Streaming Video of Presentations at the CineGrid International Workshop
By Alex Matthews
San Diego, CA, March 25, 2008 -- Calit2 at UC San Diego recently hosted the 2nd Annual CineGrid International Workshop. Participants from academia, Hollywood and the consumer electronics industry covered many aspects of digital cinema technology, including the capture, presentation, and distribution methods for 4K digital cinema (which offers four times the resolution of the most widely used high-definition TV standard).Archived webcasts of select panels and talks are now available for on-demand viewing. [Windows Media Player and broadband connection required; click for information on the latest version, and on players for Mac and Linux users ] To watch each video, click on the image or highlighted video link.
| MONDAY | DECEMBER 3 |
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Successful CineGrid Projects in 2007
Laurin Herr, Pacific Interface (moderator); Naohisa Ohta, Keio DMC; Tom Erbe, UCSD; Kunitake Kaneko, Keio DMC; John Beer, Qvidium; Alan Verlo, UIC/EVL; Michael Krsek, CESNET; Paul Hearty, Ryerson University; Felix Nevrela, CinePOST; Mats Erixon, Swedish Royal Institute of Technology Length: 1:31:24 [video] |
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CineGrid-on-GLIF: Persistent, Global and Application Driven Tom DeFanti, UCSD/Calit2 Length: 15:02 [video] |
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Panel: 4K Workflow: Picture/CG & Film Scanner Originated
Craig Mirkin, ILM (moderator); Richard Spohrer, The Pixel Farm Ltd.; Lou Levinson, Post Logic Length: 44:26 [video] |
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Panel : 4K Workflow: Picture/Camera Originated
Dave Stump, ASC (moderator); Kunitake Kaneko, Keio DMC; Rob Hummel, Dalsa Digital Cinema; Ted Schilowitz, Red Digital Cinema Length: 51:20 [video] |
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Panel: Audio Workflow: Sound and Sync
Elizabeth Cohen, Cohen Acoustical Inc. (moderator); Peter Otto, UCSD; Steve Morris, Skywalker Sound; Pierre-Anthony Lemieux, Dolby Labs Length: 49:18 [video] |
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Panel: Introduction to CineGrid Exchange
Louise Ledeen, NetApp (moderator); Laurin Herr, Pacific Interface; Reagan Moore, San Diego Supercomputer Ctr Length: 22:55 [video] |
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DECEMBER 4
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Building a CineGrid Node: Picture making/ viewing
Naohisa Ohta, Keio DMC; Paul Hearty, Ryerson/RCC Length: 28:06 [video] |
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Building a CineGrid Node: Sound making/listening
Brian Long, Meyer Sound Laboratories; Peter Otto, UCSD Length: 16:58 [video] |
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Building A CineGrid Node: Auditorium Facilities and Audience Environment
Ryan Wyatt, California Academy of Sciences; Tei Iki, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center Length: 30:53 [video] |
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Panel: Provisioning CineGrid Connectivity
Bonnie Hurst, RENCI (moderator); Alan Verlo, StarLight/UIC/EVL; Walter van Dijk, SurfNET; Many Ayromlou, Ryerson University Rogers Communications Centre Length: 30:13 [video] |
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Panel: Exploiting Lambda Capacity for CineGrid Applications
Larry Smarr, Calit2 (moderator); Inder Monga, Nortel; Tomonori Aoyama, Keio DMC; Frank Kresin, Waag Society; Jan Gruntorad, CESNET Length: 45:02 [video] |
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Panel: Streaming HD, 4K and Beyond Naohisa Ohta, Keio/DMC (moderator) 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/Electronic Visualization Lab Optical Multicast for Streaming Media – Hervé Guy, CANARIE Length: 1:32:39 [video] |
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CineGrid Tutorials: GLIF, GRID, JPEG2000/DCP
Richard Weinberg, USC/SCA (moderator) Introduction to GLIF & GRID Concepts – Cees de Laat, UvA Introduction to DCP Compression & Mastering – Jim Whittlesey, Deluxe Length: 1:22:19 [video] |
| WEDNESDAY | DECEMBER 5 |
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Panel: Compression Alternatives for HD and 4K
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 Length: 1:34:25 [video] |
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Panel: Stereoscopy Strategies
Dan Sandin, UIC/EVL (moderator) 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 Length: 1:24:37 Available Soon |
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Panel: CineGrid for the Arts
Joaquin Alvarado, SFSU/INGI (moderator); Sheldon Brown, UCSD/CRCA; Naut Humon, Recombinant Media, Harry Schreurs, Dutch Film Academy; Eduardo Navas, Ph. D Graduate Fellow, UCSD Length: 57:18 [video] |
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