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High Definition Television Demonstration
Presenters:Bill Buxton, Station Manager, WUSF-TV; Martha Cooper, Communications Director, WUSF-TV
The FCC has mandated that all television broadcasters begin transmitting a digital signal by the year 2006. WUSF-TV is in the process of designing a digital production and broadcast facility with completion scheduled for July 2000. The station will demonstrate High Definition Television (HDTV), multicasting and simultaneous data transmission on an HDTV 16x9 aspect ratio monitor. The WUSF-TV website can be found at www.wusf.usf.edu/.
Division of Sponsored Research Services
Presenters:
Merilynn DeCracker, Senior Information Specialist; Meg Ribaudo, Acting Assistant Director; Jane C. Gentilini
This presentation will introduce the Web-based services of the various divisions within the Office of Research, all accessible from http://www.research.usf.edu, the Office of Research homepage. Look here to find information about USF's economic impact on the Tampa Bay area, including the online publication entitled Economic Development Partnerships, as well as a list of USF technology available for licensing. In addition, this homepage has information about research at USF, integrating research and education, and research-related University policies.
By clicking on Division of Sponsored Research (DSR), visitors will be able to access DSR information and forms, including the DSR Fact Sheet of institutional data for proposals. Forms are downloadable in PDF, Word for PC, and Word for Macintosh formats. By clicking on the link to the biweekly Sources Online newsletter, visitors may read current and back issues, download agency materials, and order information from DSR via the web. This Division administers a number of internal grants programs, and guidelines are available on the DSR homepage as well. Programs include the Research & Creative Scholarship Grants, Faculty International Travel Grants, Conference Support Grants, and Presidential Young Faculty Awards. By clicking on the GrantsLink page, visitors to this site will be able to access a page of links to agency forms online; to federal, state, and private foundation websites; and to many research-related publications. Several databases of funding opportunities are online, and the DSR homepage has links to several: the IRIS and Community of Science (COS) databases. The schedule of training classes is available also for people who wish to search the databases themselves. Under the link to the COS Expertise Database, faculty members and postdocs may add their record to the database, find collaborators, and search for funding, with the option to have funding alerts sent weekly via e-mail. The Online Business Procedures for PIs page, part of the campus-wide Policies & Procedures project, has sections on Getting Funded, Preparing/ Submitting your proposal, and Administering your grant award. Also on the DSR page is a section on Cost Accounting Standards. Visitors to the site may read the Disclosure Statement online or download a copy in Word, read the history of CAS online, or read the indirect cost policy online.
From the Office of Research homepage, visitors may click on Division of Compliance Services (DCS) to access online compliance forms, templates, and reports. Forms for the IRB (Human Subjects), IACUC (Animal Subjects), and research progress report dates are accessible on this site. Click on Division of Patents & Licensing for downloadable invention disclosure forms, the publication Technology Available for Licensing, and a link to the COS Patents Citation database. On the Division of Comparative Biomedicine page may be found a list of integrated labs for research/teaching using animals, information on special animal colonies, and information on laboratory animal care. Access the Division of Pharmaceutical Studies page for information about USF CARES (the Clinical Alliance for Research, Education, and Service). The USF Research Foundation, Inc. has its forms online, downloadable in MS Word.
Building an AVATAR for Visualizing Massive Datasets
Presenters: Larry Hall, Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Very large data sets may be mined for regions that would be interesting to visualize. Such data sets arise, for example, from high-fidelity simulations of physical phenomena. With a model of what constitutes "interesting" conditions, a pattern recognition tool could be used to direct scientists to the most relevant portions of the data set. Given a data set of a terabyte or more in size, learning a set of rules, which describe, or model, the data becomes a challenging problem. The data will not fit in main memory and will require significant computation resources.
Modern scientific data sets are so large that they can fundamentally disrupt the "one-to-one" principle, which previously governed data visualization. A pressing example is the 3D high-resolution physics data sets generated by simulation codes under the DOE’s Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI) program.
Thus it is necessary to make visitation tools smarter, to let them begin to understand what in the data is of interest to the user, so that they can navigate, as well as illustrate, the data. One avenue is to invoke pattern recognition techniques, using a visualization session as a supervised learning session. This will require being able to learn decision rules from very large data sets, which is challenging, as the data will not fit in memory and the amount of time needed to shift the data in a serial fashion will be exorbitant.
Digital Video Research and Internet2
Presenter: V. K. Jain:
Digital Video is a 21st century research topic. It holds the promise of ‘looking at the world’ as we have never before seen it. Tele-medicine, tele-education, tele-commerce, tele-adventures, 3D measurement of moving objects -- remote or too small for the human eye, virtual town-halls, and digital television for entertainment and information retrieval, are a few of its example applications. By providing voice-recognition interface, service as your agent (software robot) in the marketplace, the 2-way digital television could even become your intellectual valet of the future. Digital video has three important dimensions: mathematical, technological, and applications. Several technologies are involved in making Digital Video to work for the above applications, such as Microelectronics, Networking, Software, and Signal Processing. USF has advanced capabilities in all of these fields. In particular, our Internet2 capability makes the exchange of color images and video with other universities 900 times faster than today’s internet using a 56 kbps modem. One of the most significant outcomes of USF’s Internet2 project is that it makes collaboration with the other top universities in the nation as well as with national laboratories possible. This poster exhibit gives you a glimpse of some of the video and networking issues involved and current research to address them, here at USF and elsewhere. Roundtable Presentation by Dr. Jain [POWERPOINT 95]
Video Conferencing with Computers
Presenter Michael Lopez, IEEE-CS
With the price of computer hardware and software becoming less and less expensive, it is possible to equip a personal computer with more and more capability. This capability includes multimedia input and output and fast network connections. This exhibit includes two computers connected to each other to form a network. Both computers are running software that allow users to communicate with multimedia input and output and to collaborate on creative projects. Thus forming a video conference. One can only assume that with computer network connections being accelerated as they will be with Internet2 the richness of the communicative and collaborative environments will improve.
Electronic Media/USF Art Department, Director Projects, Fall ‘98
Presenters:
Bruce Marsh, Professor, Visual Art
This is a demonstration of a CD-ROM documentation of multi-media projects done by student in our Electronic Media Courses. The emphasis is on poetic, imaginative, and expressive uses of digital media. The sequences the students created are built upon a theme of their choice; personal, political or cultural.
The USF Virtual Library
Presenters:
Monica Metz-Wiseman, Virtual Library Project Manager, Ilene Frank, University Librarian ; Jim Vastine, University Librarian; Jim Michael, University Librarian; Karen Swetland, USF Librarian; Marshall Reeves; Virtual Library Webmaster
The USF Virtual Library extends the resources and services beyond thewalls of the physical library to the University community. It providesaccess to WebLUIS, the USF Libraries online catalog, hundreds ofelectronic databases, and thousands of electronic journals and newspapersthrough one seamless interface that ensures onsite and offsite access to all USF users. The USF Libraries' collections are stronger with the addition of full-text commercial databases; electronic journals and databases; government information, including federal and state; and locally produced databases which includes full-text, images, sound, and video. Services include a locally developed electronic course reserve system, reference services, and the ability to request materials through interlibrary loan. For those engaged in scholarly research, including our distance education students and faculty, the Virtual Library has proved invaluable.
The effects of the Virtual Library go beyond merely purchasing and storing information. Through the Virtual Library, the USF Libraries are becoming increasingly involved in adding to the body of scholarly information available to researchers worldwide. For example, hardware and software has been purchased for providing networked access to USF dissertations and theses in an electronic format. Rare and valuable USF special collections materials are being selected and converted to new digitized formats for increased access and capabilities. The work which has been completed along with the works in progress of the Virtual Library represent just a beginning of what some have termed, "the renaissance in library access and services. URL: USF Virtual Library
USF Data Network
Presenters: Ted
Netterfield, Lou Menendez, Toivo Voll, Joe Rogers, Richard Tapia
Is USF Data Communications network ready to support Internet2 applications? An in-depth look at USF’s core data communications infrastructure will be on display. Core network electronics will be on display along with pictures of several core installations, including the Internet2 connection. Demonstrations of the Data Communications Management groups monitoring and problem notification will be presented. A look at the USF 100 Megabit University Project will be presented. USF’s Netcast Project and Cisco’s IP Telephony will be on the demonstration to provide a glimpse at streaming technologies that are available today at USF.
Organization Development and Training
Presenters:
Sandra Ruzycki; Grace McQueen; Manuel Lopez
Leadership2000 offers any organization - large or small - an innovative educational opportunity to develop new leadership skills. Delivered entirely on CD-Rom, and Internet2 compatible, this 3 part program provides an interactive, self-directed learning environment. Leadership2000 combines full-motion video, digital sound, 3D graphics, animation, and text to create an exciting learning experience. Whether the user is mid-level management
or a total quality team member, Leadership2000 offers a cost effective way to meet the demands of professional development. Featuring an easy-to-use and cost-effective learning environment, Leadership2000 enables the user to
focus on acquring new skills and knowledge at their desk-top. Organization Development and Training will demonstrate this innovative and exciting new training medium.
Policy & Services Research Data Center
Presenters:
Paul G. Stiles, J.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor & Co-director of PSRDC;
William D. Kearns, Ph.D., USF Internet2 Executive Representative
To improve the quality of life for persons with mental illness and the efficiency and effectiveness of the services provided to them, comprehensive research is necessary to examine the system-wide dynamics of service utilization, related outcomes of those dynamics, and the impact of system changes on outcomes and utilization. The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute’s department of Mental Health Law and Policy (MHLP) established the Policy and Services Research Data Center (PSRDC) to address this need. Today, the Center is a vital resource to the State, providing information to inform public policy and the greater common research agenda. Our mission is to be a leader in the development and utilization of administrative data systems used to inform program development and public policy.
The research and evaluation projects carried out in the PSRDC typically involve large data sets (over 50 million records) housed in a variety of regional and national locations. The Internet2 will allow the PSR
DC to engage in more timely policy analyses through more efficient and faster data transfer. It will also allow enhanced capabilities for collaboration with other policy researchers in remote locations. Our presentation will highlight those capabilities through a real time analytic demonstration and web conference simulations. Roundtable Presentation by Drs. Stiles and Kearns [POWERPOINT 95]
Collaborative Instruction over the Internet 2: A USF/UVA Social Science Education Initiative
Presenters: Presenting for Michael Berson, James White, Associate Professor, College of Education
A new classroom is evolving that is an expansive learning environment extending beyond the walls of the traditional class setting. This presentation explores a collaborative interaction between University of South Florida and the University of Virginia to seamlessly integrate technology into social studies methods. This collaboration utilized Internet2 technology to facilitate team-teaching of a course with students in both universities simultaneously participating in instruction with faculty in both settings. Based on a qualitative evaluation of the process, the presenters intend to share their experiences regarding course structure, student learning, computer-mediated communication, and the change in pedagogy that occurs when a course is constructed towards effective collaboration at-a-distance.
Digital Medical Imaging Program
Presenters:
R.P. Velthuizen, M. Kallergi, W. Qian, L. Li, J.J. Heine, R.A. Clark; Department of Radiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Three major areas of research in various stages of development are being conducted. In digital mammography, patient outcomes (survival, quality of life) can potentially be improved by image processing to improve radiologists' reading. This includes enhancement of cancerous features, detection of suspicious areas and classification of findings as benign or malignant. In addition, telemammography requires compression. This research is
conducted with a partner in Washington DC. Research is underway to achieve diagnostically acceptable lossy compression, i.e. the diagnosis is not changed by the transmission. Our partner for this research is at Purdue. Finally, characterizing radiologists' reading patterns with the help of computer assisted diagnosis may help understand the expert's knowledge. This project is in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania.
A second area of research is in education, both resident and graduate student training, and continuing medical education. A www based educational program is being constructed now. Transmission of radiological cases is greatly helped by Internet 2. In addition, a research project that characterizes mammograms and finds "similar" cases that are fully documented on the www for review has potential for enhancing training in mammography.
Finally, multi-center clinical trials can be helped by Internet 2. Moffitt participates in several cooperative groups. Funding was requested for centralized measurement of brain tumor volumes in the NABTT consortium.
Moffitt houses the radiation-therapy quality assurance center, where radiation treatment plans are evaluated for a large number of collaborating institutions. Finally, a telepathology effort is underway with the University of Florida to correlate mammographic findings with breast histology. These areas are candidates to exploit in a truly value-added manner the high-speed connectivity of Internet 2. Roundtable Presentation by Dr. Velthuizen [POWERPOINT 95]
WBUL Live on the Internet and High Quality On-Demand Video over the Internet
Presenters: Information Technologies and WBUL:
WBUL LIVE ON THE INTERNET
This demonstration shows the potential for streaming multi-media presentations over the Web. We are capturing the radio broadcast and live activities from the control room of WBUL and streaming this data over the
internet using the Netshow server located in the WBUL office. With a current version of Microsoft Media Player, listeners can can point their Web browser to the WBUL or direct their Media Player to the WBUL IP and listen to the broadcast while watching the WBUL DJs live.
HIGH QUALITY ON-DEMAND VIDEO OVER THE INTERNET
This demonstration shows how the Internet can be used for a training or communications device for on-demand information. Because of the CD-quality audio and TV-quality video presented by Microsoft Theater Server, this
application is primarily useful only in high-bandwidth environments - like Internet 2.
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Demonstrations
Keynote Speaker: Guy T. Almes
POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS
Vijay Jain, Ph.D. College of Engineering
Paul Stiles, Ph.D. & William D. Kearns, Ph.D., The de la Parte Institute
Tony Llwellyn, Ph.D.., Academic Computing
Robert Velthuizen, M.D., H.Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
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