CGL Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, May 31, 1995

Location:: DC 1304
Time:: 1:30 PM
Chair:: Leith Chan

1. Adoption of the agenda - additions/deletions thereto.

2. Coffee Hour and Next Meeting:

Coffee hour this week:

Richard Bartels (on Wednesday)

Coffee hour next week:

???

Next Meeting

Time:: June 7, 1995
Location:: DC 1304
Chair:: Stewart Chao
Tech Presentation:: Ian Bell

Forthcoming: (list next 4 and trades)

Chairs:: Wilkin Chau; Bill Cowan; Eric Davies; Ed Dengler
Tech presentations:: Richard Bartels; Leith Chan; Stewart Chao; Wilkin Chau

3. Technical Presentation:

Presenter:

Julie Waterhouse

How (not) to make a video
=========================

In an attempt to leave behind some sort of legacy for anyone foolish enough
to contemplate making a video in the future, I will present a summary of
"do's and don'ts" of video-making.  Information and opinions come from the
experiences (and mistakes) of this year's animation team.  I hope to pass
on some of what we have learned so that the next generation may suffer less
anguish than we did!

4. General Discussion Items:

5. Action List (remember to update AL_active)

U of T Visit

6. Directors Meeting:

7. Seminar(s):

Scientific Problem Solving in a Distributed and Collaborative Environment

Dr. Chandrajit L. Bajaj

Department of Computer Sciences
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana

Date: Wednesday, May 31, 1995

Time: 3:30 pm.

Place: William G. Davis Computer Research Centre, Room 1302

Abstract:

I shall present the architecture of a distributed and  collabora-
tive multimedia environment called SHASTRA for cooperative scien-
tific problem solving.  At its core SHASTRA has a powerful colla-
boration  substrate  -- to support multi-user applications, and a
distribution substrate -- which  emphasizes  distributed  problem
solving.   At  the application level, SHASTRA provides scientific
task sharing and  multimedia  communication  facilities  together
with  graphic  interfaces  based  on  X-11 windows that let users
cooperate in a "as if in the same room" environment.  A synergis-
tic  union of these elements yields a sophisticated problem solv-
ing environment.

In this talk I shall describe how the SHASTRA toolkits  are  used
in  the  custom design and prototyping of artificial hip implants
and in the distributed spline reconstruction  and  telecollabora-
tive  visualization  of  extremely large three dimensional scalar
fields.

Splines & Graphics Seminar

Computer Graphics Lab
University of Waterloo