Technology infrastructure in 2011

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Michael Berman <michael.berman () artcenter edu>
Date: January 5, 2006 12:58:46 PM EST
To: "dave () farber net" <dave () farber net>
Subject: Technology infrastructure in 2011

Dave, I’m involved in planning technology for a new building that,  
best guess, will open in 2011. The building will include library  
resources, meeting spaces, instructional spaces, and a “shop” area  
for construction of models and prototypes. The context is a small  
college of art and design.

I’ve made an list of technology assumptions for 2011, and if you  
would share it with your list so your wide-ranging and well-informed  
readers could critique it I would greatly appreciate it. Where am I  
way off, and what have I left out?

Notes on IT and educational Infrastructure for 2011

Display technology: large flat screens will dominate for teaching and  
meeting spaces, with projection technology limited to large,  
auditorium-type spaces and specialty uses. Users will expect flat  
screens on multiple walls, integrating content display with touch- 
screen whiteboard-like functionality. Resolution of 1080p minimum  
will be a given, with higher resolutions used where appropriate.
Audio input/output technology will be assumed in every room, to  
support media consumption and production, and telecommunication.
Immersive, “cave-like” environments, while not in every room, will be  
assumed to be available as an option, both to explore rich 3d models  
and to support remote presence.
Wireless communications will be the norm for nearly every device,  
with wired (or fiber) connectivity needed only for specialized niche  
applications. Wireless will continue to develop in a hierarchical  
manner, with wide area (WiMax, EVDO and successors), medium-range  
(802.11 & successors) and short-range (Bluetooth, RFID & successors)  
being used as desirable for the application.
IP-based communications will be universal so there will be no need  
for alternative communications infrastructure such as voice grade  
twisted pair or coax.
Nearly all student and faculty computing power will either be  
portable (ranging from laptops, tablets, and cell-phones to wearable  
or micro devices) or embedded within the network (servers, peer-to- 
peer) and devices (smart screens) so that “desktop” computers will be  
used for legacy or highly specialized needs.
While printing will not disappear, the widespread availability of  
large, high-resolution displays - both wall displays and personal  
“heads-up” displays – as well as better and more flexible portable  
display technology – will significantly reduce the number of printers  
needed.
Access to wide-area, IP-based teleconferencing capabilities will be  
assumed – you won’t go to a teleconferencing suite, rather you will  
use the display and sound technologies installed in each space, in  
conjunction with personal portable devices, to connect with anyone  
remotely on-demand.
While student access to portable computing hardware will be assumed,  
access to expensive specialized software (and other expensive IP)  
will continue to be a challenge, and colleges will still have to  
develop multi-faceted strategies to give students access to software.


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A. Michael Berman
Senior VP/CTO, Art Center College of Design |  
michael.berman () artcenter edu
v: +1 626-396-2307 | skype: amichaelberman | aim: amichaelberman

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