Wireless Web Project Seminar, The Australian National University, 21 February

Next week I will be giving a seminar on wireless networking project 
proposal at The Australian National University in Canberra. See appended, 
or: http://cs.anu.edu.au/pipermail/seminars/2001-February/001303.html

For those who can't attend in person there is a web page and slides 
<http://www.tomw.net.au/2000/scsp.html>. If there is interest I may be able 
to provide audio and/or video after the event.

This idea came from a seminar I presented last year at Oxford University 
about problems with disabled access to the Olympic web site: 
http://www.tomw.net.au/2000/bat.html

>From: Weifa Liang <Weifa.Liang@cs.anu.edu.au>
>Subject: [Seminars] Department of Computer Science Seminar
>Title: Department of Computer Science Seminar
>Date: Wed, Feb. 21, 2001
>Time: 4:00 pm to 5:00pm
>Venue: Room N101, CSIT Building [108]
>Speaker: Mr Tom Worthington (Visiting Fellow, DCS at ANU)
>Description: "Filling the WAP Gap - Wireless Communication Project"
>
>                                    Abstract
>
>A project is proposed to demonstrate standards and software to allow a 
>multimedia document to be created once and then rendered in different 
>formats. It is argued that Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is 
>unnecessary and is inferior to standard Internet protocols for advanced 
>wireless Internet applications. The prototype application proposed is an 
>academic "paper" and accompanying audio-visual presentation. Authoring 
>software would provide the functions of a word processor, web tool, 
>presentation package and AV package. Provision would be made for 
>alternative format for the same information, to allow accessibility 
>features for the disabled to be implemented. The web server and browsers 
>could then negotiate content formats to suit the user's requirements and 
>bandwidth available, converting formats where required. Artificial 
>intelligence algorithms would then allow the document to be automatically 
>structured for the display device. The aim would be to demonstrate 
>streaming a multi-media presentation with audio and "talking head" video 
>in real time to a hand held device over a medium speed wireless Internet 
>connection, as well as to display the same content on a TV set-top box web 
>browser and conventional desktop computer. Details: 
>http://www.tomw.net.au/2000/scsp.html
>
>URL: http://cs.anu.edu.au/lib/seminars/seminars01/dept20010221
>
>Biography: Tom Worthington is a Visiting Fellow in the Department of 
>Computer Science at the Australian National University. He is an 
>independent electronic business consultant and author of the book Net 
>Traveller. Tom is one of the architects of the Commonwealth Government's
>
>Internet and web strategy. The first Web Master for the Australian 
>Department of Defence, in 1999 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian 
>Computer Society for his contribution to the development of public 
>Internet policy. Tom is a director and past President of the Australian 
>Computer Society and a voting member of the Association for Computing 
>Machinery.
>_______________________________________________
>Seminars mailing list ... http://cs.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/seminars



Tom Worthington FACS tom.worthington@tomw.net.au Ph: 0419 496150
Director, Tomw Communications Pty Ltd ABN: 17 088 714 309
http://www.tomw.net.au PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617
Visiting Fellow, Computer Science, Australian National University
Publications Director & Past President, Australian Computer Society
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