[gu-l] Trip to Milano, Italy from 6/21st to 6/23rd
Tak Utsumi
utsumi@columbia.edu
Sat, 30 Jun 2001 01:38:39 +0000 (GMT)
<<June 29, 2001>>
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Prof. Ing. Fabrizio C. Celentano <fabrizio.celentano@uninsubria.it>
Prof. Getano Aurelio Lanzarone <lanzarone@crii.uninsubria.it>
Mauro Pezze <pezze@disco.unimib.it>
Claudio Bettini <bettini@dsi.unimi.it>
Prof. Daniele Marini <daniele.marini@unimi.it>
Steve McCarty <steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp>
Kazuyoshi Koizumi <koizumik@mail.benesse.co.jp>
Takashi Sakamoto, Ph.D. <sakamoto@nime.ac.jp>
Prof. Giovanni Degli Antoni <degliantoni@hermes.mc.dsi.unimi.it>
Dr. Paul Lefrere <p.lefrere@open.ac.uk>
Marco Antonio R. Dias <mardias@club-internet.fr>
P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D, Professor <tapio.varis@uta.fi>
Steven Donahue <sdonah01@bellsouth.net>
Dear Fabrizio, Getano and other colleagues in Milano:
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(1) I sincerely thank you for your kind and generous invitation to your
university on 6/22nd and 6/23rd.
(2) You said that the University of Milano became too large with more than
100,000 students and un-manageable, so that Italian government
encouraged to split to 3 universities in Bicocca, Varese and Insubria.
The new Bicocca campus is beautiful and well equipped with multimedia.
The beautiful surroundings of Varese and Insubria campuses in small
town at the hill sides of Alps in northern Italy reminded my home town
province in Nagano prefecture in Japan. I greatly appreciated your
sight-seeing tour of old castle and beautiful lake on the way back to
Milano.
I also appreciated very much of your suggestion to see beautiful
ballet of Giselle at La Scala in Milano after coming back from our
tour of Varese and Insubria campuses. This is because I am very much
fond of ballet, and Giselle was one of my favorite ballets which I
longed to see for some time. However, since I expected to see
classical ballet style, I was amazed to see its new wonderful
production. It was so beautiful and splendid that many audiences
stayed to applaud many times after curtain closed. We noticed prima
donna was wiping her tears off, too.
(3) Our brainstorming session at Bicocca was very stimulating and
fruitful.
I was very pleased to see your successful demonstration of accessing
our web site with broadband (11 Mbps) wireless in-campus network (with
IEEE 802.11b protocol -- see other related protocol in ATTACHMENT I).
This clearly showed high convenience to students and faculty members
for their accessing Internet.
(4) I was also very delighted to hear of your enthusiastic interest in our
Global University System (GUS) project, as firstly holding a workshop
at your university (or nearby conference site, e.g., Rockefeller
Center, etc.) -- to be held in 2002. The theme and purpose of the
workshop could be;
(a) Web learning platform;
1. Exhibitions of platforms by their vendors,
2. Paper presentations on the experiences of the use of those
platforms.
Pls see Item (13) of my previous list distribution "[gu-l] Trip
to Tokyo from 4/26 to 5/19/01 (Part 1); (1) GSTF, (2) Workshop
in Tokyo in 2002" at
http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2001q2/date.html
As you see, I also proposed the same to Dr. Sakamoto of NIME in
Japan for his workshop in Tokyo in 2002.
(b) Videoconference demonstrations;
1. Telemedicine:
This may be arranged with Prof. Giovanni Degli Antoni.
2. Performing art:
Getano told me that his Ph.D. student has already made a
digitization of the movements of a ballerina with sensors
attached at junctions of her body.
This may be used how to teach ballet to students, say, in
Japan via ISDN or Internet without spending much money.
This was my long time dream -- how to transform art to
scientific disciplines.
Other example is Steven's web-based teaching of
pronunciation which analyzes students' voices with
an audio analyzer, compared with its teaching with
face-to-face classroom approach, which will be
incorporated into our planned English as a Second
Language (ESL) program for Japanese.
Dear Steve and Mr. Koizumi:
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Pls locate a ballet school in Tokyo and make an initial
contact for their passive (receive-only) participation --
the place to view it could be at Dr. Sakamoto's NIME.
Dear Getano:
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If you make stream-video of this demo via Internet,
anybody around the world can view it, too.
(c) GUS/Milano:
Not only strengthening e-learning in Milano area, GUS/Milano is
to be formed as a hub to help digital divide in Eastern Europe
and Balcan regions, e.g., Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary,
Slovania, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania,
Macedonia, Kosovo, etc.
(5) As suggested to you, it may be a good idea to have an evening occasion
to see performance of opera or ballet at La Scala during our workshop
-- someone told me before that La Scala is the one of three most
beautiful opera houses -- the others are in Vienna, Austria and
Odessa, Ukraine.
If La Scala might have been moved to the auditorium at the
Bicocca campus by then due to its refurbishment, it may be
another significance to our workshop, too.
(6) As mentioned to you, pls contact Paul Lefrere at the U.K. Open
University ASAP;
(a) to get info about which of the programs of the European
Commission would be appropriate to apply for a grant for this
workshop,
(b) to visit Paul for further discussion on your cooperation with
his Open University -- in Madrid, Spain, on 6/25th, I mentioned
of this to him and learned from him that he would be on vacation
in the last week of July and the first week of August.
(7) During our GUS board mtg with Tapio and Marco in Madrid on 6/25th, I
mentioned the above matters and received very favorable responses.
I also mentioned to the board members of your desire to become a
UNESCO/UNITWIN members in relation to our GUS.
Tapio is now working on the draft proposal for his UNESCO/Chairmanship
of this UNITWIN program at the University of Tampere on behalf of our
GUS.
As soon as I get the draft, I will pass it on to you so that you can
emulate it.
(8) Thanks again for your kind invitation. The Italian dinner with your
wife was very tasty. Pls say hello to her. Let's work together and
keep in touch.
Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I
The future of high-speed wireless LANs hits Vegas
By John Cox
Network World
Interop News
May 7, 2001, Page 144
www.nwfusion.com
LAS VEGAS - Wireless vendors are using NetWorld+Interop 2001 to unveil the
faster (and smaller) future of wireless LANs.
Attendees will get to see what may be the first public demonstration
of an 802.11a wireless network that supports speeds up to 54 M bit/sec.
There will also be matchbook-sized radio cards that will let PocketPC and
similar handhelds connect to the current crop of 11 M bit/sec 802.11b
networks. Finally, some early voice-over-IP handsets are being introduced for
802.11b networks, enabling enterprise users within a building or campus to
use the same wireless infrastructure for voice and data.
The 11a prototype network is being demonstrated by Intermec of
Everett, Wash. The vendor plans to set up the 54 M bit/sec wireless network,
based on a 5-GHz radio using Atheros' two-chip CMOS package. Intermec
engineers have been working with Atheros for nearly a year, focused on
writing software and firmware that will introduce higher-level features for
the planned 11a LAN product, due out by September, according to Greg Smith,
vice president of Intermec's wireless products group. These features include
giving priority to some types of traffic over the wireless network.
The booth will have a laptop, loaded with a bandwidth-hungry DVD file,
and the prototype 5-GHz wireless access point, both connected to a wired LAX.
A second laptop, with a prototype interface card, will connect to the access
point and display the DVD file.
The Intermec booth will also have several pieces of equipment with
802.11b radios, which operate in the 2.4-GHz band. The idea is to prove that
the two networks can operate without interfering with each other.
Intermec is one of many wireless vendors developing the higher-speed
802. 11a networks. Cisco plans to deliver a similar product later this year
or early next year.
Symbol Technologies, of Holtsville, N.Y, will show its CompactFlash
card for connecting handheld devices to 802.11b wireless networks.
This is important because wireless LAN interface cards have been
fairly large for connecting laptops or desktop PCs to a wireless access
point. For handheld computers and PDAs to connect to a wireless LAN, a
smaller but still power-efficient size is needed.
The new Symbol card is about half the size of a credit card. It will
be shown connecting Compaq iPaq and Hewlett-Packard Jornada PocketPCs to a
wireless LAN in the Symbol booth.
"It's an amazing reduction in size, based on a new chipset from
Intersil," says Phil Ballai, a senior manager with Symbol's wireless systems
division. He says the power requirements for the new card are about the same
as for the current, larger PC card for 11b.
"We have several 'modes' of operation," he says. "If the user can live
with a bit less performance [by the CompactFlash] card, we can lengthen the
battery life." Depending on how often the handheld is used and for what,
users can get two hours or more wireless LAN connect time from their laptop
batteries.
The new card is due out in late summer at a probable cost of $200 to
$260.
Intermec: www.intermec.com; Symbol: wwwsymbol.com
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Untangling wireless
A quick guide to wireless LAN standards:
IEEE 802.11 2M bit/sec First IEEE standard for wireless
LANs.
IEEE 802.11b 11M bit/sec Much faster, but users share
bandwidth
IEEE 802.11g up to 24M bit/sec Proposed; uses some 2.4-GHz band
as 11b
IEEE 802.11a up to 54M bit/sec First to use 5-GHz band.
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Distribution List
Prof. Ing. Fabrizio C. Celentano
Universita' dell'Insurbia
DBSF e CRII
Via J.H. Dunant, 3
21100 Varese
Italy
tel +39-02-421 518/523
fax +39-02-421 500
fabrizio.celentano@uninsubria.it
fabriziocelentano@interfree.it
http://web.crii.uninsubria.it
Or,
Via C. Poma, 18
20129 Milano
Italy
+39-0332-421 500
Prof. Getano Aurelio Lanzarone
Universita' degli Studi dell'Insubria
Centro di Ricerca Informatica Interattiva
via Ravasi 2
I-21100 Varese - Italy
tel. 0332 218900
fax 0332 281308
lanzarone@crii.uninsubria.it
Mauro Pezze
Dipartimento di Informatica, Sisternistica e Comunicazione
Universita degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca
via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8 - 20126 Milano
tel. +39 026448.7882
fax +39 026448.7839
pezze@disco.unimib.it
Claudio Bettini
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Dipartimento di Scienze Dell'Informazione
Universita' Degli Studi di Milano
Via Comelico 39
1-20135 Milano, Italia
tel. +39 02 5835-6281
fax +39 02 5835-6276
bettini@dsi.unimi.it
www.dsi.unimi.it
Prof. Daniele Marini
Professore Associato
Dipartimento di Scienze Dell'Informazione
Universita' Degli Studi di Milano
Via Comelico 39
1-20135 Milano, Italia
tel. +39 0373 898235
tel. +39 02 5835.6358
Fax: +39 0373 898253
daniele.marini@unimi.it
Steve McCarty
Professor, Kagawa Junior College
President, World Association for Online Education: http://waoe.org/
Residence: 3717-33 Nii, Kokubunji, Kagawa 769-0101 JAPAN
Tel: +81-877-49-8041 (office, direct); Fax: +81-877-49-5252
E-mail: steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp, mccarty@mail.goo.ne.jp
Website Map: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve/
In Japanese: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/
Kazuyoshi Koizumi
Benesse Educational Research Center
Benesse Corporation
Tokyo Head Office
1-34 Ochiai, Tama City
Tokyo 206-8686
Japan
Tel: +81-42-356-0841
Fax: +81-42-356-7313
koizumik@mail.benesse.co.jp
Takashi Sakamoto, Ph.D.
Director General
National Institute of Multimedia Education (NIME)
2-12, Wakaba
Mihama-Ku, Chiba 261-0014
JAPAN
Tel: +81-43-298 3000
Fax: +81-43-298 3471
sakamoto@nime.ac.jp
http://www.nime.ac.jp/
http://hoklpc25.uta.fi/egedl/outline/virtualuniversityinjapan.htm -- his slide presentation at Tampere event.
Prof. Giovanni Degli Antoni (fax: +39 2 55-00-6244)
Full Professor
Dept. of Computer Science
Dipartimento di Scienze della Informazione
Universita di Milano
via Comelico, 39/41
Milan 20135
Italy
+39 2 5500 6243
degliantoni@hermes.mc.dsi.unimi.it
Dr. Paul Lefrere
Senior Lecturer
Institute of Educational Technology
Director, Networking and Partnerships, Joint Information Systems Committee
(JISC)
Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Systems
Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44-1-908 65 33 88
Fax: +44-1-908 67 28 02
p.lefrere@open.ac.uk
http://www-iet.open.ac.uk/
Marco Antonio R. Dias, T.C.D. (Third Cycle Diploma)
Vice President, Global University System
Consultant of United Nations University
Former Director, Division of Higher Education of UNESCO
36, Rue Ernest Renan
92.190 Meudon
FRANCE
Tel: +33-1-45 34 3509
+33-1-45-68-3009 (UNU office in Paris)
Fax: +33-1-45 34 3509
mardias@club-internet.fr
marcoantoniodias@yahoo.com
m.dias@unesco.org
P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D, Professor
Acting President, Global University System
Chairman, GLOSAS/Finland
Professor and Chair
Media Culture and Communication Education
Hypermedia laboratory
University of Tampere
P.O.Box 607
FIN-33101 Tampere
FINLAND
Tel: +358-3-215 6110
Tel: +358-3-614-5247--office in Hameenlinna
Tel: +358-3-215 6243--mass media lab in Tampere
GSM: +358-50-567-9833
Fax: +358-3-215 7503
tapio.varis@uta.fi
tapio.varis@helsinki.fi
http://www.uta.fi/~titava
Steven Donahue
Broward Community College
1128 N. 16Th Avenue
Hollywood, FL 33020
954-927-8807
cell: 954-701-1561
sdonah01@bellsouth.net
sdonahue@broward.cc.fl.us
http://www.10tongues.com
http://www.glearner.com
http://fs.broward.cc.fl.us/~sdonahue
http://www.erepublic.com/publications/gt/2000/sept/departments/eCommerceSLF.shtm
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