COUNCIL ON ACADEMIC COMPUTING

DR. GEORGE E. KLINZING, CHAIR
MEETING SUMMARY – MARCH 4, 2002

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The meeting convened at 2:05 p.m.

HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORK APPLICATIONS INITIATIVE

Project updates from previous HPNAI winners continued.

"Next-Door" Videoconferencing for Collaborative University Research -- Jeremy Levy, John Yates
Levy spoke to Council regarding this project which utilizes videoconferencing software to facilitate multidisciplinary research. The software was purchased from Vianet.com and utilizes a large amount of bandwidth. It is compatible with industry standards and relatively inexpensive ($500 for the software plus the cost of a camera and headphone).

Klinzing will contact Gorin and Warnicki to present a status report of their project to Council at a future meeting.

MINUTES/ANNOUNCEMENTS

No changes were requested to the minutes of the February 4, 2002 meeting.

SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS

Communications -- Cohn
Cohn reported that the survey asking faculty to identify communication preferences was distributed by mail with the assistance of Carol Baker in the Office of Measurement and Evaluation of Teaching. A random group of more than 400 faculty on the Oakland and regional campuses was surveyed. The response rate for the Oakland campus was 32%, with the regionals coming in at 46%.

She presented the preliminary findings of the survey to Council and asked for advice on how to proceed. Council members agreed to accept the results of the initial survey. It was suggested that faculty rankings of respondents be checked. Cohn will examine the faculty rankings of the respondents and draft a survey question for members of the AAU regarding communications with faculty.

Faculty Training --
Klinzing reported that this group (combined with members of ACIE) has met and will examine what faculty want and need in regard to faculty training.

Security -- Draus
Work of the SCUC subcommittee has temporarily been put on hold.

High Performance Network Applications Initiative -- Hoelzeman

Klinzing reported that the February 19 information session was well attended. Jay Graham and George Mallick of CSSD were on hand to answer questions of faculty regarding potential uses of high bandwidth connections.

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF COMPUTING SERVICES & SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT -- JINX WALTON

The port verification, relabeling, and verification project is complete. All units have been sent copies of their port inventories. Charging will begin for all administrative ports, retroactive to January 1.

Plans are underway to install a redundant link to RIDC Park. Currently a fiber path is in place, and redundancy is provided by the old Microwave unit.

Evaluation and renegotiation of Telecommunications contracts continues.

NEW BUSINESS

No new business was discussed.

The meeting adjourned at 3:02 p.m.