Authors and Publications

The development team can be reached using [email protected] mailing list.

Developers (in alphabetical order):

• Martin Beneš
• Lukáš Hejtmánek
• Petr Holub
• Miloš Liška
• Jiří Matela
• Dalibor Matura
• Martin Pulec
• Ian Wesley-Smith

UltraGrid links with following libraries:

• FastDXT library developed by Luc Renambot of EVL
• RTDXT developed by Ignacio Castaño of NVIDIA Corportaion. The sources were adapted for UltraGrid by Martin Šrom (CESNET z.s.p.o.).
• speex is currently used for audio resampling
• GPUJPEG library developed by Jiří Matela, Petr Holub and Martin Šrom of CESNET z.s.p.o.

Papers

Journal papers:

(the FGCS paper is currently probably the best reference)

• HOLUB, Petr - MATYSKA, Luděk - LIŠKA, Miloš - HEJTMÁNEK, Lukáš - DENEMARK, Jiří - REBOK, Tomáš - HUTANU, Andrei - PARUCHURI, Ravi - RADIL, Jan - HLADKÁ, Eva. High-definition multimedia for multiparty low-latency interactive communication. Future Generation Computer Systems, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Elsevier Science, Nizozemsko. ISSN 0167-739X, 2006, vol. 22, no. 8, s. 856-861. ScienceDirect link

• HOLUB, Petr - LIŠKA, Miloš. High-Definition Video Transmissions for Medical Applications and Education. Technology and Health Care, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), IOS Press. ISSN 0928-7329, 2005, vol. 13, no. 5, s. 398-400.

Conference papers:

• HUTANU, Andrei - XIN, Yufeng - THORPE, Steven - HOLUB, Petr - PARUCHURI, Ravi - EILAND, Daniel - LIŠKA, Miloš. Uncompressed HD Video for Collaborative Teaching - An Experiment. In The 3rd International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing. White Plains, New York : ICST, 2007. ISBN 1-4244-1317-6, 6 s. 2007, White Plains, New York. PDF
• MATYSKA, Luděk - HOLUB, Petr - HLADKÁ, Eva. HD Collaborative Framework for Distributed Distance Learning. In Proceedings of the 4th High-End Visualization Workshop. Rakousko : University of Innsbruck, 2007. ISBN 978-3-86541-216-4, s. 40-45. 18.6.2007, Obergurgl, Tyrol, Austria.
• MATYSKA, Luděk - HLADKÁ, Eva - HOLUB, Petr. Virtual Classroom with a Time Shift. In Programm and Abstracts of 8th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training. Kumamoto, Japonsko : Kumamoto University, 2007. s. 56-56. 10.7.2007, Kumamoto, Japan.

Invited talks:

• LIŠKA, Miloš. Updates on UltraGrid Platform, San Antonio, TX, USA : Internet2, 2009, I2 Fall 2009 Member Meeting. link
• HOLUB, Petr. Updates on UltraGrid Platform. Arlington, VA, USA : Internet2, 2008. I2 Spring 2008 Member Meeting. PDF
• EILAND, Daniel - STERLING, Thomas - APON, Amy - LEANGSUKSUN, Box - HOLUB, Petr. Community Building in Distance Learning Environments: Using uncompressed high-definition videos as a medium for classroom interactivity. Chicago, USA : AccessGrid Retreat, 2007. AccessGrid Retreat 2007. March 30, 2007.
• HOLUB, Petr - PARUCHURI, Ravi - SIMMONS, Stacey - REBOK, Tomáš - HUTANU, Andrei - EILAND, Daniel - LIŠKA, Miloš. Enabling Technologies for Teaching an HPC Class as a Distributed Course. Atlanta, Internet2, USA : SURA/ViDe, 2007. SPR2007 - The 9th Annual SURA/ViDe Conference. March 30, 2007. link
• HOLUB, Petr - LIŠKA, Miloš. Uncompressed HD Technology. Phoenix, AZ, USA : Internet 2, 2006. IMT2006. September 6, 2006.
• HOLUB, Petr. HD Multi-point Videoconferencing. Catania, Italy : TERENA Networking Conference 2006, 2006. May 18, 2006. PDF
• HOLUB, Petr. High-Definition Video at CESNET. Philadelphia, PA, USA : Internet2, 2005. I2 Fall 2005 Member Meeting. link

Technical reports:

• HOLUB, Petr - LIŠKA, Miloš. 4K Video and Audio Packet Format for UltraGrid. CESNET, 2010. Technical report. link
• LIŠKA, Miloš - BENEŠ, Martin - HOLUB, Petr. iHDTV Protocol Implementation for UltraGrid. CESNET, 2009. Technical report. link
• LIŠKA, Miloš - BENEŠ, Martin - HOLUB, Petr. Audio Transport Implementation for UltraGrid Platform. CESNET, 2009. Technical report. link
• WESLEY-SMITH, Ian N. - LIŠKA, Miloš - HOLUB, Petr. Implementation of DXT Compression for UltraGrid. CESNET, 2008. Technical report. link