SAGE BOF at SC10

By Alexander Simes, on December 13, 2010

SAGE BIRDS OF A FEATHER (BOF): Scalable Adaptive Graphics Environment (SAGE) for Global Collaboration

November 16, 2010
Ernest N. Moriale Convention Center (ENMCC), New Orleans

Today’s scientists are tackling issues of global priority – such as the environment, geoscience, bioscience, disaster response, and the physical nature of the universe, to name a few – and need the ability to view ultra-resolution images and/or create “cyber-mashups,”

or juxtapositions, of information – a critical component of data analysis – in order to gain more holistic views and insight regarding complex issues, and make more informed observations and discoveries. To view data-intensive information, scientists require large tiled display walls connected to multi-gigabit networks, as well as a common operating environment, or framework, to access, stream and juxtapose data objects. SAGE, the Scalable Adaptive Graphics Environment, is such an environment; it is a graphics streaming architecture that enables users to interactively access, display and share a variety of data-intensive information, in a variety of resolutions and formats, from multiple sources, with the same ease that the Web affords for accessing lower-resolution objects today. This BOF session provides an opportunity for the SAGE global user community – current users as well as potential users – to meet, discuss current and future development efforts, and share examples of community-developed use cases and applications. SAGE is a three-year project funded by the National Science Foundation to create persistent visualization and collaboration services for global cyberinfrastructure, and is currently deployed at 53 major supercomputer centers.

Videos

EVL SAGE
EVL-SAGE New Titles 720p 2010 Download
Youtube

OptIPortable 2, Calit2
Calit2-OptiPortable Take Four Download

ParaView-SAGE Integration
EVL-ParaView-SAGE Sequence1 2010 Download

EVL 20 Foot Virtual Canvas
(NOTE: Paint application does not use SAGE)

EVL-Paint 720p 2010 Download
YouTube

Powerpoint Presentations

EVL-SAGE-BOF-SC10-FINALv2

Powerpoint Contents

I. Introductions
II. User Community Updates
- A. Accomplishments by the SAGE User Community
  - Andrei Hutanu, LSU/CCT
  - David Abramson, Monash
  - Seung-Hee Lee, KISTI
  - Shinji Shimojo, NICT
  - Paul Wielinga, SARA
- B. SAGE Community Events
- C. New SAGE Users
III. SAGE Improvements – Luc Renambot, UIC/EVL (15 minutes)
IV. Building Environments to Support Interaction for Various Use Scenarios — Ratko Jagodic, UIC/EVL (20 minutes)
V. Wrap-Up – Jason Leigh, UIC/EVL (5 minutes)