[Opensim-dev] 3D Internet focus at SC09 conference

[Mic Bowman]

Dave,

Thanks for posting this. We have a ScienceSim users meeting on Fridays
9am PDT. If anyone is interested, I can ask Wilf Pinfold, general
chair of the SC'09 conference, to join us and answer questions about
SC'09 expectations.

--mic


On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Dave Coyle <coyle+opensim at knifejaw.com> wrote:
> For anyone who might be interested, last week it was announced that
> one of this year's focuses at the SC09[1] conference will be the "3D
> Internet".  OpenSim BOF?
>
> From the press release:
>
> "The 3D Internet Focus Area will look at ways in which 3D
> visualization and immersive environments such as Second Life are
> changing the way we communicate, share information, educate students
> and explore scientific problems.
>
> "'The Internet changed the way we share information and the
> 3D Internet will change the way we relate to each other in fundamental
> ways,' said John Hengeveld, a business strategy manager at Intel and
> chair of the 3D Internet Focus Area. 'These graphically rich 3D worlds
> require a host of HPC resources, and they could forever change
> education and how people come to understand scientific concepts.'
>
> "Submissions for most areas of the SC09 technical program will be
> accepted beginning March 16. Technical paper abstracts are due April 3
> and final papers as well as submissions for tutorials, workshops and
> panels are due April 6."
>
>
> SC09 will be November 14-20, 2009 in Portland, Oregon, USA.
>
> http://sc09.supercomputing.org/
>
> -Coyle
>
>
> [1] -- What's SC09?  "SC09, sponsored by the ACM (the Association for
> Computing Machinery) and the IEEE Computer Society, offers a complete
> technical education program and exhibition to showcase the many ways
> high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis lead to
> advances in scientific discovery, research, education and commerce.
> This premier international conference includes a globally attended
> technical program, workshops, tutorials, an exhibit area,
> demonstrations and hands-on learning.
>
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