DIGISCOPE 2010 Acronyme du projet - Institut Farman - ENS Cachan

APPEL A PROJETS EQUIPEX /
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
2010
DIGISCOPE
SCIENTIFIC SUBMISSION FORM B
Publications and public events
The research groups involved in the project will publish their results in the top conferences
and journals in their respective fields, such as:
- Interaction/Visualization/Collaboration:
o Conferences: ACM CHI, ACM UIST, IEEE InfoViz, ACM CSCW, AVI,
INTERACT, …
o Journals: ACM Trans. on CHI, HCI Journal, Jal CSCW, …
- Virtual reality:
o Conferences: ACM Siggraph, IEEE VR, ACM ISMAR, ACM VRST, IEEE
3DUI, EGVE, EuroHaptics, …
o Journals: Presence, VR, Int. Jal. of VR, Jal of VR and Broadcasting, …
- Modeling and Simulation:
o Conferences: ECCOMAS, SIAM, ICCMS, AIAA, MSV, ICMSC, MSV, …
o Journals: CAF, JCP, CMAME, IJNAM, IJNME, JAIM, ESAIM, IJCES, …
The consortium will also seek publications in high-profile scientific venues such as
Communications of the ACM, IEEE Computer, or Science.
Beyond scientific publications, the partners will also publicize the results of DIGISCOPE in
magazines that reach a wider audience, such as MIT Tech Review, WIRED, Scientific American,
La Recherche. DIGISCOPE will also have a strong web presence and will be presented at
public events such as the French annual Science Fair (Fête de la Science). This will allow the
partners to showcase their results in many areas, including those that do not use DIGISCOPE
directly but more as a medium. An annual DIGISCOPE Forum will provide an opportunity to
present the project to companies, government agencies and the press. This could be the
occasion to commission works by designers and artists to demonstrate other, unexpected
uses of the advanced technologies explored in the project.
Technology transfer
A significant output of the project will be the software developed to run the various nodes.
The preferred model for this software will be to open-source it when it is mature enough in
order to encourage its adoption by other similar platforms outside DIGISCOPE. Following
the example of the X Window System in the early 80s (Scheifler & Gettys, 1986), a liberal
license will not preclude companies from adapting the software to a specific platform and
sell the resulting improved version, as long as the modified version maintains
interoperability with the open source version. Interoperability will be sought by publishing
the key protocols, data formats and APIs and seeking some form of standardization – either
de facto if the system gets adopted widely or through some standardizing body.
Some of the technologies developed in the project may result in patents, especially if they
involve hardware. The goal here is to facilitate technology transfer with start-ups and
existing companies, which typically require a patent portfolio to secure a competitive
advantage. This however must not stifle innovation and progress of the project. The main
measure of success of DIGISCOPE will be the variety of uses of the equipment and a
growing demand by academic and industry users to access it and, in the long run, to buy
their own.
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