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SUMMARY:ClackPointSocial: Audio/Video Collaboration for OpenSocial - Richa
 rd  Mortier(Vipadia)
DTSTART:20090518T150000Z
DTEND:20090518T160000Z
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CONTACT:Eiko Yoneki
DESCRIPTION:Social Networks are about more than sheep throwing among frien
 ds\, notwithstanding Facebook's success thus far.  At Vipadia we have deve
 loped a cloud-based platform for real-time audio and video collaboration c
 apable of bringing real-time collaboration inside applications.  One of th
 e first applications we have built on our platform is a gadget enabling yo
 u to embed audio/video conferencing for users within your opensocial netwo
 rk.  In this talk I will describe our platform and how we use various soci
 al networking technologies to provide this gadget.\n\nBIO: Richard Mortier
  is co-founder at Vipadia Limited following six years as a Researcher at M
 icrosoft Research Cambridge.  A member of the Cambridge Systems and Networ
 king group\, he investigated a variety of topics under the general heading
  of networked system performance and management. Prior to joining Microsof
 t he spent six months working for Sprint Advanced Technology Labs in Calif
 ornia.  He completed his Ph.D. with the Systems Research Group at the Univ
 ersity of Cambridge Computer Laboratory in 2001.\n
LOCATION:FW26\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Builiding
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