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UTS Access Grid Node The Access Grid (AG) is a collection of resources that can be used to support human interaction across a high-bandwidth network. It consists of multimedia display, presentation and interactive environments, and interfaces to visualization environments. The AG supports large-scale distributed meetings, collaborative work sessions, seminars, lectures, tutorials and training. The AG is designed for group-to-group communication, differentiating it from desktop to desktop based tools that focus on individual communication. The AG environment enables both formal and informal group interactions. Large-format displays integrated with active meeting rooms are a central feature of the AG nodes. AG nodes are "designed spaces" that contain the high-end audio and visual technology needed to provide a high-quality multimedia group interactions. The AG node provides a research environment for the study of issues relating to collaborative work in distributed environments. The AG utilises a high-bandwidth environment for virtual meetingscomplements the computational grid; indeed, the Access Grid node concept is specifically targeted at providing "group" access to the Grid. This access may be for remote visualization or interactive applications, or a research for utilizing the high-bandwidth environment for virtual meetings and events. Think of it as "video conferencing on steroids".Main Access Grid project link: http://www.accessgrid.org The AG node at UTS is provided for the use of the research community at UTS and was developed with the assistance of an ARC grant and matching contributions from the UTS Research Budget and the Faculty of Information Technology. The UTS AG node is connected to the GrangeNet - a multi-gigabit experimental network to support grid and advanced communication services.
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