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Dr Richard Weinberg's Research Lab
Research Associate Professor in Cinema-Television
iGrid 2005 September 2005
At the recent iGrid 2005 conference at UCSD, Richard Weinberg's
digital animation project was streamed live from Tokyo, Japan, to the
conference's opening session in San Diego. The project, "24 Flowers
per second" was shot on an 8-megapixel digital camera, and projected
at the conference on Sony's new 8-megapixel projector. This is the
School's first project shot at this resolution, approximating the new
Digital Cinema Initiative standard for theatrical distribution.
Weinberg's project will also be shown at the dedication of the new
Calit2 building at USCD at the end of October.
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CineGrid
Richard Weinberg is USC's lead on CineGrid, a collaborative project
with Calit2, UCSD, the University of Illinois, and others. The purpose
of this project is to merge the technologies of digital cinema
projection and high speed networks with that of grid computing and
scientific visualization, while engaging both the scientific and
entertainment communities. The project could eventually involve not
only the School of Cinema-TV, but also Annenberg Center and Engineering.
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SuperComputing 2005 (SC05) November 2005
Richard Weinberg is working with the Research Channel at the
University of Washington and other groups to demonstrate a multi-way
uncompressed HD teleconference and HD editing session at the
SuperComputing 2005 conference in Seattle this November. Both of these
projects will utilize the new 10 gigabit infrastructure that we are
installing, as USC's first school to have a permanent connection of
this speed through ISD. It will also leverage the fiber optic
infrastructure that Richard spearheaded that connects Zemeckis,
Cinema and Annenberg Center.
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Both CineGrid and the SC05 demo are aimed at distant collaboration at
the highest quality of image and sound, and have great potential for
distributed productions of feature films as well as e-learning,
medical imaging and scientific visualization.
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Biomedical
After representing the School at the retreat for the Provost's
initiative on Biomedical Imaging, Richard met with the head of
Radiology at Children's hospital for discussion about the potential
of launching a new interactive animation project to show medical
professionals and students the process of myelanation of nerves from
before birth through age ten.
All of these projects are conduits for digital content creation and
distribution that our students can utilize and expand upon.
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