WWW Fall 94 -- Notes for NLM Remote Attendees
Site Details
Bldg 38A, Room B1N30B (HPCC Conference Room)
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda MD 20894
Dates of meeting to be received at this location: 18-19 October only
(Capacity: 80)
NLM Interlocutor: Jules Aronson
Important Note About the NLM Conference Room
Conference facilities at the NLM are difficult to obtain on short notice,
so we are grateful that the
National Coordinating Office for
High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) is making its
conference room available for this event.
Please remember that the conference room is reached by passing through
a busy office area.
Please do not loiter in this confined area,
or ask to use telephones or other facilities found there.
- Telephones:
are available in the small lobby to the East of the Visitor's Center
on the main floor lobby of the Lister Hill Center.
- Restrooms:
are on the B1 level just down the hall from the HPCC office.
- Cafeteria:
is located on the B1 level, near the staircase leading from the Lister
Hill lobby.
Numerous Bethesda restaurants are within an easy walk.
Please ask the NLM Interlocutor, Jules Aronson, if you need directions
to other facilities.
Important Notes About the Limitations of MBONE Conferencing
As a remote participant for the multicasts,
we ask that you bear in mind that numerous factors influence the quality
of the program you receive,
many of which are out of our control.
MBONE multicasting is an experimental technology,
and does not ensure reliable reception of transmitted materials.
It is not equivalent in quality to traditional satellite video transmissions
such as those used to broadcast pay-for-view sporting events.
However, it is generally quite adequate for technical conferences.
Please be prepared to participate in the session in a spirit
of relaxed collaborative experimentation.
In particular, using a television camera to transmit from the projection
screen at the front of the room can result in a received image that is
difficult to read.
Audio may break up, so that you will have to listen carefully and
sometimes rely on context to understand the speaker.
Participating During Question Time
The MBONE audio communications used for this conference are multi-way.
During question periods,
the Chicago chairpersons will solicite questions from remote participants,
alternating them with questions from the local audience.
The person sitting in front of the NLM workstation
which is receiving the multicast from Chicago,
whom we call the NLM interlocutor,
acts as a local chairperson,
and will help you to send your question.
You are encouraged to try to participate.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The conference organizers gratefully acknowledge the help of the following
individuals in making the multicast possible:
At the NLM Remote Conference Site
- Donald A. B. Lindberg (Director, HPCC NC & National Library of Medicine)
provided facilities for the remote conference site at the NLM
- Personnel of the
Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications (LHNCBC):
- Jules Aronson of the Computer Science Branch (CSB)
provided invaluable technical dvice and support,
helped set up the multicasting facility, and acted at NLM interlocutor
- Saundra Greenberg of the Computer Science Branch supervised
the meeting preparations
- James Main and his colleagues in the
Audiovisual Program Development Branch (APDB) provided the
audiovisual equipment used at the NLM remote conference site
- Joseph Fitzgerald of the APDB created the signs
Chicago and Elsewhere
- ACM and the Organizers of MULTIMEDIA '94
-
Who coordinated their own multicasting activities with ours
- Steve Casner (ISI)
-
Who provided valued technical advice,
and coordination with the activities of the ACM MULTIMEDIA '94 event
- Joseph Hardin (NCSA)
-
Who (together with R. P. C. Rodgers) conceived of the idea of multicasting
the meeting,
and allocated equipment and personnel
- Jason Ng (NCSA)
-
Who acted as co-principal organizer with R. P. C. Rodgers.
- R. P. C. Rodgers (National Library of Medicine)
-
Who (together with J. Hardin) conceived of the idea of multicasting the meeting,
provided equipment,
and acted as co-principal organizer with Jason Ng
WWW Fall '94 (Chicago) / Multicasting Notes / R. P. C. Rodgers, M.D.