A Collaborative Platform Based on SAGE

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A Collaborative Platform Based on SAGE

• Javier Delgado

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Visualization Platform

• Collaboration
• E-Learning
• Cross-disciplinary video conferencing
• High-resolution Visualization
• Built on top of the Scalable Adaptive Graphics
  Environment (SAGE)

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Case in point High resolution visualization
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SAGE

• Scalable
• Hundreds of Screens can be used
• Built with HPC applications in mind
• Extensible
• Provides API for creating custom SAGE
  applications
• But this is also a problem
• Porting an application is not trivial
• There's a lot of applications out there!

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Making SAGE a Collaboration Platform

• Implement a web browser
• Remote Desktop improvement
• Implementation of a new pointer device (Wiimote)

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Web Browser Implementation

• Porting the Mozilla Firefox Web browser
• Many emerging applications are web-based
• The web browser is the platform
• Native SAGE Web Browser would give optimal
  performance

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Remote Desktop Enhancement

• Responsive Remote Desktop modality is essential
  for collaboration and e-Learning
• Users can share their display for all
  collaborators to see
• Non-portable applications can be displayed also

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Wiimote Input Interface

• A traditional mouse makes it difficult to work
  with a large display

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Typical Tasks

• Code inspection and modification
• (Firefox, Cairo, SAGE, VNC, wiiuse, etc.)
• C programming
• OpenGL programming
• Networking

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Thank You! Any Questions?
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To Do

• Cairo port of SAGE (currently at a very early
  stage)
• Enhancement of SAGE VNC Viewer code
• Enhancement of Wii interface (available display
  wall recommended)
• Any other bright idea you may have!