ConferenceXP: Overview and Updates Fred Videon University of Washington, Computer Science & Engineering.

ConferenceXP: Overview and Updates

Fred VideonUniversity of Washington, Computer Science &

Engineering

Outline

• What is ConferenceXP• Brief history• Existing Deployments• Transition to Open Source• Downloads and Contacts

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

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

A Brief History of ConferenceXP

• 2001: Project began at Microsoft Research

• 2003: First successful deployments for distance learning

• 2007: UW Center for Collaborative Technologies – 3 yr. funded project to advance the platform

• 2010-11: Transition to Open Source community supported project

Notable Deployments

• Distance Education– University of Washington– Australia: N. Territory Education Dept.– Univ. Carlos III de Madrid– Many others

• Internet2 Performing Arts Community• Telemedicine: Univ. de Puerto Rico

and others

Oct 30, 2008 IIIT Bangalore

Open Sourcing ConferenceXP

• Work in progress – but significant progress

• OuterCurve Foundation• Univ. of Washington remains main

point of contact• License to change from MSR shared

source to Apache 2.0• We hope to announce in coming

weeks• Help us build an active community!

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

[email protected]

[email protected]@cs.washington.edu