ConferenceXP Overview

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ConferenceXP Overview
UW Center for Collaborative Technologies

• Fred Videon
• University of Washington, Computer Science
  Engineering

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ConferenceXP

• Platform for real-time collaboration
• High quality, low latency multipoint conferencing
  
• Targeted for standard PC and high quality network
• Works with commodity cameras and audio equipment
• Built-in collaboration tools including
  presentation, whiteboard , screen sharing, video
  playback, chat

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A Brief History of ConferenceXP

• Project began at MSR in 2001 as DISC
• Successful deployments for distance learning
  since 2003
• July 2007, UW Center for Collaborative
  Technologies established to take over codebase
• CXP 5.1 released May 2009

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ConferenceXP Licensing

• Microsoft Shared Source License
• Similar to open source for use in education or
  research
• Free binary download
• Source available for modification and
  redistribution under the same license

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ConferenceXP Services

• Services included
• Venue Service Virtual meeting spaces
• Archive Service Conference archive playback
• Reflector Service Unicast/Multicast bridge
• Diagnostic Service Collect and report loss rates
  and other statistics
• Hosted Services vs. Site Local Services

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ConferenceXP Downloads

• Binary
• http//cct.cs.washington.edu
• Source
• http//www.codeplex.com/ConferenceXP

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Resources Contacts

• CCT Website/Wiki
• Announcements Email List
• Contacts

cct.cs.washington.edu
cct-announce-request_at_cs.washington.edu
cct_at_cs.washington.edufred_at_cs.washington.edu ander
son_at_cs.washington.edu