The CREW system
- PowerPoint Web2.0 June 2009
Also Some Future Developments
The CREW Project
Development of a Virtual Research
Environment to support Collaborative
Research Events
Meik Poschen, Michael Daw, Rob Procter,
Martin Turner, Terry Hanley, Roger Slack, Andy
Hall, Mike Jones, Rebecca Jones, Anja Le
Blanc, Emma Place, Nikki Rogers, Andrew
Rowley, Tobias Schiebeck, Damian Steer,
Caroline Williams
Many Co-Is were User Groups
Outline
 What is CREW?
 Project, Context & Technical System
 Practice and User Engagement
 Approach, User Groups, Activities
 System Demo
 Future Release and Users
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
The CREW Team
 CREW: one of four funded
projects under the JISC Virtual
Research Environment (VRE)
phase 2 Programme
 2 year project: ended March
2009
 Overall aim: “Support the
research process”
 Focus strongly on user
engagement
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
Project Aim
“The aim of CREW is to develop and
deploy user-centred software to
support research resources (including
audio-visual recordings) that arise
from collaborative research events
such as conferences, workshops and
seminars to be discoverable in
context.”
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
Functionalities of the System
CREW provides an environment and support
material, with four main features:
1.
Recording: Users can record events audio-visually, incorporating
presentation slides and similar material, building on Memetic and
AG technology.
2.
Replaying of the recorded events and choosing the interface
layout.
3.
Annotating and editing: CREW supports the addition of tags during
recordings, e.g. to annotate slides or link to related blog
discussions.
Semantic Searching: The search and browse application will
connect and cross-link all the relevant content and metadata in the
VRE portal, presenting detailed information.
4.
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
CREW
Architecture
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
Unique selling point
CREW’s unique selling point is to be able to
record events, have all gathered data
fully searchable, be it annotated audiovisual content or other internal or
external resources like papers,
conference information and
researchers’ profiles etc., which are
harvested and cross-linked, integrated in a
web environment.
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
Case Study
 Monthly ACM SIGGRAPH Manchester
Professional Chapter seminars - end 2007
onwards (Scientific Visualization Groups)
50 Research Events over three years: from
seminars, to specialist software/hardware
roadmaps and tutorials.
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
Case Study
 Monthly ACM SIGGRAPH Manchester
Professional Chapter seminars - end 2007
onwards (Scientific Visualization Groups)
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
CREW in Action
 CREW – if you have an Access Grid node
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
CREW in Action
 CREW-Kit – Without an Access Grid node
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
CREW in Action
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
Initial Screen – allowing searches and browsing of recorded/annotated events
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
Selecting an Event – lists all sessions within the event plus event metadata
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
Selecting a Session – individual recorded parts are listed and described
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
Selecting a Recording – allows automatic cross-selection and post annotations
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
Playing a Recording – starts Flash integrated ppt and videos with slide notes …
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
Playing a Recording – … and automated annotation timelines. All selectable.
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
Search and Browsing – in this case authors and presenters, over many events.
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
Extra items included Google Mash-ups for location checking.
Live Demo
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
Software Outcome: Caboto
 An RDF-based annotation
system.
 Provides a RESTful interface
for submitting and receiving
annotations.
 Allows Public and Private
annotations.
 A work in progress!
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
CIP
Caboto in CREW
and STARS
http://caboto.org
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
User Requests – new needs
 Security Model – VOs, authentication (e.g. NGS)
etc.
 IP Performance Rights Issues: Personalisation
Permissions
 Server “Hardening” – Repository Integration
Institutional Repository
 Speed – Performance Test:
Load Testing and Evaluation
 Full Interface – skin – rewrite (c word)
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
Further Steps
 Ongoing cycles of experience (requirements
gathering) from current users
 Extended supported will continue – best
practice; embedding plan
 Integration: GoogleCode site
 Commercialisation – PowerPoint Web2.0
 Research add-ons: VRE Phase 3 plus IE
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
Further Steps: Specific
 PAG – Access Grid from a Portal – new
redevelopment work started May 2009
 ViCoVRE – Video Conversion – needs
from e-Dance and CREW for video
standards for semantic video storage.
 One VRE to Join Them All – time locked
data storage areas across VREs/VLEs
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net
Thank You
From the CREW team:
http://www.crew-vre.net
June 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/ See Slideshare.net