WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15
Workshop sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. and Pacific Interface, Inc.
Organized by CineGrid, a non-profit organization headquartered in California.
Hosted by the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) at University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Location: Calit2 Auditorium, 1st Floor, Atkinson Hall, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in La Jolla, CA
December 14-15, 2006
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.
6:00 Welcome Party at the Sea Lodge Hotel (Acapulco Room, 2nd floor)
8:00 Buses depart Sea Lodge Hotel for Calit2 Auditorium
8:15 Registration and continental breakfast at Calit2
9:00 Introduction to CineGrid − Laurin Herr, Pacific Interface
9:15 Self-introductions by all attendees
9:30 Keynote CineGrid 4K Demonstration − Larry Smarr, Calit2 UCSD/UCI
10:00 Panel: Lessons Learned from the CineGrid@AES Event – moderated by Natalie Van Osdol, Pacific Interface
Peter Otto, UCSD/Calit2/CRCA
Kunitake Kaneko, Keio University, Research Institute For
Digital Media & Content (Keio/DMC)
Craig Mirkin, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)
Steve Morris, Skywalker Sound
Brian Dunne, UCSD/Calit2
Todd Margolis, UCSD/Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA)
Jurgen Schulze, UCSD/Calit2
10:45 Break and Guided Tour of the Calit2 CineGrid node
11:45 Building the CineGrid Infrastructure – Tom DeFanti, UCSD/Calit2, and Naohisa Ohta, Keio/DMC
Infrastructure needs for CineGrid nodes to enable production, storage, display and
exchange of content. Connecting to CineGrid networks: infrastructure capabilities,
how to establish LambdaGrid links, local GLIF/GOLE providers establishing local
loop, etc.
12:30 Lunch
1:15 Sony SXRD presentation in the auditorium and Cine-tal presentation in the
Multi-Purpose room (Optional)
2:00 CineGrid Collaborative Structures: Joint Projects and Working Groups – Laurin Herr
All workshop attendees are invited to participate in Working Group sessions on
Thursday afternoon. These sessions will be moderated, with summary reports
presented to the plenary group on Friday. The goal is to meet new colleagues,
explore areas of common interest, and exchange opinions about Core
Infrastructure and Applications R&D themes for CineGrid, potentially leading to
future joint projects and long-term CineGrid working groups. Four working groups
comprise the first block of workshop breakout sessions; three more comprise the second block of breakout sessions.
2:30 Core Infrastructure and Applications R&D Working Groups Breakout #1
WG1. CineGrid Network R&D – moderated by Cees de Laat
WG2. Building the CineGrid Infrastructure – moderated by Tom DeFanti and Naohisa Ohta
WG3. Networked Audio Solutions – moderated by Peter Otto
WG4. CineGrid Archive, Preservation, Restoration & Exchange Program – moderated by Louise Ledeen
3:30 Break
4:00 Core Infrastructure and Applications R&D Working Groups Breakout #2
WG5. Digital Filmmaking – moderated by Richard Weinberg
WG6. Advanced Picture & Sound Systems: 4K and Beyond – moderated by Tom DeFanti and Jason Leigh
WG7. Distance Learning, Remote Mentoring and Training for Digital Media – moderated by Joaquin Alvarado
5:00 End of Working Group Sessions
5:15 Wrap-up Day 1 (re-convene in auditorium)
5:30 Adjourn
5:45 Bus returns to Sea Lodge Hotel
6:30 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!)
8:00 Buses depart Sea Lodge Hotel for Calit2 Auditorium
8:15 Registration and continental breakfast at Calit2
9:00 Welcoming remarks – Ramesh Rao, UCSD/Calit2
9:10 Overview of CineGrid – Laurin Herr, Pacific Interface
9:30 Panel: CineGrid from the Media School Perspective – moderated by Richard Weinberg, University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts
Paul Hearty, Ryerson University
Peter Otto, UCSD/CRCA and Calit2
Robert Ellis Geiger, City University of Hong Kong
Rebecca Allen, UCLA, Dept. of Design Media Arts
10:15 Panel: CineGrid from the Economic Development Perspective – moderated by Joaquin Alvarado, SFSU/INGI, DMAC
Gordon Hanson, UCSD
Bill Hutchinson, Hutchison Management International
Boris Frochen, PRIME, Paris
Yolanda Benson, State of California Business, Transportation & Housing Authority
11:00 Break
11:30 Panel: CineGrid from the Scientific Visualization Perspective – moderated by Larry Smarr, Calit2 UCSD/UCI
Dan Sandin, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL)
Stephen David Beck, Louisiana State University
Jason Leigh, UIC/EVL
12:15 Panel: CineGrid from the Hollywood Perspective – moderated by Laurin Herr, Pacific Interface
Steve Kowalski, Sony Pictures Imageworks
Wendy Aylsworth, Warner Bros.
Garrett Smith, Paramount Pictures
Howard Lukk, Walt Disney Studios
1:00 Lunch
1:45 Sony SXRD presentation in the auditorium and Cine-tal presentation in the Multi-Purpose room (Optional)
2:30 CineGrid 4K Demonstration – streaming to Calit2 auditorium from remote CineGrid nodes
3:15 Panel: CineGrid from the Research Network Perspective – moderated by Maxine Brown, UIC/EVL
Ron Johnson, University of Washington
Tom West, National LambdaRail (NLR)
Peter Marshall, CANARIE
John Silvester, USC/CENIC
Walter van Dijk, SURFnet
Tomonori Aoyama, Keio DMC, Japan Gigabit Network (JGN2)
4:00 Break
4:30 Summary Reports from the Moderators of Thursday’s Working Groups
WG1. Cees de Laat
WG2. Tom DeFanti and Naohisa Ohta
WG3. Peter Otto
WG4. Louise Ledeen
WG5. Richard Weinberg
WG6. Tom DeFanti and Jason Leigh
WG7. Joaquin Alvarado
5:15 Plenary Working Group – Event-based Live Performances over CineGrid – moderated by Laurin Herr with other WG moderators on-stage
5:45 CineGrid Next Steps − Laurin Herr
6:00 Adjourn
6:15 Bus returns to Sea Lodge
Workshop breakfasts sponsored by CINE-tal.
Workshop lunches sponsored by Sony Electronics.
