Chris Greenhalgh

Research Interests:

Mobile/ubiquitous computing and Grid/e-Science systems.

I’m a Professor here in the School of Computer Science and IT at Nottingham University, where I also obtained my PhD (in Large Scale Collaborative Virtual Environments). In the past I have spent a lot of time designing/writing multi-user VR systems, especially doing system-level distributed, graphical and collaborative stuff. I then spent quite a lot of time working on Grid/e-Science. Now I am mostly working on ubiquitous & mobile systems and applications/experiences, and on replay/analysis tools for e-social science.

• In terms of CVEs:
• • I designed and wrote the MASSIVE-1 virtual reality tele-conferencing system;
  • with Dave Snowdon I designed and wrote its successor, CVE (also known as MASSIVE-2);
  • Then there was/is MASSIVE-3.
• Within the Equator IRC:
• • I led the development of a more general distributed application framework with pattern-based data sharing (Java & C++) called EQUIP (EQUATOR "Universal Platform").
  • This is used as the distribution support for the EQUATOR Computer Toolkit (ECT).
  • I am now working on EQUIP2, which has good support for J2ME and J2EE applications.
• Within the National Centre for e-Social Science Digital Records node
• • I lead the design and development of DRS (Digital Replay System), formerly known as Replaytool (developed jointly with Mike Fraser at Bristol in the VidGrid pilot project).
  • As well as working on EQUATOR, I am also involved with the EPSRC/DTI Participate project (mass participation) and EU IPerG project (Pervasive Gaming). I am technical director of the National Centre for e-Social Science Digital Records node at Nottingham. I also have a little involvement in the EU Inscape project.
  • I was PI for the EQUATOR-associated eScience project “Advanced Grid Interfaces for Environmental Science in the Lab and in the Field”. Also on the eScience side, I led Nottingham’s involvement in the myGrid EPSRC eScience Pilot Project (the application domain for which is bioinformatics). I was a co-investigator of the VidGrid e-social science pilot project and principal investigator of an EPSRC-funded project considering the realisation and use of persistence in CVEs. I was a co-investigator on the EPSRC-funded project Multimedia Networking for Inhabited-TV and was extremely heavily involved in the linked BT-funded project Network Architectures for Inhabited-TV. In my “spare time” I also had some involvement in the EU eRENA and COVEN projects. I also worked on the EPSRC-funded “HIVE” project which led to MASSIVE-3.
  • The MRL has a strong tradition of engagement with the public, especially through collaborations with artists and performers. Check out “Avatar Farm” (based on MASSIVE-3) and “Out Of This World” (MASSIVE-2), live, public Inhabited-TV experiments. Also look at DesertRain (MASSIVE-2), a mixed reality performance/installation, and Can you see me now? and Uncle Roy All Around You for more mobile/on the streets experiences (all joint with Blast Theory). Most recently, Day of the Figurines (Barcelona, Berlin & Singapore, 2006) was the first public outing for EQUIP2.

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