The document describes three venues that will participate in the EXPERIMEDIA project: the CAR sports training center in Catalonia, Spain, the ski resort of Schladming, Austria, and the Foundation of the Hellenic World cultural center in Greece. Each venue is outlined with details about its role, stakeholders, benefits, infrastructure, and content for participatory and educational multimedia experiences.
This presentations gives on overview of the EXPERIMEDIA facility. The talk highlights the value of the facility to Future Internet researchers and the types of research that is expected. An overview of the Smart Venues offered by the facility is described including how each addresses stakeholders, scale, technology and of course user experience through culturally diverse environments. Initial information on the open call is provided.
The following is an erratic thought-experiment to place the significant, incremental technologies required to produce true, emergent Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is a culmination of thousands of hours of discussions and parallel-thought experiments I've had with Tristan and others over the past 5 years. It is a work in progress and dates are approximate. If you have any further ideas, thoughts or feedback, please contact me via my blog. I'd love to hear from you!
This presentations gives on overview of the EXPERIMEDIA facility. The talk highlights the value of the facility to Future Internet researchers and the types of research that is expected. An overview of the Smart Venues offered by the facility is described including how each addresses stakeholders, scale, technology and of course user experience through culturally diverse environments. Initial information on the open call is provided.
The following is an erratic thought-experiment to place the significant, incremental technologies required to produce true, emergent Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is a culmination of thousands of hours of discussions and parallel-thought experiments I've had with Tristan and others over the past 5 years. It is a work in progress and dates are approximate. If you have any further ideas, thoughts or feedback, please contact me via my blog. I'd love to hear from you!
Virtual Worlds Explorations and Implications is a keynote address for the Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP). These slides discuss business and IT concerns, virtual worlds statistics and provide visual examples from Second Life.
Content and photos by Cynthia Calongne. Licensed under a Creative Commons Share Alike with Attribution License.
Estimation represents one of the most critical processes for any project and it is highly dependent on the quality of requirements elicitation and management. Therefore, the management of requirements should be prioritised in any process improvement program, because the less precise the requirements gathering, analysis and sizing, the greater the error in terms of time and cost estimation. Maturity and Capability Models (MCM) represent a good tool for assessing the status of a set of processes, but an inner limit of any model is its scope and approach for describing a certain issue. Thus, integrating two or more models with a common area of focus can offer more information and value for an organization, keeping the best components from each model. LEGO (Living EnGineering prOcess) is an approach projected for this purpose. This paper proposes a LEGO application hybridizing a ‘horizontal’ model (a MM containing processes going through the complete supply chain, from requirements right through to delivery, e.g. CMMI or ISO 12207/15504) with a few specific ‘vertical’ models (MMs with focus on a single perspective or process category, e.g. TMMi or TPI in the Test Management domain, P3M3 and OPM3 in the Project Management domain) for Requirement Engineering.
Conoscere la realtà aumentata in un contesto innovativo economico e sociale...Ministry of Education
"Conoscere la realtà aumentata in un contesto innovativo economico e sociale nuovo"
Lecture di Giuliana Guazzaroni al convegno: "Future Horizon of Quantum Art and Augmented Reality" tenutosi a Firenze presso Palazzo Medici-Riccardi il 14 dicembre 2012
Mobile devices are increasingly becoming part of everyday
life for many different uses. These devices are mainly based
on using touch-screens, which is challenging for people
with disabilities. For visually-impaired people interacting
with touch-screens can be very complex because of the lack
of hardware keys or tactile references. Thus it is necessary
to investigate how to design applications, accessibility
supports (e.g. screen readers) and operating systems for
mobile accessibility. Our aim is to investigate interaction
modality so that even those who have sight problems can
successfully interact with touch-screens. A crucial issue
concerns the lack of HW buttons on the numpad. Herein
we propose a possible solution to overcome this factor. In
this work we present the results of evaluating a prototype
developed for the Android platform used on mobile
devices. 20 blind users were involved in the study. The
results have shown a positive response especially with
regard to users who had never interacted with touchscreens
Scenario descriptions from the Counting Backwards Workshop, held 24–25 Nov 2011 near Helsinki. The question: Looking back from the future, how did we come to reach a sustainable 2050?
SPREAD Sustainable Lifestyles 2050: www.sustainable-lifestyles.eu & www.sustainable-lifestyles.eu/community
Virtual Worlds Explorations and Implications is a keynote address for the Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP). These slides discuss business and IT concerns, virtual worlds statistics and provide visual examples from Second Life.
Content and photos by Cynthia Calongne. Licensed under a Creative Commons Share Alike with Attribution License.
Estimation represents one of the most critical processes for any project and it is highly dependent on the quality of requirements elicitation and management. Therefore, the management of requirements should be prioritised in any process improvement program, because the less precise the requirements gathering, analysis and sizing, the greater the error in terms of time and cost estimation. Maturity and Capability Models (MCM) represent a good tool for assessing the status of a set of processes, but an inner limit of any model is its scope and approach for describing a certain issue. Thus, integrating two or more models with a common area of focus can offer more information and value for an organization, keeping the best components from each model. LEGO (Living EnGineering prOcess) is an approach projected for this purpose. This paper proposes a LEGO application hybridizing a ‘horizontal’ model (a MM containing processes going through the complete supply chain, from requirements right through to delivery, e.g. CMMI or ISO 12207/15504) with a few specific ‘vertical’ models (MMs with focus on a single perspective or process category, e.g. TMMi or TPI in the Test Management domain, P3M3 and OPM3 in the Project Management domain) for Requirement Engineering.
Conoscere la realtà aumentata in un contesto innovativo economico e sociale...Ministry of Education
"Conoscere la realtà aumentata in un contesto innovativo economico e sociale nuovo"
Lecture di Giuliana Guazzaroni al convegno: "Future Horizon of Quantum Art and Augmented Reality" tenutosi a Firenze presso Palazzo Medici-Riccardi il 14 dicembre 2012
Mobile devices are increasingly becoming part of everyday
life for many different uses. These devices are mainly based
on using touch-screens, which is challenging for people
with disabilities. For visually-impaired people interacting
with touch-screens can be very complex because of the lack
of hardware keys or tactile references. Thus it is necessary
to investigate how to design applications, accessibility
supports (e.g. screen readers) and operating systems for
mobile accessibility. Our aim is to investigate interaction
modality so that even those who have sight problems can
successfully interact with touch-screens. A crucial issue
concerns the lack of HW buttons on the numpad. Herein
we propose a possible solution to overcome this factor. In
this work we present the results of evaluating a prototype
developed for the Android platform used on mobile
devices. 20 blind users were involved in the study. The
results have shown a positive response especially with
regard to users who had never interacted with touchscreens
Scenario descriptions from the Counting Backwards Workshop, held 24–25 Nov 2011 near Helsinki. The question: Looking back from the future, how did we come to reach a sustainable 2050?
SPREAD Sustainable Lifestyles 2050: www.sustainable-lifestyles.eu & www.sustainable-lifestyles.eu/community
Jordi Guimet and ICC Team have implemented one of best Regional Spatial Data Infrastructures in Europe.
Benefits of its implementation were faf more bigger that the investment costs.
Catalan Regional SDI is one of "OLDEST" in Europe, ie; have been implemented much earlier than the INSPIRE Directive have been defined
The document describes the creation of a 3d virtual world based on Sun Microsystem's environment named "Wonderland".
We designed (through Archicad) a close reconstruction of Cattid, an actual lab of Sapienza - University of Rome.
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DDAY2014 - Ecologia del valore e DRUPAL@Engineering: l’esperienza di un grand...DrupalDay
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L’esperienza di Engineering con Drupal è cominciata un po’ per caso un po’ per opportunità quando la Commissione Europea ci ha chiesto aiuto per completare, proprio in Drupal, lo sviluppo del proprio portale.
By Ms. Winnie Wong, Head of Marketing, HK Cyberport Management Company Limited & Ms. Leona Wong, Executive Director, HK Wireless Technology Industry Association (WTIA)
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
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Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
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LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
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The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
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Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
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GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
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https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
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From Siloed Products to Connected Ecosystem: Building a Sustainable and Scala...
EXPERIMEDIA venue overview
1. EXPERIMEDIA Venues
Open Call Information Teleconference
4 July 2012
Manolis Wallace, FHW (wallace@fhw.gr)
Josep Escoda, CAR (jescoda@car.edu)
Peter Höflehner, Schladming (ph@digitalps.at)
2. EXPERIMEDIA Ecosystems
Foundation
Schladming CAR
Hellenic World
experience
participative community cultural and educational collaborative working
experiences experiences experiences
the
multimedia human sensing, 3D
tech
social media, content
exhibitions, virtual Schladming Ski Resort
reconstruction, dynamic
the
delivery, augmented
CAR High Performance Sports Traning Centre
reality, open data
reconstructions, serious
gaming
metadata
synchronisation
scale
the
medium scale public and
large scale public small scale professional
pro (curators)
ecosystem
local authorities, event
managers, network museums, event mgmt, students, permanent
operators, service students, tourtists, athletes, sports
providers, app
Foundation for the Hellenic World
developers, advertisers
curators federations, coaches
the
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3. CAR - Centro de Alto Rendimiento
de Cataluña (I)
Support to sport so it can be
competitive at international
level
Provide athletes with:
All necessary for training
Educational development
Residence
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4. CAR - Centro de Alto Rendimiento
de Cataluña (II)
Role
Collaborative working experiences
Stakeholders
Coaches and athletes of different sports
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5. CAR - Centro de Alto Rendimiento
de Cataluña (III)
Benefits
To redesign the training process in high
performance training.
To get information faster.
To share information to achieve more accurate
decision making.
To enhance reality to create a better picture and
increase the quality of sports training.
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6. CAR - Centro de Alto Rendimiento
de Cataluña (IV)
Contents: training sessions
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7. CAR - Centro de Alto Rendimiento
de Cataluña (V)
Communications infrastructure: based on 10g
high speed network
1000 Connections points
125 WIFI access points
100TB storage
GEANT2 network
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8. CAR - Centro de Alto Rendimiento
de Cataluña (VI)
Service Infrastructures:
7 racks connected through fibre optic
10 GB to the datacenter
20 GB link between 2 CISCO NEXUS 7.000
External link to 100MB to Internet
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9. CAR - Centro de Alto Rendimiento
de Cataluña (VII)
Service Infrastructures:
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11. Schladming (I)
Tourist destination
Winter sports: Ski, Snowboard…
Summer sports: Hiking, climbing, biking
Leading International Ski resort in Austria
FIS Alpine World Ski Championship 1982
FIS Alpine World Ski Championship 2013
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12. Schladming (II)
Role
Participative community experiences
Stakeholders
Inhabitants / guests from the Schladming region
TV viewers
People who use the newly created "Schladming
App" with their smartphones
Visitors, guests, citizens, journalists, local
businesses.
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13. Schladming (III)
Benefits
Ideal setting for experiments that enhance the
experience of on-site visitors and remote visitors
Well-known location
Experiments on a large scale with massive audience
Good cooperation with local representatives
Excellent IT-infrastructure commitment to long-term
cooperation and sustainable developments
(Schladming 2030 GmbH)
Experiments will allow for extending the reach to the
Future Internet and enable innovative methods of
interacting with interested visitors
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14. Schladming (IV)
Contents: Internet data pool
Point of interest
Snow conditions
Status of services
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15. Schladming (V)
Free Public Wi-Fi
60 hotspots on the mountain
110 hotspots in the valley
200-300 hotspots provided by the resorts of Amadé
Will be a trial area for LTE (4G)
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16. Schladming (VI)
Other assets:
Broadcast room for TV companies
SkiTrack: camera that tracks you down a slalom
SkiLine: plots your altitude/time chart for your stay
Speed tracking system
Webcam & weather stations
New Media centre
1400 m2
Audio & video
equipment
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18. Foundation of the Helenic World (I)
Ultramodern Cultural
Centre and Museum
Visitors experience
Hellenic history and
culture
Venue of cultural creation
and expression
Activities
Interactive exhibitions
Virtual reality tours
Educational programmes
Conferences
etc…
Placed in Greece
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19. Foundation of the Hellenic World (II)
Role
Cultural and educational experiences
Stakeholders
Wider Public
Special focus on students
Special programmes for
school classes
Organized visits
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20. Foundation of the Hellenic World (III)
Benefits
Multifunctional and adaptable buildings
Creation of virtual reconstructions
Creation of 3D environments
Virtual and 3D contents developed by third parties
are usually compatible with the infrastructure
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21. Foundation of the Hellenic World (IV)
Contents
Virtual reality productions
Interactive Multimedia
Documentation / textual content
Core element of a production
Forms the documentation
for another production
Testimonies Archive
Educational exhibitions
Coin collection
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22. Foundation of the Hellenic World (V)
Ethernet Backbone
Connections based on ADSL
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23. Foundation of the Hellenic World (VI)
Service Infrastructures:
Virtual Reality projection systems
The Tholos
The Kivotos
Virtual Cinema
Content management and provision
systems
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The High Performance Centre is an organisation which gives support to sport so that it can be competitive at an international level, optimizing resources of the highest technical and scientific quality. The aim is to provide the athletes with everything necessary for their complete training so that we can share the knowledge of their activities.considers the academic and humane training of each individual just as, or more important than the sports training. With this as a priority, the CAR gives athletes all the necessary help needed for their educational development. The CAR athletes can attend classes of "Batxillerato" and "ESO" (compulsory secondary education) in the secondary school which is situated in the sports facilities, with a highly qualified staffhas a hall of residence for training camps. A lot of national and international sports teams use the CAR for their preparation ( football, handball, volleyball, hockey, tennis, swimming, gymnastics, teakwondo,etc)
Swimming, Waterpolo, Synchronizedswimming, diving, tabletennis, Judo, taekwondo, men & womengymnastics, Wrestling and Weightlifting
UP – LinkbetweenNexus 7000 and 7 racks; LinkingwiththeotherNexus 7000 placed in theolderbuildingwhichisthe outsider link to InternetDOWN – Schema of the Rack.
tourist destination offering all kinds of winter sports like skiing, snowboarding, sledging, ski hiking, cross country skiing, etc, and summer sports like hiking, biking, climbingSchladming is one of the leading international ski resorts in Austria and part of the Ski Amadé network covering 28 ski areas and towns that combined make up the largest ski area in Europe. Schladming has been the host of several world-class events on Alpine and Nordic skiing including the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1982. Recently Schladming has been selected to host the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 which will provide a perfect setting for EXPERIMEDIA experiments.
Experiments based on winter sports like skiing, snowboarding, sledging, ski hiking, cross country skiing, etc, and summer sports like hiking, biking, climbing
Schladming has hostedAlpineworldSkiChampionships 1982 and will hostTheAlpineWorldSkiChampionships 2013
Data pool: Points of interest, snowconditions, status of servicessuch as lifts and slopes
Ultra-modern Cultural Centre and Museum that stands out for its innovative programmes. Multifunctional area where visitors experience Hellenic history and culture, while at the same time it is a venue of cultural creation and expression Activities: Interactive exhibitions, Virtual Reality Tours, Educational Programmes, Conferences, Theatrical Performances, Internet Café, Documentaries, Art events60,000 m2 equipped with media technology
is addressed to the wider public, but has a special focus on students and pupils and runs special programmes for school classes coming for organized visits. The way these groups are served is central to the operation of the venue as on one hand this is directly related to the foundational goal of the Foundation of the Hellenic World and on the other hand they form the vast majority of the venues visitors and therefore they are responsible for the greater part of its income.
Virtual Reality productions: Reconstructions of ancient Greek cities with exceptional scientific detail and validity. Interactive Multimedia: educational interactive exhibits that are included in the physical exhibitionsDocumentation / textual content: 2 types: (Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World (hereafter EHW)Textual content that forms the documentation for another production: detailed documentations detailing the scientific sources used and informed decisions made in the process of developing other FHW productions, such as the VR productions.Testimonies Archive: filmed autobiographical interviews by people who came to Greece from Asia Minor and Pontus, around 1922, as refugees. Educational exhibitions : Ex. the development of mathematics and mathematical thought in the ancient Greek worldCoin Collection: 13,214 coins, of which 11,202 represent the geographical area of Asia Minor. It is currently being studied and is an award winner of the "EUCLID" programme
Virtual Reality projection systems: advanced Virtual Reality technologyThe tHolos: Virtual Reality theatre, with a capacity of 132 people. it enables the public to have access to digital collections. The "Tholos" provides the opportunity for both monoscopic and stereo projection on the whole surface of the concave screen, something that happens for the first time in the world, while real time happenings can be incorporated in the virtual space. The shows are interactive, they are controlled by the spectators and they are not static. This is a unique experience of being immersed into the virtual world, which is characterised by direct response, flexibility, originality and liveliness.The Kivotos: room where both the walls and the floor are projection screens. In every screen digital images are projected. The "Kivotos" can receive 10 people, who are wearing special glasses. These glasses allow them to feel a sense of a third dimension and that they are immersed in it. With the help of an interactive hand devise, which resembles a 3D mouse, visitors can move within the projected image or even interact with it.Virtual Reality: large screen. With the use of stereoscopic glasses visitors have the feeling that they are immersed into the environment created by the 3D digital graphics. Furthermore, with the use of an interactive hand device, one of the visitors has the opportunity to guide the tour and to participate actively in the exploration, and sometimes even the modification of virtual environment. "Virtual Cinema" is used by FHW in order to transport children and adults to magical worlds of our cultural heritage.Content management and provision systems: FHW has developed over the years an infrastructure of supporting systems and services: specialized content production software, content management and online publication software, dedicated servers, databases, backup systems etc