ConferenceXP Overview

ConferenceXP Overview

Fred VideonUniversity of Washington, Computer Science &

Engineering

UW Center for Collaborative Technologies

ConferenceXP• Platform for real-time collaboration• High quality, low latency multipoint conferencing • Targeted for standard PC and high quality network• Works with commodity cameras and audio equipment• Built-in collaboration tools including presentation,

whiteboard , screen sharing, video playback, chat

A Brief History of ConferenceXP

• Project began at MSR in 2001 as DISC• Successful deployments for distance

learning since 2003• July 2007, UW Center for

Collaborative Technologies established to take over codebase

• CXP 5.1 released May 2009

ConferenceXP Licensing

• Microsoft “Shared Source” License• Similar to open source for use in

education or research– Free binary download– Source available for modification and

redistribution under the same license

Oct 30, 2008 IIIT Bangalore

ConferenceXP Services

• Services included:– Venue Service: Virtual meeting spaces– Archive Service: Conference archive &

playback– Reflector Service: Unicast/Multicast bridge– Diagnostic Service: Collect and report loss

rates and other statistics

• Hosted Services vs. Site Local Services

ConferenceXP Downloads• Binary:

– http://cct.cs.washington.edu

• Source: http://www.codeplex.com/ConferenceXP

Resources & Contacts• CCT Website/Wiki

• Announcements Email List

• Contacts:

cct.cs.washington.edu

cct-announce-request@cs.washington.edu

cct@cs.washington.edufred@cs.washington.eduanderson@cs.washington.edu