Contact: Hamid Sharif, Assoc. Professor, Engineering & Technology -
(402) 554-3628
Lincoln (Neb.) - Sept. 25, 2000 - The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering and Technology has received a $498,000 National Science Foundation grant to establish an advanced multimedia hub to study the transmission of real-time video over Internet 2 and other high-speed networks.
The research team, led by Hamid Sharif, associate professor of computer and electronics engineering, will broadcast the SCOLA (Satellite COmmunications for LeArning) TV channels over Internet 2 to study video multicasting, video storage and mining and quality of service.
Alexander Stoyen and Quiming Zhu from the University of Nebraska at Omaha's College of Information Science and Technology are co-principal investigators on the two-year project.
Video broadcasting is becoming an integral part of Internet data presentation but is constrained by bandwidth and other factors. When the next generation of Internet becomes available commercially, real-time video broadcasting is expected to be in great demand.
The project will increase SCOLA's viewing audience by broadcasting to more than 160 Internet 2 universities and other institutions. SCOLA TV channels broadcast news, cultural and video language programs from 58 countries in 44 languages. SCOLA has an estimated audience of 15 million viewers in the United States including federal government agencies, colleges and universities, K-12 schools and businesses.
"The online archived availability of digitized video to Internet 2
members will provide a nationwide service in teaching and education in
the area of foreign languages and cultures," Sharif said.
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