Special Features:
SC GLOBAL 2004 SIMULTANEOUSLY LINKS ALL INHABITED CONTINENTS
With the addition of Africa to the list of participating continents, SC Global
2004, the Access Grid-enabled component of SC2004, will include a first-ever
demonstration of a simultaneous connection of AG nodes on all six inhabited
continents.
During SC Global 2003, 80 sites participated remotely, using Access Grid,
inSORS Grid, Windows Media and VBrick, from locations in 10 countries spread
across five continents. This year's conference will be held Nov. 6-12 in
Pittsburgh; remote participation is expected to exceed that of last year.
"We're very excited to have Polytechnic of Namibia joining us as the first SC
Global participating site from Africa," said Jackie Kern of NCSA, SC Global
2004 Chair. "With this addition, all continents –- including Antarctica -–
will have participated in at least one SC Global event over the years."
SC Global Satellite Sites will have the opportunity to participate in a wide
variety of events during the conference, including:
- Keynote address -- "Towards a Planetary Collaboratory" by Larry Smarr,
Institute Director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and
Information Technology.
- Stereographics and Virtual Reality over the Access Grid.
- Advancing Technology in Native American Communities.
- LEAD: Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery.
- The MARCEL Network, a Global Faculty in Art & Science.
Sites wishing to participate remotely in SC Global 2004 should register at
www.mcs.anl.gov/fl/events/scg2004/ before Sept. 15, and will receive
detailed information about technical preparations:
In addition to the SC Global program of events, the SC Global committee will
provide a Personal Video Room, with Access Grid and H.323 resources available
for all registered conference attendees. Information on how to reserve use of
these resources will be available on the SC Global 2004 Web site.
For detailed information, please visit:
SC2004 is sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE) Computer Society and the Association for Computing Machinery's Special
Interest Group on Computer Architecture (ACM SIGARCH).
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