CAM Research Symposium March 1, 2002 Francis T. Marchese Chief Scientist

History Fall 2000 Spring 2001 Fall 2001 CAM Formed Conceptual Foundations Put Forward Spring 2001 CAM introduced to CSIS Community First CAM Members Enlisted Steering Committee Organized Research on Visible Artifacts Begins Fall 2001 Internet 2 Grant Awarded Web Site Launched - csis.pace.edu/~cam

Goal Develop computer-oriented, human-centered systems that help people solve problems by transforming the way they experience the world and the way they collaborate within it.

Achieving Goal Creating Highly Visible Artifacts Developing Renaissance research teams comprised of scientists, technologists, artists, and humanists. Fostering basic and applied research collaborations between Pace University and NYC corporations.

CAM Members (Spring 2002) Dennis Anderson, TS, Director Sung-Hyuk Cha, CS Jean Coppola, DoIT Anthony Joseph, CS Richard Kline, CS Francis T. Marchese, CS, Director & Chief Scientist Chuck Tappert, CS Richard Velayo, Psychology

Steering Committee (Spring 2002) Laurel A. Blatchford, Dir. , Alliance for Downtown NY Christine DiPietro, VP, Barnes & Noble.com Michael Gabriel, Sr. VP, HBO William Hanauer, Dir., Nat. Acad. Tel. Arts & Sci. Christopher Iervolino, Sr. VP, ITEC, Inc. Jon Marcus, Dir., Nat. Acad. Rec. Arts & Sci.

Steering Committee (Spring 2002) David McCoy, VP, Gartner Group Santosh Mukherjee, CTO, TCG Software Services Joachim Rosler, Technology Review Magazine Frederick Scholl, Founder, Monarch Info.Sys. Jim Sharpe, Partner, Lux Capitol Jeanne Tingo, Dir., Frontline Group Michael Weller, CEO, Cartref Science

Project Organization Context Layer User interface. Research in immersive virtual reality, augmented reality, telepresence, and information visualization and mining. Content Layer Research applications in cooperative work, collaborative computing, and human-computer interaction. Compute Layer Research in parallel distributed computing and software agency.

NSF - Internet 2 Grant (September 2001) CommonWall : A Shared Collaborative Space - F.T. Marchese Investigate unstructured communication, group formation, and dynamics in room-size collaborative spaces at geographically distant sites. Collaborative Immersive Visualization - F.T. Marchese Build low cost collaborative immersive VR technology based on personal computers. Advanced Networked Video Conferencing - D.Anderson Ubiquitous videoconferencing that supports peer-to-peer and group-to-group interchange. Pervasive Computing - D.Tappert Maximizing broadband's potential to deliver content to handheld devices.

Personal Immersion Desk

Projects: Beginning Spring 2002 CommonWall : A Shared Collaborative Space F.T. Marchese Investigate unstructured communication, group formation, and dynamics in room-size collaborative spaces at geographically distant sites. Distributed Computing Demos Athanasopoulos, Chemistry Protein Dynamics

CommonWall

Summer 2002 Increase Breadth of Participation New CAM Laboratory Expand within Pace Community Corporate and Community Outreach Artist in Residence Program New CAM Laboratory 163 William Street, Summer 2002 Reconfigurable Lab and Demo Space Room for Installations and Performances

Future Increase Breadth of Participation New CAM Laboratory Expand within Pace Community Corporate and Community Outreach Artist in Residence Program New CAM Laboratory 163 William Street, Summer 2002 Reconfigurable Lab and Demo Space Room for Installations and Performances

New CAM Laboratory - 156 William St.

Other Researchers Anthony Joseph Modeling Economic and Financial Variables Lotka-Volterra models (Preditor & Prey)

Presenters Charles Tappert Richard Velayo Sung-Hyuk Cha Richard Kline Pervasive Computing Richard Velayo Using Student Assessment in the Design of Online Instruction Sung-Hyuk Cha Content-based Image Indexing and Retrieval Richard Kline