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New: ConferenceXP 4.1 Released Microsoft Research External Research and Programs has funded the Center for Collaborative Technologies at the University of Washington to develop the ConferenceXP platform, apply the technologies to a wide range of educational and collaborative scenarios, and strengthen the educational and research communities that use these collaboration tools. The Center builds on the strengths of the UW Computer Science and Engineering department, the ResearchChannel, and the Pacific Northwest Gigapop, and will engage with external collaborators. The center plans to enhance the Conference XP platform by adding important facilities that will make it easier to deploy and use, and to develop specific tools that support education and collaboration. Planned Outcomes: Implement a wide range of usability improvements to the ConferenceXP platform addressing security, venue functionality, network diagnostics, and network reliability. Integrate ConferenceXP with other systems, including ResearchChannel’s DigitalWellTM infrastructure and Microsoft collaboration tools. Collaborate with Microsoft Research Asia on incorporating audio indexing into the lecture replay system. Incorporate high definition video into ConferenceXP and use high definition video in the UW CSE Professional Master’s Program. Conduct a series of international university-level courses. Create tools to support education in the developing world. Conference XP enhancements: reliability – failover and bandwidth adjustment, venue service reliability and usability, access control and scalability, collaboration tool integration, network diagnostics, remote management. Deployments with Impact: University of Washington Professional Master’s Program, Tutored Video Instruction, WWAMI, Digital StudyHall, Latin American Collaborative Research Federation. Community Building: Source code available on CodePlex, develop shared source community, ConferenceXP based virtual seminars. Stay informed about the Center: Subscribe to the CCT Announcements mailing list.

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