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Carleton students redefine speed with grid computing demo
By Ottawa Business Journal Staff

Ottawa, Canada, September 27, 2005 - Two groups of Carleton University students will make history this evening by showcasing the commercial potential of high performance grid computing in the architectural industry.

The students from the Carleton Immersive Media Studio (CIMS) will be linked via computer with other students from their school who have traveled to the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology at the University of California in San Diego.

Led by Prof. Michael Jemtrud, director of CIMS, the Carleton students will work simultaneously via computer network lightpaths on a highly detailed, complex three-dimensional digital replica of the famous Salk Institute for Biological Studies on Sept. 26 from 9:30-11 p.m.

The massive quantities of data required for the CIMS students’ design will travel on User Controlled LightPaths, or fibre-optic linked networks, at speeds of one gigabit per second. This transmission is the equivalent of sending all the music on 1.5 compact discs in a second, an entire DVD movie in about four seconds or 20,000 web pages in one second.

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