactive Performance: KAIST and Keio/DMC – Boncheol Goo, KAIST

• CineGrid Exchange Content

• Optional Working Group / Project Team luncheons to be organized byWG chairs and Team leaders
• Calit2 demo visits:  Synthesis Lab, Varrier, StarCAVE (SAGE, Hi-Per Wall)

1:30 pm

• General update on membership – Laurin Herr, Pacific Interface
• Description of CineGrid Website capabilities/activities – Fred Davis, CineGrid Webmaster

CineGrid Grand Challenges: Remote Collaboration - Part 1 - moderated by Paul Hearty/Ryerson University, Rogers Communications Centre

(75 minutes = 5 min. intro + 6 presentations x 10 min. + 10 min Q&A)

• SAGE Collaboratory – Jason Leigh, UIC/EVL
• Virtual Research Institutions – Estelle Dodson, NASA Ames
• Requirements for Global Collaborative Enterprise Management – Greg Harper, Cerberus Corp.
• Building Collaborative Environments – Ray Idaszak, RENCI
• Asahi Broadcasting Trials – Keishi Kandori, Asahi Broadcasting Corp.
• Interactive Adaptive Media Environments for Human Collaboration – Jim Hollan, UCSD

CineGrid Grand Challenges: Remote Collaboration – Part 2 – moderated by Jason Leigh, UIC EVL

(75 minutes = 5 min. intro + 6 presentations x 10 min. + 10 min. Q&A)

• UltraGrid – Petr Holub, University of Masaryk
  N-way iHDTV – Jim DeRoest, University of Washington/Research Channel
• Collaborating on Visual Effects – Jeff Kleiser, Synthespian Studios
• Shared Visual Workspace for Interactive Post – Paul Hearty, Ryerson University/Rogers Comm. Centre
• Distributed Audio Post for Cinema – Steve Morris, Skywalker Sound
• Social Dynamics of Remote Collaboration – Eric Hofer, University of Michigan

• 4K Multi-point Telepresence for Remote Collaboration  – NTT Network Innovation Labs, Keio/DMC

• Telematics for Distributed Collaborative Audio Post-Production – UCSD/Calit2, UCI/Calit2, University of Washington/Research Channel, Skywalker Sound
  

TUESDAY DECEMBER 9, 2008

8:00 am

Provisioning CineGrid Connectivity – moderated by Jim Dolgonas, CENIC

(50 minutes = 5 min. intro + 3 presentations x 10 min. + 15 min. panel Q&A)

• Deploying GLIF & GOLES – Tom DeFanti, UCSD/Calit2
• Enabling CineGrid Global Connectivity via GLIF & GOLES – Brian Dunne, UCSD/Calit2
• Connecting to CineGrid in California via CENIC, Jim Dolgonas, CENIC
• Panel: Coordinating WAN capacity and Establishing Persistent VLANS – Brian Dunne, UCSD/Calit2; Tom DeFanti, UCSD/Calit2; Kunitake Kaneko, Keio/DMC; Michal Krsek, CESNET

New Technologies for CineGrid Nodes – Network Accelerators & File Transfer Protocols – moderated by Cees de Laat, UvA

(60 minutes = 5 min. intro + 4 presentations x 10 min. + 15 min. Q&A)

• HP MachNet – Rick McGeer, HP Labs
• FastSoft file transfer accelerator – Diego Dugatkin, FastSoft
• Aspera file transfer accelerator – Michelle Munson, Aspera
• THOMSON – 2K/4K transmission over WANs – Ken Spickler, Technicolor

Session: CineGrid Exchange – moderated by Laurin Herr, Pacific Interface

(60 minutes = 2 presentations x 15 min. + 2 presentation x 10 min. + 10 min. Q&A )

• CineGrid Exchange Operations – Dana Plepys, UIC/EVL; Director, CineGrid Exchange
  
  • CineGrid Exchange Catalog
  • Process of permissions and documentation
  • Ingest of content, receipt of metadata
  • Distribution among CineGrid Exchange repositories
  • Member access to catalog
  • Member request for assets

• Distribution and preservation policies
• Standard metadata nomenclature
• Supporting member exchanges

• Distributed Media Transcoding – Kunitake Kaneko, Keio/DMC
• Image Interchange Framework (IIF) – Andy Maltz, AMPAS     

• Optional Working Group / Project Team luncheons to be organized by WG chairs and Team leaders
• Calit2 demo visits:  Synthesis Lab, Varrier, StarCAVE (SAGE, Hi-Per Wall)

Session: New Technologies for CineGrid Nodes: Displays – moderated by Ray Idaszak, RENCI

(60 minutes = 5 min. intro + 4 presentations x 10 min. + 15 min. Q&A)

• JVC 4K D-ILA – Rod Sterling, JVC
• Sony 4K SXRD and LCD – André Floyd, Sony Electronics, Inc.
• Astrodesign 4K LCD – Narumi Kurihara, Astrodesign
• E&S 8K GLV – Jan Bjernfalk, E&S

• Peter Postma, FilmLight
• Paul Chapman, Fotokem
• Peter Sternlicht, Bright Systems
• Dave Stump, ASC

Session: New Technologies for CineGrid Nodes: Media Recorder/Players – moderated by Naohisa Ohta, Keio/DMC       

(70 minutes = 5 min. intro + 6 presentations x 10 min. + 15 min. Q&A)

• NTT JPEG 2000 – Tatsuya Fujii, NTT Network Innovation Laboratories
• NTT iVisto – Hiroyuki Kimiyama, NTT Network Innovation Laboratories
• Zaxel Affordable 4K Workflow – Norihisa Suzuki, Zaxel System
• SAGE 4K DXT Player  – Luc Renambot, UIC EVL
• KeisokuGiken 4K UDR – Grady Sellards, KeisokuGiken

CineGrid Theatre

(2 parallel sessions - 30 minutes = 5 min. intro + 20 min. demo + 5 min Q&A)

• CineGrid Theatre #3 – Auditorium: 2K 4:4:4 Uncompressed Streaming; 4K/60P J2K Streaming – NTT Labs, Keio DMC
• CineGrid Theatre #4 – Black Box Theater: Stereo Demo – CRCA (Margolis) and JVC

CineGrid Theater #3 (1st show)

(2 parallel sessions - 30 minutes = 5 min. intro + 20 min. demo + 5 min Q&A)

• CineGrid Theater #3A – Auditorium: moderated by Laurin Herr, Pacific Interface
  
  • Extreme Streaming Theater: 2K/HD 4:4:4 Uncompressed Streaming and 4K/60P J2K Streaming – NTT Network Innovation Labs, Keio/DMC
• CineGrid Theater #3B – MPR/Black Box Theater: moderated by Todd Margolis, UCSD/CRCA
  • 4K Stereo Computer Graphics Theater: pre-rendered playback and real-time interactive – UCSD/CRCA, UCSD/Calit2, JVC America, Zaxel, UIUC/NCSA

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 10, 2008

Session: New Technologies for CineGrid Nodes: Audio Systems – moderated by Peter Otto, UCSD/Calit2

(55 minutes = 10 min. intro + 3 presentations x 10 min. + 15 min. Q&A)

• Virtual Acoustics – Steve Ellison, Meyer Sound Laboratories
• Composing Across the Globe – Gary Chang
• New Music Centers in a Telematic Age – Rand Steiger, UCSD Music School

Integrating Systems for Stereographics moderated by Tom DeFanti, UCSD/Calit2

(65 minutes = 5 min. intro +5 presentations x 10 min. + 10 min. Q&A)

• Stereo 2K projection using DLP  – Walt Huzak, Dolby
• Stereo 4K projection using D-ILA – Todd Margolis, UCSD/CRCA
• Stereo 4K projection using SXRD – Kurt Hoffmeister, Mechdyne
• Making 4K Stereo Scientific Visualization Animations ­– Bob Patterson, UIUC/NCSA
• Making Interactive 4K Stereo Computer Graphics ­– Jürgen Schulze, UCSD/Calit2

• Optional Working Group / Project Team luncheons to be organized by WG chairs and Team leaders
• Calit2 demo visits:  Synthesis Lab, Varrier, StarCAVE (SAGE, Hi-Per Wall)/ SCA

• Demo of 4K/60p pre-recorded playback & projection – NTT Network Innovation Labs, Keio DMC

Panel: CineGrid for Science Museums, Planetariums and Giant Screen Theaters – moderated by Ed Lantz, Visual Bandwidth

(45 minutes = 5 min. intro + 3 presentations x 10 min. + 10 min. Q&A)

• Naohisa Ohta, Keio/DMC
• Ryan Wyatt, California Academy of Sciences
• Morgan Gabereau, Giant Screen Optical Networks

• World Opera – Niels Windfeld Lund, University of Tromsø
• Future of the Story – Marientina Gotsis, USC SCA
• Community Arts Activism  – Frank Kresin, Waag Society
• FILE Media Arts Festival – Cicero Silva, FILE Labo
  

CineGrid Theater #5 – moderated by Richard Weinberg, USC SCA

(45 minutes)

Alternate Endings – USC/SCA

CineGrid International Workshop 2008 Program Committee

• Joaquin Alverado, COCO Studios
• Tom DeFanti, UCSD, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology
• Cees de Laat, University of Amsterdam, Informatics Institute
• Paul Hearty, Ryerson University, Rogers Communications Centre
• Laurin Herr, Pacific Interface, Inc.
• Naohisa Ohta, Keio University, Research Institute For Digital Media & Content
• Peter Otto, UCSD, Department of Music
• Natalie Van Osdol, Pacific Interface, Inc.