Presence and Integrated Communicatons Working Group
About
The Presence and Integrated Communications Working Group (PIC-WG) fosters the deployment of network-based communication technologies through demonstrations, tutorials, and initiatives in collaboration with both the private sector and open-source initiatives. This growing area will have an effect on nearly every individual within higher education and also have the potential to be a significant driver for network design, security, and middleware. learn more...
Participate in the Interactive Demo at the Spring 2008 Internet2 Member Meeting!
The Internet2 PIC-WG invites you to participate in a live, interactive demo running during the Spring 2008 Internet2 Member Meeting. During the meeting, a Jabber server that provides Instant Messaging and Presence services will be running on the conference networks and will be available for your use. You will be able to communicate with other conference attendees, as well as remote participants, in ad-hoc chats as well as in chat rooms specifically configured around key conference sessions. Find out more...
Contacts
Chair
Tim Callahan, University of MichiganInternet2 Staff Liaison
Elaine Lauerman
Past Meetings
- Topics in Realtime Communications: ENUM, Presence and Integrated Communications, October 11, Fall 2007 Internet2 Member Meeting, San Diego, CA
- Member Meeting Session: Presence, Integrated Communications and Location Based Services, Spring 2005 Internet2 Member Meeting
- PIC Working Group Meeting, Spring 2004 Member Meeting, Arlington, VA
- PIC Working Group Meeting, Fall 2003 Member Meeting, Indianapolis, IN
Minutes
Minutes from recent PIC meetings and conference calls are available here
Activities
PIC Wiki
A collaborative space for informational resources on presence and integrated communication.
PIC-SER Campus Trials
The Internet2 Presence and Integrated Communications (PIC)
Working Group is pleased to be supporting a set of
campus trials of open standards-based (SIP/SIMPLE) integrated
communications. Participating campuses will receive
PIC-SER—a software package consisting of an open source,
standards-based server (iptel.org's SIP Express Router), a
presence agent module for the SIP Express Router, server
installation and configuration scripts, documentation, and trial
use of several commercial integrated communications clients for
both PC and Mac platforms.
more...
Rich Presence Member Meeting Trials
The Internet2 Presence and Integrated Communications (PIC) Working Group
is engaged in a series of first light trials, which take
place at Internet2 meetings. The trials demonstrate SIP-based (Session
Initiation Protocol) voice, video, instant messaging and voice conferencing
services over an 802.11 wireless network in the context of rich presence
derived from conference calendaring and HP labs location server. Trial
participants download and install one of several integrated communications
clients onto their laptops and PDAs allowing them to initiate communications to other participants using the receiver's email address as a single,
converged electronic identity. By including rich presence services, participants are able to see not only whether other users are online or offline, but
to also determine their locations and communication capabilities.
more...
Older News
- Presentations from the Real Time Communications Forum held at the Spring 2004 Internet2 Member Meeting
- Spring 2004 Rich Presence Trial at the Spring 2004 Internet2 Member Meeting
Related Internet2 Projects
Mailing List
The wg-pic@internet2.edu mailing list is the primary forum for working group discussions and is open to all.
