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Boston University Uses Access Grid Facility to Participate in Multisite Conference

released May 23, 2000

Boston University, an Alliance partner, is pleased to be one of several remote sites participating in the Alliance Chautauqua 2000 conferences, events that use and demonstrate the growing power of the National Computational Science Alliance's Access Grid.

The Access Grid is an experimental suite of hardware, software, and tools that facilitate collaborative group experiences over the Internet. It uses vBNS and Internet2 connections to allow people to interact with each other visually and vocally from several remote locations simultaneously and in real time.

Participants may use Boston University's Access Grid Conference Facility, which is located in Room B17, 111 Cummington Street, Boston, to remotely attend one or both of this year's Chautauqua 2000 conferences at http://scv.bu.edu/chautauqua/2000/. The first Chautauqua will be held at the Ohio Supercomputer Center June 13-15, the secondat the University of Kansas August 1-3. Remote participation from Boston University is free, but space is limited and registration is strongly encouraged.

Further information, registration materials, and a complete schedule can be found at http://scv.bu.edu/chautauqua/2000/. Direct questions by email to accessgrid@bu.edu or by phone to Jennifer Teig Von Hoffman, (617) 358-0033.

Information about the Access Grid and Boston University's Access Grid Conference Facility is available at http://scv.bu.edu/accessgrid/.

 

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