2007 CineGrid International Workshop (2nd Annual)

Workshop sponsored by CineGrid, a non-profit organization headquartered in California.

CineGrid’s mission is to build an interdisciplinary community that is focused on the research, development, and demonstration of networked collaborative tools to enable the production, use and exchange of very-high-quality digital media over photonic networks.

Event organized by: Pacific Interface, Inc.

Hosted by: California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

Location: Calit2 Auditorium, 1st Floor, Atkinson Hall, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in La Jolla, CA

December 2-5, 2007
December 2 - CineGrid Tutorial Session followed by Welcome Reception (both optional)
December 3-5 - CineGrid Workshop

SUNDAY DECEMBER 2, 2007

Introduction to Networking Concepts for CineGrid: Cees de Laat, University of Amsterdam

Introduction to Sound Concepts for CineGrid: Peter Otto, UCSD

Introduction to Picture Concepts for CineGrid: Paul Hearty, Ryerson University and Naohisa Ohta, Keio University, Research Institute For Digital Media & Content

3:00 Break

Introduction to Networking Concepts for CineGrid: Cees de Laat, University of Amsterdam

Introduction to Sound Concepts for CineGrid: Peter Otto, UCSD

Introduction to Picture Concepts for CineGrid: Paul Hearty, Ryerson University and Naohisa Ohta, Keio University, Research Institute For Digital Media & Content

4:30 Adjourn

5:00 Welcome Party at the Sea Lodge Hotel (Acapulco Room, 2nd floor)

7:00 CineGrid Executive Committee meeting at the Sea Lodge

MONDAY DECEMBER 3, 2007

8:00 Buses depart Sea Lodge Hotel for Calit2 Auditorium

8:15 Registration and continental breakfast at Calit2

9:00 Workshop Schedule/Structure – Natalie Van Osdol, Pacific Interface

9:05 Welcoming remarks – Ramesh Rao, UCSD/Calit2

9:10 CineGrid Welcome – Darcy Gerbarg, CineGrid

9:15 Session: Successful CineGrid Projects 2007 - Moderated by Laurin Herr, Pacific Interface

• Overview & short 4K clips on big screen (15 Min) (Laurin Herr)
  • The Waag
  • Era la Notte
  • Prague Castle
• CineGrid@ Holland Festival 2007 x 4 demo (30 Min)
  • 4K uncompressed recording onto KG: Nahohisa Ohta, Keio DMC
  • 16 channel uncompressed audio recording onto ProTools: Tom Erbe, UCSD
  • 4K J2K streaming with 5.1 surround audio to Calit2: Kunitake Kaneko, Keio DMC
  • HD-over-IP stream replication to multiple sites: John Beer, Qvidium
• CineGrid @ GLIF 2007 x 2 demo (30 Min)
  • 4K J2K streaming from multiple sites: Alan Verlo, UIC/EVL ; Michal Krsek, CESNET
  • 4K remote dailies and post-production: Paul Hearty, Ryerson University; Felix Nevrela , CinePOST
• 2007 Kyoto Prize (15 Min)
• Uncompressed 4K Japan to Europe: Kunitake Kaneko, Keio DMC; Mats Erixon, Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

0:45 Break

11:15 CineGrid-on-GLIF: Persistent, Global, & Application Driven – Tom DeFanti, UCSD/Calit2

11:30 Introduction to CineGrid Working Groups (WG’s) ? Cees de Laat, UvA

12:00 Working Group Luncheons (please select one)

• CineGrid Exchange
• Streaming Audio and Video
• Production and Post Production Workflow

1:30 End of Working Group Sessions, return to Auditorium

1:45 CineGrid in California: Jim Dolgonas, CENIC and Joaquin Alvarado, SFSU/INGI

2:00 Panel: 4K Workflow: Picture/CG & Film Scanner Originated – Moderated by: Craig Mirkin, ILM

• Distributed 4K Film Restoration –Richard Spohrer, The Pixel Farm Ltd.

• 4K Digital Intermediate and Color Grading – Lou Levinson, Post Logic

2:45 Panel: 4K Workflow: Picture/Camera Originated – Moderated by: Dave Stump, ASC

• Olympus Workflow - Kunitake Kaneko, Keio DMC
• Dalsa Workflow – Rob Hummel, Dalsa Digital Cinema
• Red Workflow – Ted Schilowitz, Red Digital Cinema

3:30 Break

3:45 Panel: Audio Workflow: Sound and Sync – Moderated by Elizabeth Cohen, Cohen Acoustical Inc.

• CineGrid Sound and Sync: Theory and Practice to Date – Peter Otto, UCSD
• Audio Workflow for Cinema - Steve Morris, Skywalker Sound
• Future of Compressed and Uncompressed Audio Streaming, Post-production and Cinema Applications – Pierre-Anthony Lemieux, Dolby Labs

4:30 Panel: Introduction to CineGrid Exchange – Moderated by: Louise Ledeen, NetApp

• CineGrid Exchange Concepts – Laurin Herr, Pacific Interface and Louise Ledeen, NetApp
• iRODS for Distributed Storage Management – Reagan Moore, San Diego Supercomputing Center

5:15 4K Demo #1

5:45 Wrap-up Day 1

6:00 Adjourn

6:15 Bus returns to Sea Lodge Hotel

7:00 Workshop buffet dinner at the Sea Lodge Hotel (Acapulco Room, 2nd floor)

Informal discussions can continue at dinner and the Sea Lodge hot tub afterwards (bring your suit!)

TUESDAY DECEMBER 4, 2007

8:00 Buses depart Sea Lodge Hotel for Calit2 Auditorium

8:15 Registration and continental breakfast at Calit2

9:00 Building A CineGrid Node - Picture making/viewing – Presented by: Paul Hearty, Ryerson/RCC and Naohisa Ohta, Keio/DMC

9:30 Building A CineGrid Node - Sound making/listening – Presented by: Peter Otto, UCSD and Brian Long, Meyer Sound Laboratories

10:00 Building A CineGrid Node –Auditorium Facilities and Audience Environment – Presented by: Ryan Wyatt, California Academy of Sciences and Tei Iki, Ruben H. Fleet Science Center

10:30 Break

11:00 Panel: Provisioning CineGrid Connectivity – Moderated by Bonnie Hurst, RENCI

• Alan Verlo, StarLight/UIC/EVL
• Walter van Dijk, SurfNET
• Many Ayromlou , Ryerson University, Rogers Communications Centre

11:30 Panel: Exploiting Lambda Capacity for CineGrid Applications – Moderated by Larry Smarr, Calit2

• Inder Monga , Nortel
• Tomonori Aoyama, Keio DMC
• Frank Kresin, Waag Society
• Jan Gruntorad, CESNET

12:00 Working Group Luncheons (please select one)

• CineGrid Exchange
• Streaming Audio and Video
• Production and Post Production Workflow

1:45 End of Working Group Sessions, return to Auditorium

2:00 Panel: Streaming HD, 4K and Beyond – Moderated by Naohisa Ohta, Keio/DMC

• iHDTV for HD streaming - Jim DeRoest, UW/Research Channel
• 1394/IP Gateways for HD streaming – John Beer, Qvidium
• JPEG 2000 4K streaming - Tatsuya Fujii, NTT Network Innovations Lab
• Uncompressed 4K streaming – Kunitake Kaneko, Keio/DMC
• Quad HDTV streaming – Mats Erixon, KTH
• VizCasting for Very Large Images – Jason Leigh, UIC/EVL
• Optical Multicast for Streaming Media – Herv é Guy, CANARIE

3:30 Break

4:00 CineGrid Tutorials: GLIF, GRID, JPEG2000/DCP – Moderated by: Richard Weinberg, USC/SCA

• Introduction to GLIF & GRID Concepts – Cees de Laat, UvA
• Introduction to DCP Compression & Mastering – Jim Whittlesey, Deluxe

5:00 Open Discussion: Developing CineGrid Collaboration Tools and Sharing Lessons Learned – Moderated by Tom DeFanti, UCSD/Calit2

• R&D Agenda
• IPR Policy
• Open Source
• Collaborative Tools – what we’re using now, what’s needed
• Implementing the CineGrid Wiki

5:45 4K Demo #2

6:15 Wrap-up Day 2

6:30 Adjourn

6:45 Bus returns to Sea Lodge Hotel

7:00 Workshop buffet dinner at the Sea Lodge Hotel (Acapulco Room, 2nd floor)

Informal discussions can continue at dinner and the Sea Lodge hot tub afterwards (bring your suit!)

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 5, 2007

8:00 Buses depart Sea Lodge Hotel for Calit2 Auditorium

8:15 Registration and continental breakfast at Calit2

9:00 Panel: Compression Alternatives for HD and 4K – Moderated by Laurin Herr, Pacific Interface

• JPEG 2000 Software Encoding – Jim Whittlesey, Deluxe and Michael Marcellin, University of Arizona
• AVC/H.264 – Tom McMahon, Broadcom
• DIRAC – Peter Wilson, High Definition & Digital Cinema Ltd
• GPU-accelerated DXT Compression – Luc Renambot, UIC/ EVL
• Real-time Lossless Compression - Norihisa Suzuki, Zaxel
• High Quality - Wide Dynamic Range Compression, Gary Demos

10:30 Break

11:00 Panel: Stereoscopy Strategies – Moderated by: Dan Sandin, UIC/EVL

• Stereo Digital Cinema Strategies
  • Technology Alternatives for Stereo Digital Cinema – Walt Husak, Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
  • Mastering, Distributing and Displaying 3D Stereo Digital Cinema – Garrett Smith, Paramount Pictures
• New Stereoscopy Strategies for Science and Art
  • Varrier: Stereo Without Glasses – Dan Sandin, UIC/EVL
  • StarCave: Immersive 3D – Greg Dawe, UCSD/Calit2

12:00 Working Group Luncheons (please select one)

• CineGrid Exchange
• Streaming Audio and Video
• Production and Post Production Workflow

1:15 End of Working Group Sessions

1:30 Panel: CineGrid for the Arts – Moderated by: Joaquin Alvarado, SFSU/INGI

• Sheldon Brown, UCSD/CRCA
• Naut Humon, Recombinant Media
• Harry Schreurs, Dutch Film Academy
• Eduardo Navas , Ph.D. Graduate Fellow, UCSD, Art History, Theory and Criticism
• Program

2:15 Working Group Reports – Moderated by Cees de Laat, UvA

3:00 Break

3:30 Open Discussion: Planning CineGrid 2008 Activities – Moderated by Laurin Herr, Pacific Interface

4:30 Adjourn

4:45 Bus returns to Sea Lodge Hotel

CineGrid International Workshop 2007 Program Committee

• Maxine Brown, University of Illinois at Chicago, Electronic Visualization Laboratory
• Tom DeFanti, University of California San Diego, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology
• Cees de Laat, University of Amsterdam, Informatics Institute
• Darcy Gerbarg, CineGrid
• 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.