ConferenceXP Research
Platform
Chris Moffatt
Senior Program Manager
External Research & Programs
Microsoft Research
Agenda
• Introduction to ConferenceXP
• 3 main scenarios
• Examples of how ConferenceXP is being
used
The ConferenceXP Project
How compelling and deep can we make
the learning experience if we assume
high bandwidth, powerful PC’s, and
advanced Windows technology?
Classroom Presenter
ConferenceXP Client
Microsoft OneNote
Approach
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Build research platform to support conferencing and the
development of rich collaborative applications
Collaborate with the academic and research community
to build and prototype applications that use
ConferenceXP
Build a community of developers and implementers
Design Goals
• Rich experience
– Integrate high-performance audio, video, and
network technologies
– Scalability with single-computer-per-node architecture
• Ease of use
– Easy setup and deployment
– Simple UI to enable participants to join online
conferences, presentations, and classes
• Extensible
– Provide APIs that enable the development of custom
user interfaces and applications
ConferenceXP Scenarios
• High-quality, real-
time collaboration
• Highly interactive
distributed
learning
• Active learning in
wireless-enabled
classrooms
Real-time Collaboration
ConferenceXP Client
• High-quality multipoint conferencing
• Full-screen, real-time video at 30 fps
• Built-in presentation capability,
whiteboard & screen sharing
Distributed Learning
4-way Distributed Classroom
• Semester-length
class between UW,
UCSD, UC Berkeley,
and MSR
• Met the originally
stated goal for
ConferenceXP
• Case study video
• UCSD news feature
ConferenceXP Scenarios
High-quality, real-time
collaboration
Highly interactive
distributed learning
• Active learning in
wireless-enabled
classrooms
Technology without learning science
Improvements
Can we do better….
ConferenceXP in Wireless Classrooms
• ConferenceXP’s peer-peer, multicast
network support enables scalability to
many wireless devices in the classroom
Wireles
s
Network
ConferenceXP in Wireless Classrooms
Classroom Presenter (University of Washington)
• Tablet PC Based
Classroom Presentation
System
• Deployed widely at
University of Washington
and other schools
• Classroom Presenter Video
ConferenceXP Projects
• Cross-cultural business school collaboration
University of Massachusetts, Amherst and University of Ireland,
Galway
• Australian School of the Air
Australian Northern Territories Education Department
• Collaborative music instruction
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology; Moscow State University
• Engineering Design Sketching
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cross-cultural Business School Course
University of Massachusetts, Amherst and University of Ireland, Galway
Australian School of the Air
Australian Northern Territories Education Department
Live, Distributed Musical Performances
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology; Moscow State University
omniMusic Application
Engineering Design Sketching
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
InkBoard Application
University Engagements
2004 & 2005 Funded Research Projects
Purdue: Immersive Mentoring Using Mixed-Reality Tabletop; A
UC Davis: Smart Classroom: Next Generation Collaborative
Michigan State: Wireless ConferenceXP with Intelligent Congestion
UCSD: A Tiered Approach to Evaluating and Exploiting the
UW: The Teacher Experience Project; Windows Media Transcoding
U Virginia: Investigating the Effective Use of Tablet PCs in
MIT: Classroom Learning Partner
UIUC: Mentoring and Assessment Both Inside and Outside the
IIT, Kanpur, India: Health Information Delivery
Brown: ReMarkable Texts
NTU, Argentina: Mathematical Whiteboard Using ConferenceXP
U Missouri: Enhancing Reliability by Supporting Path-Diversity
Pace University: Utilizing the Tablet PC to Enhance Lectures and
U Nebraska: Supporting and Enhancing Cooperative Learning
Southwest Missouri State: Proposed Uses of Microsoft's
UC Davis: Smart Classroom: Next Generation Collaborative
Saint Louis: Connecting Saint Louis University Campuses via
U Mass: Implementing ConferenceXP In A Multi-cultural,
Vanderbilt: Improving Formative Assessment and Research Planning
UCSC: Advanced Classrooms Exploiting Tiled Displays and
Tablet-PC Based Teaching Platform for Portable Mixed-Reality
Concept
and Rate Control; Peer-to-peer Multi-reflector Networking for
ConferenceXP
using CXP Archive Service ; An Ink Enabled Curriculum for Data
Structures
Team Work Project
ConferenceXP by the Missouri Virtual School
Conference XP
with ConferenceXP
U of Tennessee: ConferenceXP and NetSolve Usage
Teaching and Learning over ConferenceXP
Effects of Multi-modal Communication on Expression and
Learning in the Classroom
CSE Education; A Comparison of Educational Outcomes when
Teaching Electronic Commerce Using Traditional vs. Tablet PCEnhanced Methods
Classroom; Visual Information Manager
Overlay Retransmission
with ConferenceXP-powered I-MINDS
Teaching and Learning over ConferenceXP
Collaborative, Academic Environment
Student Computers; TeleEducation / TeleCollaboration and
Streaming Multimedia
Getting Involved
• Join the ConferenceXP Community
www.conferencexp.net
• Talk to us about your ideas for
collaborative applications and distance
learning that can be enabled over
ConferenceXP
Questions?