Current projects
Here are a few of the projects RISQ’s Innovation Group has completed in collaboration with members and partners since its founding in spring 2003:
Shared Spaces - High Definition Ultra-Videoconferencing
The Ultra-Videoconferencing project at McGill University has developed a flexible, low-latency IP transport system for audio, video, and most recently, vibrosensory data. The project is now being extended to use multiple high definition video streams on large plasma displays to create a panoramic image and the feeling of sharing the same space. Streaming will take place between McGill and the University of British Columbia. Funding is being provided by the Canarie Advanced Applications Program, the participants, Cisco and Panasonic. [see also BARAQué]
ARTGrid (AG)
L'objectif principal consiste à développer une nouvelle plateforme ARTGrid (AG) qui utilise la technologie grille comme infrastructure de coopération et de collaboration parmi des utilisateurs pour de l'animation 3D à travers le réseau CA*Net 4. Ce projet oeuvre à développer une plateforme ARTGrid en réutilisant les composantes de la plateforme ARTICIEL développée par l'UQAM pour fournir une infrastructure de collaboration cyberculture permettant une collaboration distribuée et une utilisation efficace des éléments significatifs du monde de l'animation 3D (personnages, objets et environnements). [see also BARAQué]
BEST (doctoral telelearning testbed)
Réalisé par la TÉLUQ. le projet BEST vise à construire un banc d'essai permettant de tester des services de liaisons optiques pour un environnement de téléformation doctorale de type collaboratoire. Les tests du banc d’essai seront conduits à l'échelle canadienne sur CA*net 4 entre trois sites : TÉLUQ-Montréal, U. d’Ottawa et UBC. S'y ajouteront des tests avec plusieurs noeuds du réseau européen GÉANT, soit avec nos partenaires des réseaux d'excellence européens Kaléidoscope et Prolearn. [cf. BARAQué]
Bio-Grid applications over ligthpath infrastructure
The objective of this proposal is to develop a community-based, integrated e-Science Grid infrastructure needed for the genomics FGAS project. Genomics researchers require the infrastructure and tools to conduct their research in a performing way. [cf. BARAQué]
Hyperchip
Hyperchip and RISQ are currently collaborating on a technology showcase that, among other things, is making it possible to qualify Hyperchip’s high performance PBR-1280 router in a real Internet traffic setting within RISQ’s leading-edge optical communications infrastructure.
Hyperchip.
The PBR-1280 is a telecommunications-class high-capacity router. It was designed to improve Internet performance while reducing the complexity and cost of network operations. The product offers a revolutionary distributed and progressive architecture with functionality that guarantees high-quality bandwidth in the network core.
The ability to provide an initial deployment of this product on a production network – and giving members of the RISQ community the opportunity to explore the benefits of Hyperchip’s next-generation routing technology – is a superb opportunity that benefits all participants.
Watermarking
This project is related to a secure-access digital video storage system allowing copyright protection through digital watermarks. The Innovation Group is working with a group of partners: Université de Sherbrooke, private sector partners Algolith, Novipro and DVcolor, and the Cinémathèque Jacques-Bouchard. The project is financed through a CANARIE program.
Educational videoconference
This pilot project facilitates the comparison of ergonomic videoconferencing technologies in a multi-user environment within the RISQ network. The technologies validated through this project may be adopted for remote meeting or tele-learning applications. The project is funded by the Ministère de l'Éducation du Québec.
CANARIE projects
CANARIERISQ’s Innovation Group is also working with CANARIE on several projects leading to infrastructure innovations and new broadband network technologies.